are 66 people or 3.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 3 people or 0.2% who are between 90 and 99. there were 185 persons (or 9.4% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 371 (or 18.9%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 1,185 (or 60.2%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 111 (or 5.6%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 26 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 16 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 4 who lived household made up of unrelated persons, and 69 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 49.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (26.2%), the FDP (9.5%) and the SP (8.1%). In Rüthi about 64.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Out of the total population in Rüthi, , the highest education level completed by 459 people (23.3% of the population) was Primary, while 678 (34.5%) have completed their secondary education, 131 (6.7%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 81 (4.1%) are not in school. The remainder did not answer this question. The historical population is given in the following table: Economy , Rüthi had an unemployment rate of 1.71%. , there were 64 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 28 businesses involved in this sector. 784 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 27 businesses in this sector. 238 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 61 businesses in this sector. the average unemployment rate was 4.8%. There were 118 businesses in the municipality of which 32 were involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 65 were involved in the third. there were 417 residents who worked in the municipality, while 537 residents worked outside Rüthi and 675 people commuted into the municipality for work. Religion From the , 1,389 or 70.6% are Roman Catholic, while 214 or 10.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 15 individuals (or about 0.76%