Mobile County, Alabama

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 1644 sqmi, of which, 1233 sqmi of it is land and 411 sqmi 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).

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