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Metropolitan Mobile has a population of 412,992 within
Mobile CountyMobile County[p] is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of a tribe of Indians, the Maubila tribe . As of 2011, its population was 415,704. Its county seat is Mobile, Alabama...
Alabama in the southwestern tip of
AlabamaAlabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
. The Mobile metropolitan area is the third-largest
metropolitan areaIn the United States a metropolitan statistical area is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area. Such regions are not legally incorporated as a city or town would be, nor are they legal administrative divisions like...
in the state of
AlabamaAlabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
. The Mobile–
DaphneDaphne is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay. The city is located along I-10, 11 miles east of Mobile and 150 miles southwest of the state capital of Montgomery. The United States Census 2000 lists the population of the city as 16,581 making...
–
FairhopeFairhope is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, on a sloping plateau, along the cliffs and shoreline of Mobile Bay. The 2010 census lists the population of the city as 16,176....
combined statistical area also includes the micro but separate Baldwin County metro, with a population of 182,265. The total Mobile–Daphne–Fairhope CSA is 595,257.
| Year |
Mobile MSA |
Daphne-Fairhope μSA |
Total |
| 2000 Census |
399,843 |
140,415 |
540,258 |
| 2008 Estimate |
406,309 |
174,349 |
580,648 |
| 2009 Estimate |
411,721 |
179,878 |
591,599 |
| 2010 Census |
412,992 |
182,265 |
595,257 |
| 2011 Estimate |
415,704 |
187,173 |
602,877 |
Places with 10,000 to 35,000 inhabitants
- Prichard
Prichard is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, in the United States.Prichard borders the north side of Mobile, as well as the Mobile suburbs of Chickasaw, Alabama, Saraland, Alabama, and the unincorporated sections of Eight Mile, Alabama. As of 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the...
- Saraland
Saraland is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, in the United States, and a suburb of Mobile, Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 13,405. It is a part of the Mobile metropolitan area. Saraland is the third largest city in Mobile County....
- Tillmans Corner
Tillman's Corner is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 15,685. It is a part of the Mobile metropolitan statistical area.-Geography:...
Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants
- Bayou La Batre
Bayou La Batre is a town in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area. At the 2000 census, the population was 2,313. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 2,725....
- Chickasaw
Chickasaw is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. As of July 2007, the population was 5,979. It is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area.-Geography:Chickasaw is located at . According to the U.S...
- Citronelle
Citronelle is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 3,659. It is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area.-History:This was long part of the territory of thousands of years of indigenous peoples...
- Creola
Creola is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 2,002 at the 2000 census, at which time it was still a town. It is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area.-Geography:Creola is located at ....
- Dauphin Island
Dauphin Island is a town in Mobile County, Alabama , on a barrier island also named Dauphin Island , at the Gulf of Mexico. The population was 1,371 at the 2000 census. The town is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area...
- Grand Bay
Grand Bay is a census-designated place in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area. The population was 3,918 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
- Satsuma
Satsuma is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 5,687. It is a part of the Mobile metropolitan statistical area.-Geography:Satsuma is located at .According to the U.S...
- Semmes
For other uses, see Semmes .Semmes is a city in western Mobile County, Alabama, in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area. Formerly an unincorporated community, voters in Semmes approved incorporation of a part of the community as the city of Semmes on August 17, 2010...
- Theodore
Theodore is a census-designated place in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 6,811 at the 2000 census. It is a part of the Mobile metropolitan statistical area...
Unincorporated places
- Alabama Port
Alabama Port, also sometimes known as Port Alabama, is an unincorporated community on Mon Louis Island, in Mobile County, Alabama.-Geography:Alabama Port is located at , on the western shore of Mobile Bay, and has an elevation of ....
- Axis
Axis is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mobile County, Alabama. It has a post office with the 36505 ZIP code. The community has one site listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, the Kirk House.-Demographics:...
- Bucks
Bucks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 32. It is located in the northeastern section of the county near the Mobile River, along U.S. Route 43. The James M...
- Chunchula
Chunchula is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mobile County, Alabama. As of the 2010 census, its population was 210. It has a post office with the 36521 ZIP code. The community has one site listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, the Chunchula...
- Coden
Coden is an unincorporated coastal fishing village in southern Mobile County, Alabama. Located near Bayou la Batre, it is across the Mississippi Sound from Dauphin Island.-History:...
- Eight Mile
Eight Mile is an unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The community is named for its distance from the city of Mobile.-Geography:Eight Mile is located at . The elevation is ....
- Fernland
Fernland is an unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. Fernland lies along U.S. Route 90 midway between the towns of Grand Bay to the west and St. Elmo to the east. The community originally formed around a sawmill with its own post office and rail service...
- Heron Bay
Heron Bay is an unincorporated community on Mon Louis Island, in Mobile County, Alabama.-Geography:Heron Bay is located at and has an elevation of ....
- Irvington
Irvington, Alabama is an unincorporated community located along U.S. Route 90, east of St. Elmo, Alabama and north of Bayou La Batre, Alabama in southwestern Mobile County, Alabama...
- Kushla
Kushla is an unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.-Geography:Kushla is located at . The elevation is ....
- Le Moyne
Le Moyne is an unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama. It was named in honor of the Le Moyne brothers, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, founders of colonial Mobile. Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff, on the Mobile River, is located in...
- Mauvilla
Mauvilla is an unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.-Geography:Mauvilla is located at . The elevation is ....
- Mon Louis
Mon Louis is an unincorporated community on Mon Louis Island, in Mobile County, Alabama.-Geography:Mon Louis is located at and has an elevation of ....
- St. Elmo
St. Elmo is an unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States located approximately 7 miles due north of Bayou La Batre and the Mississippi Sound and approximately 10 miles east of Grand Bay, Alabama.-Geography:...
- Whistler
Whistler, Alabama, was an unincorporated town in Mobile County, until the 1950s when it was annexed into neighboring Prichard. The founding of Whistler, in the 1850s, coincided with construction of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. The M & O, an early land grant railroad, eventually extended from...
Places with 10,000 to 35,000 inhabitants
- Daphne
Daphne is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay. The city is located along I-10, 11 miles east of Mobile and 150 miles southwest of the state capital of Montgomery. The United States Census 2000 lists the population of the city as 16,581 making...
- Fairhope
Fairhope is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, on a sloping plateau, along the cliffs and shoreline of Mobile Bay. The 2010 census lists the population of the city as 16,176....
Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants
- Foley
Foley is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.The 2000 census lists the population of the city as 7,590.Foley is a principal city of the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Baldwin County....
- Point Clear
Point Clear is an unincorporated census-designated place in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 1,876. It is part of the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
- Spanish Fort
Spanish Fort is a suburb of Mobile, Alabama in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, located on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. The 2000 census lists the population of the city as 5,423. It is part of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley micropolitan area....