[1] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (4,401 or 92.8%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian is the second most common (179 or 3.8%) and Albanian is the third (41 or 0.9%).

[4][6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[7] On 1 October 2000 the former municipalities of Biel (VS), Ritzingen and Selkingen merged to form the new municipality of Grafschaft, and the Kommunanz of Gluringen/Ritzingen changed its name to Kommunanz Gluringen/Grafschaft.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 62.28% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 2,014 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 55.3%.

[9] In the 2009 Conseil d'État/Staatsrat election a total of 1,833 votes were cast, of which 169 or about 9.2% were invalid.

[10] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 2,005 votes were cast, of which 60 or about 3.0% were invalid.

[11] From the 2000 census[update], 4,029 or 84.9% were Roman Catholic, while 243 or 5.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.