Mobile County, Alabama

Mobile County is a of the  of. Its name is in honor of a tribe of, the Maubila tribe (see ). As of 2003 its population was 399,747. Its is. The entire county is included in the Mobile.

History

 * Mobile County was first settled in.
 * The county was declared a disaster area in September due to damage from.
 * The county was declared a disaster area in September due to damage from.

Government
The county-wide governmental structure is a 3 member district county commission representing both the unincorporated residents and the residents of other municipalities.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,258 (1,644 ). 3,194 km² (1,233 sq mi) of it is land and 1,064 km² (411 sq mi) of it (25.00%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:I-110.svg|23px]] planned western bypass
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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 399,843 people, 150,179 households, and 106,777 families residing in the county. The was 125/km² (324/sq mi). There were 165,101 housing units at an average density of 52/km² (134/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 63.07%, 33.38% or , 0.67% , 1.41% , 0.03% , 0.40% from , and 1.04% from two or more races. 1.22% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 150,179 households out of which 34.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.50% were living together, 17.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.90% were non-families. 24.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.50% under the age of 18, 10.00% from 18 to 24, 28.70% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 12.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 91.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,710, and the median income for a family was $40,378. Males had a median income of $32,329 versus $21,986 for females. The for the county was $17,178. About 15.60% of families and 18.50% of the population were below the, including 26.20% of those under age 18 and 14.60% of those age 65 or over.

Municipalities and census-designated places
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Towns

Census-designated place

Unincorporated communities

 * (partially in the city of Prichard, partially unincorporated)

Education
All of the public schools in Mobile County are operated by the.