The population of Russell county is estimated at 58,177. In 2017 there were 821 births and 642 deaths in Russell county. Russell county has 8,011 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,725 that are owned free and clear and 8,493 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Russell County filed 23,230 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.1% of all Alabama filings and 0.016% of the entire nation. Russell had a combined total federal tax liability of $130,419,000 on earned income of $898,454,000. Other notable statistics from Russell County were 740 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,910,000 and 4,560 charitable contributions valued at $24,335,000. 3,660 filings from Russell County paid a combined total of $3,978,000 in property taxes and 3,560 filings paid $21,600,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Russell county had 133 religious congregations with an estimated 36,790 members.
16.9% of the Russell population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 17.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 33% of Russell County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 265 votes.
At $36,186 the median income is 75.1% of the Alabama average. An estimated 1,008 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Russell, the equivalant of around 4.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Russell County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,697	Manufacturing
1,810	Retail trade
1,440	Accommodation and food services
1,261	Restaurants and other eating places
1,230	Health care and social assistance
888	Limited-service restaurants
344	Finance and insurance
335	Nursing and residential care facilities
335	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
301	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
301	Grocery stores
275	Other services (except public administration)
271	Credit intermediation and related activities
249	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
242	Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.25% in Russell County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 36867, 36856 and 36869).

In 2018 8.86% of listings in Russell County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 36867, 36856 and 36869) dropped their price.

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