2024 population: 427,357 ( 2,843 from 2020)
Land area: 2309.6 square miles
Population density: 185.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	235,979	55.22%	2.8%
Black:	153,661	35.96%	0.2%
Indian:	4,820	1.13%	1.0%
Asian:	9,618	2.25%	7.9%
2+ races:	7,853	1.84%	16.0%
Hispanic:	15,426	3.61%	14.3%

Total non-White:	191,378	44.78%	2.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	22,287	13.0
Deaths:	22,815	13.3
Net Migration:	-4,396	-2.6
Net Immigration:	2,037	1.2

Change in White population:	-6,886	-1.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	4,043	0.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
430,200
242,865	56.45%
153,379	35.65%
4,770	1.11%
8,916	2.07%
6,770	1.57%
13,500	3.14%
187,335	43.55%

2010
412,992
243,904	59.06%
142,272	34.45%
3,541	0.86%
7,664	1.86%
5,247	1.27%
9,936	2.41%
169,088	40.94%

2000
399,843
249,763	62.47%
132,845	33.22%
2,636	0.66%
5,678	1.42%
3,715	0.93%
4,887	1.22%
150,080	37.53%

1990
378,643
252,244	66.62%
117,380	31.00%
2,216	0.59%
3,315	0.88%
n/a
3,488	0.92%
126,399	33.38%

1980
364,980
244,229	66.92%
113,790	31.18%
1,256	0.34%
1,536	0.42%
n/a
3,944	1.08%
120,751	33.08%

1970
317,308
212,595	67.00%
101,678	32.04%
344	0.11%
284	0.09%
n/a
2,186	0.69%
104,713	33.00%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
53,087	12.9
41,549	10.1
-17,371	-4.2
4,885	1.2

-1,039	-0.3
18,247	4.4

Number	Rate
2000's
55,073	13.8
36,423	9.1
-9,077	-2.3
4,753	1.2

-5,859	-1.5
19,008	4.8

Number	Rate
1990's
64,475	17.0
37,128	9.8
-7,547	-2.0
2,587	0.7

-2,481	-0.7
23,681	6.3

Number	Rate
1980's
66,307	18.2
32,445	8.9
-17,937	-4.9
n/a

8,015	2.2
5,648	1.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
7,191	2.3
n/a

31,634	10.0
16,038	5.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Mobile, AL Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.4
99,406	23.3%
327,951	76.7%
72,107	16.9%

165,111
2.55

105,180	63.7%
71,650	68.1%
12,753	12.1%
59,931	36.3%

2010
Number	Percent
36.6
103,581	25.1%
309,411	74.9%
53,321	12.9%

158,435
2.56

108,393	68.4%
70,776	65.3%
15,918	14.7%
50,042	31.6%

2000
Number	Percent
34.6
109,880	27.5%
289,963	72.5%
48,053	12.0%

150,255
2.61

107,338	71.4%
75,648	70.5%
15,441	14.4%
42,917	28.6%

1990
Number	Percent
31.9
107,799	28.5%
270,844	71.5%
44,460	11.7%

137,404
2.70

101,989	74.2%
74,975	73.5%
13,425	13.2%
35,415	25.8%

1980
Number	Percent
28.1
114,608	31.4%
250,372	68.6%
35,274	9.7%

123,668
2.90

95,141	76.9%
74,692	78.5%
10,648	11.2%
28,527	23.1%

2022 Housing Data for Mobile, AL Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	11,310	6.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	10,055	6.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	8,831	5.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	8,226	5.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	8,066	4.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	6,957	4.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	7,335	4.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	8,027	4.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	7,162	4.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	12,661	7.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	15,869	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	18,899	11.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	13,856	8.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	9,427	5.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	10,087	6.1%
$200,000 or more	8,343	5.1%

Median Household Income	55,213
Per Capita Income	30,439

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	82

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	11,351	6.9%
Public Assistance	1,775	1.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	28,437	17.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	165,435	63.4%
Unemployed	10,829	4.1%
In Armed Forces	996	0.4%

Total Labor Force	177,260	67.9%
Not in Labor Force	83,722	32.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		36.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	69,649	57,164	54.9%
Non-Profit	4,053	8,501	32.3%
Self-Employed	9,459	6,596	58.9%

Local Government	4,493	8,493	34.6%
State Government	3,800	5,389	41.4%
Federal Government	2,178	1,935	53.0%

Total Private + Self	79,108	63,760	55.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	14,524	24,318	37.4%
Total	93,632	88,078	51.5%

Pct. Govt.	14.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	24,666	13.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	37,518	20.6%
Professional, Technical	37,883	20.8%
Service Occupations	31,547	17.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	716	0.4%
All others	50,273	27.6%

