Mobile, Alabama

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The coastal city of Mobile is located in Mobile County and is the county seat.

Mobile is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Mobile lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Arizona, Newfoundland and Labrador and Texas have communities that are also named Mobile.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Mobile had a population of 198,915 people^<2> (or 49.72% of the total population of Mobile County). The population of Mobile represented 4.47% of the total of Alabama, making it the state's 3rd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Mobile had a population of 191,022 people. This is a decrease of 3.97% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Mobile.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Chickasaw	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	5,948	6.54% decrease
	Country Club Village	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Creola	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	2,077	3.75% increase
	Daphne	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	19,093	15.15% increase
	Eight Mile	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Fairhope	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	17,147	37.4% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Mobile.

Websites for Mobile

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The Commemorative Quarter for Alabama<4>

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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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