Mobile, Alabama

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The last Census shows that Mobile had a population^<1> of 198,915 people in 2000. This represents 4.47% of the total population of Alabama, making it the state's 3rd most populous community.

The following is a list of similarily sized communities (based on the 2000 Census):

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
1	Birmingham	242,820	N	208 mi [334.7 km]
2	Montgomery	201,568	NE	154 mi [247.8 km]
3	Mobile	198,915
4	Huntsville	158,216	N	291 mi [468.3 km]
5	Tuscaloosa	77,906	N	175 mi [281.6 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Mobile. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Mobile had a population of 191,411 people. This is a decrease of 3.77% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the yearly population estimates since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010).

The coastal city of Mobile had 86,187 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Mobile has a total area of 159.4 square miles [412.9 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 117.9 square miles [305.4 km²] of the area is land, with the balance (26.05%) being water (41.53 square miles [107.6 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Mobile had a 2000 population density of 1,687 people per square mile [4,369 people/km²], making it the state's 8th most densely populated area.

Mobile County

Mobile is located in Mobile County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 400,036 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 198,915 people, Mobile accounted for 49.72% of the Mobile County total.

In addition, where the community of Mobile has a population density of 1,687 people per square mile [4,369 people/km²], Mobile County averages 324.4 people per square mile [840 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Mobile County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Mobile and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Mobile. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Mobile. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Mobile, it also contains a comparison between Mobile and the state of Alabama.

Click here for the Mobile QuickFact (QF-0150000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Mobile County (QF-01097).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Mobile:

Mobile is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Mobile.

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Mobile. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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