Of the rest of the land, 1.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (19%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

[4] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Almens is; 25 people or 11.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old.

[5] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 38.8% of the vote.

[3] The historical population is given in the following table:[2][4] Almens used to belong to the Romansh-speaking part of Graubünden, but today it is practically completely German-speaking.

As of 2000[update], 95.9% of the population speaks German, with Romansh being second most common ( 2.8%) and Italian being third ( 0.5%).