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Mobile, AL
201,367 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0150000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Mobile ranked #223 of 340 cities and 4th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Mobile and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Shreveport LA, Columbus GA, Savannah GA, Jackson MS, Chattanooga TN, Knoxville TN, Baton Rouge LA, Augusta GA, Beaumont TX, Springfield MO, Lubbock TX, Waco TX, Birmingham AL · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #223 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #289 | #281 | #281 | #165 | #208 | #254 | #236 | #304 | #307 | #311 | #292 | #276 | #246 | #296 | #228 | #216 | #294 | #223 | #223 | #199 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 195,188 | 195,649 | 195,530 | 195,915 | 195,756 | 194,577 | 193,801 | 193,761 | 193,288 | 192,582 | 191,975 | 191,472 | 190,190 | 189,809 | 188,720 | 206,488 | 204,655 | 202,584 | 201,920 | 201,367 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #141 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | -0.3 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.1 | — | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.1 | -0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #125 of 271 cities with data · 4th of 8 in its peer group with data | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 3.3 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #179 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 21.5% | 19.7% | 22.6% | 22.5% | 24.7% | 22.7% | 22.1% | 24.4% | 24.6% | 25.0% | 24.3% | 24.4% | 23.7% | 26.0% | 22.5% | — | 25.5% | 22.6% | 25.1% | 24.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #284 of 304 cities with data · 9th of 12 in its peer group with data | 17.9 | 17.4 | 19.4 | 21.4 | 12.3 | 12.8 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 15.0 | 16.1 | 12.5 | 23.0 | 26.3 | 13.7 | — | — | 23.5 | 20.7 | 14.9 | 19.4 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #282 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1358.9 | 398.8 | 354.6 | 299.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 126,141 | 127,625 | 126,284 | 130,730 | 124,146 | 123,272 | 127,840 | 126,436 | 127,066 | 128,194 | 129,274 | 133,307 | 133,009 | 132,454 | 131,378 | 126,491 | 126,903 | 132,257 | 134,506 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #223 of 329 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -2.4 | +0.5 | +0.4 | -0.6 | +2.9 | -1.4 | -0.1 | -0.6 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +0.2 | -0.8 | -0.5 | +0.8 | -2.2 | +1.8 | -0.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 81,797 | 77,776 | 79,327 | 78,352 | 83,979 | 84,607 | 84,494 | 79,379 | 84,652 | — | 79,846 | 83,405 | 87,945 | 92,167 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #166 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.1% | 13.2% | 12.6% | 8.3% | 7.3% | 7.0% | 4.1% | 6.2% | 5.5% | — | 7.8% | 5.6% | 3.0% | 4.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #28 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 22% | 12% | 35% | 26% | 18% | 23% | 14% | 16% | 7% | 8% | 10% | 27% | 30% | 27% | 27% | 32% | 33% | 40% | 42% | 41% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #101 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | $5,684 | $5,579 | $4,147 | $1,473 | $4,180 | $4,028 | $4,065 | $3,828 | $3,834 | $3,642 | $3,505 | $3,366 | $3,254 | $3,017 | $3,051 | $2,759 | $2,616 | $1,351 | $2,054 | $1,821 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Mobile. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.