Mobile County, Alabama

Mobile County
U.S. county
Mobile Government Plaza in Mobile
Location within the U.S. state of Alabama
Alabama's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 30°47′11″N 88°12′50″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Founded	December 18, 1812
Seat	Mobile
Largest city	Mobile
Area
• Total	1,644 sq mi (4,260 km2)
• Land	1,229 sq mi (3,180 km2)
• Water	415 sq mi (1,070 km2)  25.2%%
Population
• Estimate  (2017)	413,955
• Density	338/sq mi (131/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	mobilecountyal.gov
County Number 02 on Alabama Licence Plates One of three counties shuffled to the top 3 numbers because of population size

Mobile County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is named after a tribe of Indians, the Maubila tribe. As of 2003, 399,747 people lived there. Its county seat is Mobile. The entire county is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area.

History

• Mobile County was first settled in 1702.
• The county was declared a disaster area in September 1979 due to damage from Hurricane Frederic.
• The county was declared a disaster area in September 2005 due to damage from Hurricane Katrina.

Government

The county-wide government is a 3 member district county commission which represents both the unincorporated residents and the residents of other municipalities.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,644 sq mi (4,257.9 km²), of which, 1,233 sq mi (3,193.5 km²) of it is land and 411 sq mi (1,064.5 km²) of it (25.00%) is water.

Neighbouring Counties

• Washington County (north)
• Baldwin County (east)
• Jackson County, Mississippi (southwest)
• George County, Mississippi (west)
• Greene County, Mississippi (northwest)

Demographics

The census of 2000 said that there were 399,843 people, 150,179 households, and 106,777 families living in the county. The population density was 324 people per square mile (125/km²).

The racial makeup of the county was 63.07% White, 33.38% Black or African American.

Municipalities

City (population)

• Mobile (197,833), the county seat
• Prichard (27,963)
• Saraland (12,288)
• Chickasaw (6,364)
• Satsuma (5,687)
• Citronelle (3,659)
• Bayou La Batre (2,313)

Towns

• Creola (2,002)
• Dauphin Island (1,371)
• Mount Vernon (844)

Census-designated place

• Tillmans Corner (15,685)
• Theodore (6,811)
• Grand Bay (3,918)

Unincorporated communities

• Eight Mile (partially in the city of Prichard, partially unincorporated)
• Semmes

Education

All of the public schools in Mobile County are operated by the Mobile County Public School System.

Other websites

• Information on Mobile metropolitan area
• Mobile County map of roads/towns (map © 2007 Univ. of Alabama).