Russell County is located in southeastern Alabama. The County Seat is Phenix City and the largest city is Phenix City. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.rcala.com/. The 2014 population estimate is 59,608 and the 2010 census population was 52,949. The land area is 641.14 square miles and there are 82.6 persons per square mile.
53.8% of the population is White, 42.3% is Black or African American, 4.9% is Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% is Asian, 0.5% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.3% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 2.3% is two or more races. 80.4% have a high school degree or higher, and 16% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $104,400, there are 21,142 households, an average of 2.60 persons per household. The per capita income is $19,678, the median household income is $36,143, and 22% of the persons in Russell County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 3,823. Retail sales (in $1000) were $428,236, and sales per capita were $8,526. The percentage of black-owned firms is 33.9%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 32.4%.
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Russell County Home Page Russell County, Alabama County Commission official home page. |
Courts | Probate Information Russell County Probate Court home page, with information about motor vehicle registration, licenses, marriages, elections, and downloadable forms. |
Directory Russell County service and department directory. |
Meeting Minutes Russell County Commissioners meeting Minutes in pdf format. |
Property | GIS Russell County Revenue Commissioner GIS parcel map, tax, land, and building property database. |
Russell County African American Surname Matches - 1870 Browse a list of Russell County, Alabama African American Surname Matches from the 1870 slave census. Provides surnames, number in U.S., in State, in County, born in State, born and living in State, and born in State and living in County |
Russell County Slaveholders - 1860 Browse a list of Russell County, Alabama largest slaveholders from the 1860 slave census. Provides names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves. |
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