 In 2010, 8,753 people lived in the district.The Northern District occupies an area roughly corresponding to the northern third of Jackson County.To the north, it is bounded by Harris and Steele Districts in Wood County, to the east by the Southwest District of Wirt County, to the southeast by District I in Roane County, to the south by the Eastern and Western Districts of Jackson County, and to the west by the Ohio River; across the river are Lebanon and Olive Townships in Meigs County, Ohio.