Alabama · Census place 0150000
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile is a city in Mobile County, Alabama with an estimated 201,367 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 2nd largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 201,367
- #2 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- -2.5%
- -5,121 people
- Land area
- 150.8 sq mi
- + 40.65 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,335 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Mobile population, 2020 to 2024
Mobile lost 5,121 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -553. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 88th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Mobile is 14.3 times that size.
Mobile covers 150.84 square miles of land and 40.65 of water, for 1,335 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Mobile is denser than the typical town.
What county Mobile is in
All of Mobile's residents live in Mobile County, which had 412,339 residents in 2024. Mobile holds 48.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Mobile
19 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Mobile by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36582, 36602, 36603, 36604, 36605, 36606, 36607, 36608, 36609, 36610, 36611, 36615, 36617, 36618, 36619, 36652, 36688, 36693, 36695. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Mobile is
The Census internal point of Mobile is at 30.668200, -88.107900. Montgomery, the capital, is 159.0 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Orleans, LA (362,701 people), 116.9 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 13 m (43 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.668200, -88.107900
- DMS
- 30°40'5.52"N 88°06'28.44"W
- UTM
- 16N 393865.5E 3393354.5N
- Geohash
- dj3q7ncz1
- Plus code
- 862HMV9R+7R
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Mobile
At 30.67° N, Mobile gets about 14 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Mobile daylight page.
Places near Mobile
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Chickasaw, 7.3 miles away, with 6,241 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mobile, AL?
201,367 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 5,121 (2.5%) from 206,488 in July 2020.
What county is Mobile in?
Mobile County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Mobile?
19 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 36582, 36602, 36603, 36604, 36605, 36606, 36607, 36608, 36609, 36610, 36611, 36615, and more.
How far is Mobile from Montgomery?
159.0 miles (255.9 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Mobile.
What is the nearest larger city to Mobile?
New Orleans, LA, with 362,701 residents, 116.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.