Census Reporter

Mobile, AL

188,710 Population
139.5 square miles 1,353.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.4 ±0.3

Economics

$27,432 ±$1,461 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: $25,641 ±$936
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $28,650 ±$323
$46,788 ±$2,777 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: $49,561 ±$1,824
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $51,734 ±$600

17.6% ±3.1% (32,363  ±5,670) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 17.7% † 74,664 (±1.9% / ±8,003)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.5% 739,108 (±0.5% / ±24,870)

21.5 minutes ±0.6 (1,708,360  ±98,189) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 24.9 4,307,345 (±0.8 / ±194,778)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 52,412,110 (±0.3 / ±695,900)

Families

77,628 ±2,367 Number of households
  • the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 161,217 ±2,936
  • Alabama: 1,897,576 ±10,370
2.4 ±0.1 (183,828  ±1,368) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 2.6 421,571 (±0.1 / ±3,249)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,786,560 (±0)

4.8% ±1.8% (2,303  ±869) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 5.4% † 5,408 (±1.2% / ±1,239)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 58,542 (±0.3% / ±3,947)

Housing

92,545 ±2,562 Number of housing units
  • the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 193,056 ±1,215
  • Alabama: 2,284,922 ±264

$129,700 ±$7,780 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: $139,000 ±$5,784
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $154,000 ±$2,032

14.3% ±2.7% (26,703  ±5,001.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 12% † 50,660 (±1.8% / ±7,463.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 13.4% 651,811 (±0.5% / ±21,998.2)

Social

90.8% ±3.6% (115,774  ±5,363.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 87.5% 254,541 (±2.9% / ±8,517.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 87.1% 2,926,985 (±0.8% / ±28,118.3)
31.6% ±2.3% (40,299  ±3,063.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 22.8% 66,266 (±1.4% / ±3,998)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 26.4% 885,357 (±0.5% / ±16,169.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

2.8% ±0.9% (5,249  ±1,758) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 2.6% † 11,081 (±0.4% / ±1,617)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 3.6% 174,952 (±0.2% / ±7,356)

9% ±1.1% (13,268  ±1,578) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 9% 29,605 (±0.8% / ±2,608)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 8.4% 318,254 (±0.2% / ±8,711)
13,268 Total veterans ±1,578 11,909 Male ±1,473 1,359 Female ±522

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