Mobile County, Alabama Demographics

Mobile County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

Mobile County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Households

Mobile County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Housing units

Mobile County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Mobile County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Retail sales

Mobile County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Mobile County is 3rd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Mobile County is 3rd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Mobile County is 3rd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Mobile County is 4th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Mobile County	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	413,936	2nd	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,229.4	4th	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	335.9	3rd	94.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Mobile County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	6.8%	11th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.6%	10th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.7%	56th	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Mobile County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.9%	13th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.1%	15th	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Mobile County	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	60.5%	45th	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	35.2%	23rd	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	13th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.9%	7th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	25th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	28th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	33rd	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	58.5%	45th	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Mobile County	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	52.1%	19th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.3%	19th	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Mobile County	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	180,045	2nd	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.4%	9th	15.5%	25.9%
Households	155,638	2nd	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.9%	54th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$124,100	11th	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.6	23rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	896	5th	13,506	829,658

Income Demographics
	Mobile County	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$22,306	18th	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$42,187	15th	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.2%	37th	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Mobile County	Rank	Alabama	US
Non-farm private establishments	8,659	2nd	97,743	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	149,033	3rd	1,573,138	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	34,836	2nd	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$5,225,494	2nd	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,895	15th	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$562,436	3rd	$6,426,342	$613,795,732