Prichard, Alabama

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The last Census shows that Prichard had a population^<1> of 28,633 people in 2000. This represents 0.64% of the total population of Alabama, making it the state's 14th most populous community.

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

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
12	Bessemer	29,672	N	195 mi [313.8 km]
13	Madison	29,329	N	284 mi [457.1 km]
14	Prichard	28,633
15	Phenix City	28,265	NE	216 mi [347.6 km]
16	Homewood	25,043	N	202 mi [325.1 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Prichard. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Prichard had a population of 27,791 people. This is a decrease of 2.94% since the 2000 Census.

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

The city of Prichard had 11,336 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Prichard has a total area of 25.48 square miles [66 km²]^<4>. Of this total, only a minor amount of the area is covered by water (0.08 square miles [0.22 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Prichard had a 2000 population density of 1,127 people per square mile [2,920 people/km²], making it the state's 33rd most densely populated area.

Mobile County

Prichard is located in Mobile County.

The county had a population of 400,036 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 28,633 people, Prichard accounted for 7.16% of the Mobile County total.

In addition, where the community of Prichard has a population density of 1,127 people per square mile [2,920 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 Prichard and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Prichard. 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 Prichard. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Prichard, it also contains a comparison between Prichard and the state of Alabama.

Click here for the Prichard QuickFact (QF-0162496).

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 Prichard:

Prichard 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 Prichard.

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning 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) Prichard. 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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