Mobile, Alabama
county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mobile (English pronunciation: /moʊˈbiːl/) is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. The population within the city limits was 187,041 as of the 2020 census.[5] It is at the head of Mobile Bay. Mobile is the principal municipality of the Mobile Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 430,197 residents which is composed of Mobile and Washington counties and is the third largest MSA in the state.[7] Mobile Mobile is included in the Mobile-Daphne-Fairhope Combined Statistical Area with a total population of 661,964, the second largest CSA fully in the state.[8]
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Mobile, Alabama | |
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Nickname(s): "The Port City", "Azalea City", "The City of Six Flags" | |
Coordinates: 30°41′40″N 88°02′35″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Mobile |
Founded | 1702 |
Incorporated (town) | January 20, 1814[1] |
Incorporated (city) | December 17, 1819[2] |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor–council |
Area | |
• City | 180.07 sq mi (466.39 km2) |
• Land | 139.48 sq mi (361.26 km2) |
• Water | 40.59 sq mi (105.14 km2) |
• Urban | 222.8 sq mi (577 km2) |
• Metro | 1,644 sq mi (4,260 km2) |
Elevation | 33 ft (10 m) |
Population | |
• City | 187,041 |
• Rank | US: 138th AL: 4th |
• Density | 1,340.97/sq mi (517.75/km2) |
• Urban | 321,907 (US: 126th)[6] |
• Urban density | 1,458.3/sq mi (563.0/km2) |
• Metro | 430,197 (US: 126th)[7] |
• CSA | 661,964 (US: 76th)[8] |
Demonym | Mobilian |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP Codes | Zip codes[9]
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Area code | 251 |
FIPS code | 01-50000 |
GNIS feature ID | 2404278[4] |
Website | www |
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