int NumberOfSetBits(ulong i)
{   i = i - ((i >> 1) & 0x5555555555555555UL);
    i = (i & 0x3333333333333333UL) + ((i >> 2) & 0x3333333333333333UL);
    return (int)(unchecked(((i + (i >> 4)) & 0xF0F0F0F0F0F0F0FUL) * 0x101010101010101UL) >> 56);
}

(from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2709430/count-number-of-bits-in-a-64-bit-long-big-integer)

Per int a 32 bit:

I believe a very good general purpose algorithm is the following, known as 'parallel' or 'variable-precision SWAR algorithm':

int NumberOfSetBits(int i)
{
    i = i - ((i >> 1) & 0x55555555);
    i = (i & 0x33333333) + ((i >> 2) & 0x33333333);
    return (((i + (i >> 4)) & 0x0F0F0F0F) * 0x01010101) >> 24;
}