 In 2010, 9,882 people lived in the district.The Eastern District occupies the southeastern portion of Jackson County.To the north, it is bounded by the Northern District, to the east by District I and District III in Roane County, to the south by District 3 and District 4 in Kanawha County, to the southwest by Buffalo-Union District in Putnam County, and to the west by the Western District of Jackson County.