Mobile, Alabama demographics

Mobile, AL demographics: median age 37.3; 32.0% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Mobile city, Alabama · Incorporated city · GEOID 0150000. The survey estimates a population of 203,416 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Mobile is 37.3 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.7 years. There are 84,639 households (±1,308). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	37.3 ±0.7	39.3 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 203,416
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alabama	U.S.
Under 18	45,209 ±1,573	22.2% ±0.8 pp	22.2%	22.0%
18–34	50,541 ±1,533	24.8% ±0.8 pp	22.4%	22.8%
35–64	72,179 ±1,803	35.5% ±0.9 pp	37.6%	38.0%
65 and older	35,487 ±1,288	17.4% ±0.6 pp	17.8%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 203,416
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alabama	U.S.
Male	94,980 ±943	46.7% ±0.5 pp	48.6%	49.5%
Female	108,436 ±949	53.3% ±0.5 pp	51.4%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 203,416
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alabama	U.S.
White alone	85,171 ±2,086	41.9% ±1.0 pp	64.6%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	102,550 ±1,942	50.4% ±1.0 pp	25.8%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	302 ±124	0.1% ±0.1 pp	0.5%	0.9%
Asian alone	4,517 ±611	2.2% ±0.3 pp	1.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	70 ±78 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	2,639 ±678	1.3% ±0.3 pp	2.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	8,167 ±1,084	4.0% ±0.5 pp	5.3%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 203,416
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alabama	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	195,791 ±839	96.3% ±0.4 pp	94.4%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7,625 ±853	3.7% ±0.4 pp	5.6%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 84,639
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alabama	U.S.
Married-couple family	28,456 ±1,166	33.6% ±1.3 pp	46.1%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	2,922 ±402	3.5% ±0.5 pp	4.4%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	16,334 ±905	19.3% ±1.0 pp	14.0%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	32,668 ±1,336	38.6% ±1.5 pp	30.8%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	4,259 ±540	5.0% ±0.6 pp	4.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 84,639
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alabama	U.S.
Households with people under 18	22,471 ±912	26.5% ±1.0 pp	29.0%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	62,168 ±1,751	73.5% ±1.7 pp	71.0%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 84,639
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alabama	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	32,668 ±1,336	38.6% ±1.5 pp	30.8%	28.7%
Two-person households	26,637 ±1,449	31.5% ±1.6 pp	34.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	12,290 ±1,011	14.5% ±1.2 pp	15.4%	15.3%
Four-person households	8,226 ±773	9.7% ±0.9 pp	11.6%	12.6%
Five-person households	3,253 ±378	3.8% ±0.4 pp	5.1%	5.9%
Six-person households	1,025 ±237	1.2% ±0.3 pp	1.7%	2.2%
Seven or more people	540 ±205	0.6% ±0.2 pp	0.9%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 203,416
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alabama	U.S.
Native	194,723 ±1,124	95.7% ±0.6 pp	96.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	8,693 ±1,131	4.3% ±0.6 pp	4.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 190,793
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alabama	U.S.
English only	180,203 ±1,523	94.4% ±0.7 pp	94.0%	77.7%
Spanish	4,453 ±808	2.3% ±0.4 pp	3.9%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	238 ±97	0.1% ±0.1 pp	0.1%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	299 ±256 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	211 ±152 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	950 ±335	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.4%	2.0%
Korean	153 ±132 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	975 ±452	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	1,219 ±398	0.6% ±0.2 pp	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	323 ±209 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	238 ±143 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	1.1%
Arabic	978 ±507 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	553 ±297 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 137,622
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alabama	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	12,437 ±1,057	9.0% ±0.8 pp	11.4%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	40,085 ±1,600	29.1% ±1.1 pp	30.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	29,064 ±1,449	21.1% ±1.0 pp	20.8%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	12,056 ±961	8.8% ±0.7 pp	9.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	27,794 ±1,439	20.2% ±1.0 pp	17.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16,186 ±1,025	11.8% ±0.7 pp	11.1%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 200,554
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alabama	U.S.
Same house	173,801 ±2,086	86.7% ±1.0 pp	88.3%	87.7%
Moved within same county	17,299 ±1,650	8.6% ±0.8 pp	6.1%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	3,582 ±670	1.8% ±0.3 pp	2.9%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	5,350 ±841	2.7% ±0.4 pp	2.4%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	522 ±188	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

9.9% of Mobile residents (±0.8 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 9.2% in Alabama and 8.4% nationally. 86.9% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Mobile	Alabama	U.S.	Compared with Alabama
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	9.9% ±0.8 pp	9.2%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	86.9% ±1.0 pp	87.5%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	7.0% ±0.5 pp	7.7%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Mobile . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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