 There were 133 Swiss women (43.0%) and 12 (3.9%) non-Swiss women.Of the population in the municipality, 157 or about 47.3% were born in Cerniat and lived there in 2000.There were 96 or 28.9% who were born in the same canton, while 54 or 16.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 24 or 7.2% were born outside of Switzerland.