 There were 11,126 Swiss women (45.4%) and 1,512 (6.2%) non-Swiss women.Of the population in the district 9,899 or about 42.9% were born in Brig and lived there in 2000.There were 7,813 or 33.9% who were born in the same canton, while 2,196 or 9.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 2,463 or 10.7% were born outside of Switzerland.