White Collar		55.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	25,145	13.8%
Manufacturing	23,052	12.7%
Retail trade	20,278	11.1%
Educational services	16,545	9.1%
Construction	14,083	7.7%
Accommodation and food services	13,967	7.7%
Other services	10,124	5.6%
Transportation and warehousing	9,683	5.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	8,817	4.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	8,548	4.7%
Public administration	7,322	4.0%
Finance and insurance	6,881	3.8%
Wholesale trade	4,424	2.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,611	2.0%
Information	2,656	1.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,367	1.3%
Utilities	2,000	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,269	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,061	0.6%
Management	54	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	5,288	1.23%
Puerto Rican	2,211	0.52%
Cuban	656	0.15%
Dominican	603	0.14%

Total Central American	2,066	0.48%
Costa Rican	22	0.01%
Guatemalan	988	0.23%
Honduran	294	0.07%
Nicaraguan	298	0.07%
Panamanian	132	0.03%
Salvadoran	279	0.06%
Other Central American	53	0.01%

Total South American	745	0.17%
Argentinean	59	0.01%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	235	0.05%
Colombian	99	0.02%
Ecuadorian	68	0.02%
Paraguayan	47	0.01%
Peruvian	183	0.04%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	54	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,257	0.29%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	3,740	0.87%
Chinese	1,214	0.28%
Filipino	715	0.17%
Indian	583	0.14%
Laotian	569	0.13%
Cambodian	361	0.08%
Korean	215	0.05%
Japanese	178	0.04%
Thai	100	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	384,909	95.7%
Spanish	7,014	1.7%
Vietnamese	3,094	0.8%
Arabic	1,124	0.3%
Other Indo-European	1,084	0.3%
Other Asian	1,050	0.3%
Chinese	1,034	0.3%
Other	788	0.2%
German, other Germanic	642	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	40,999	9.5%
Irish	35,275	8.2%
English	34,173	8.0%
German	28,202	6.6%
French	11,485	2.7%
Scottish	7,270	1.7%
Italian	7,104	1.7%
European	6,446	1.5%
Scotch-Irish	4,575	1.1%
African	2,966	0.7%
Polish	2,285	0.5%
British	2,072	0.5%
Welsh	1,895	0.4%
Norwegian	1,801	0.4%
Dutch	1,644	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	423,193	98.6%
Not a citizen	6,119	1.4%

Native	416,005	96.9%
Foreign-born	13,307	3.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
8,100	2.8%	26,342	9.1%	100,166	34.5%	86,516	29.8%	44,513	15.3%	24,731	8.5%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	8,100	2.8%
9-12 Years	26,342	9.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	100,166	34.5%
Some College	86,516	29.8%
Bach. Degree	44,513	15.3%
Grad Degree	24,731	8.5%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	355,822	330,548	25,274	7.1%
1991	366,054	339,468	26,586	7.3%
1992	377,020	345,030	31,990	8.5%
1993	387,632	354,730	32,902	8.5%
1994	394,692	365,036	29,656	7.5%
1995	397,798	369,220	28,578	7.2%
1996	399,858	376,874	22,984	5.7%
1997	408,630	386,204	22,426	5.5%
1998	409,634	390,144	19,490	4.8%
1999	411,610	389,934	21,676	5.3%

2000	387,904	368,276	19,628	5.1%
2001	384,714	362,332	22,382	5.8%
2002	378,686	353,552	25,134	6.6%
2003	376,150	349,662	26,488	7.0%
2004	371,956	347,518	24,438	6.6%
2005	373,534	355,000	18,534	5.0%
2006	378,210	362,374	15,836	4.2%
2007	383,842	367,872	15,970	4.2%
2008	388,382	365,154	23,228	6.0%
2009	386,238	345,730	40,508	10.5%

2010	400,354	355,324	45,030	11.2%
2011	401,884	358,256	43,628	10.9%
2012	391,554	354,296	37,258	9.5%
2013	387,286	353,402	33,884	8.7%
2014	384,608	354,720	29,888	7.8%
2015	386,336	359,344	26,992	7.0%
2016	385,832	359,930	25,902	6.7%
2017	386,100	365,170	20,930	5.4%
2018	389,770	371,462	18,308	4.7%
2019	390,880	376,132	14,748	3.8%

2020	395,222	363,902	31,320	7.9%
2021	394,522	376,312	18,210	4.6%
2022	397,754	384,798	12,956	3.3%
2023	398,634	386,372	12,262	3.1%
2024	387,580	372,944	14,636	3.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	192,624
Median Value	$163,530

Occupied	165,111	85.7%
Vacant	27,513	14.3%

Owned	106,202	64.3%
Rented	58,909	35.7%
Median Rent	$962

Single-Family Units	142,357	73.9%
Detached	140,401	72.9%
Attached	1,956	1.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	27,564	14.3%
Mobile Homes	15,439	8.0%

Mobile, AL Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Mobile, AL Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Mobile, AL Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Mobile, AL Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Mobile, AL Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Mobile, AL Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Mobile, AL Metro Area