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Mobile Demographics Information

Population: 193,000

Elevation: 16 feet

County: Mobile

Land area: 117.9 square miles

Zip codes: 36601..36612, 36614..36619, 36621..36623, 36688..36691, 36628, 36626, 36625, 36671, 36670, 36630, 36631, 36633, 36640, 36641, 36644, 36652, 36660, 36663, 36675, 36685, 36693, 36695.

Median resident age: 34.3 years
Median household income: $31,445
Median house value: $146,400

Races in Mobile:

White Non-Hispanic (49.8%)
Black (46.3%)
Hispanic (1.4%)
Two or more races (1.0%)
American Indian (0.6%)
Vietnamese (0.6%)
Other race (0.5%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: United States (8.5%), English (7.0%), Irish (6.8%), German (5.8%), French (2.4%), Scotch-Irish (2.1%).

For population 25 years and over in Mobile

High school or higher: 80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 9.1%
Unemployed: 8.3%
Mean travel time to work: 21.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Mobile city

Never married: 30.5%
Now married: 46.3%
Separated: 2.9%
Widowed: 8.8%
Divorced: 11.5%

2.9% Foreign born (1.4% Asia, 0.6% Latin America, 0.6% Europe).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: New Orleans, LA (143.0 miles, pop. 484,674).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (504.2 miles, pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Prichard, AL (4.7 miles), Chickasaw, AL (6.1 miles), Tillmans Corner, AL (9.3 miles), Saraland, AL (10.1 miles), Theodore, AL (10.4 miles), Spanish Fort, AL (12.5 miles), Satsuma, AL (12.6 miles), Daphne, AL (15.3 miles).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 272 buildings, average cost: $106,500
1997: 287 buildings, average cost: $81,500
1998: 307 buildings, average cost: $79,800
1999: 284 buildings, average cost: $88,200
2000: 288 buildings, average cost: $87,500
2001: 302 buildings, average cost: $108,600
2002: 245 buildings, average cost: $133,700
2003: 234 buildings, average cost: $150,800

Area code: 251

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (25.4%), Retail trade (12.6%), Manufacturing (11.4%).