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Mobile County, Alabama
146,254 Black residents · 35.3% of the county · ranked 2 of 67 in Alabama by Black population
In Mobile County, Alabama, the 2020 Census counted 414,809 people, 146,254 of them Black alone. At 35.3%, Mobile County's Black share stands against the state's 25.8% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 414,809 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 146,254 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 35.3% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama counties | 2 of 67 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
In 2010 Mobile County counted 142,992 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 146,254. The population grew by 2.3% across the decade, and the Black share in Mobile County moved from 34.6% to 35.3%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Within Alabama, the Census Bureau counts 67 counties and county equivalents, Mobile County among them; it stands 2 by Black population, with 146,254 Black residents of the state's 1.3 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Mobile County, Alabama, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Mobile County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Mobile County page holds the frame around them — 414,809 people in all, 146,254 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.