title: Mobile metropolitan area
text: # Mobile metropolitan area
  
  The Mobile Metropolitan Area comprises Mobile and Washington counties in the southwest corner of Alabama in the United States. As of the 2020 census the metropolitan area had a population of 430,197. The Mobile metropolitan area is the third-largest metropolitan area in the state of Alabama, after Birmingham and Huntsville.
  
  The Mobile Metropolitan Area and Daphne-Fairhope-Foley Metropolitan Area, which comprises all of Baldwin County, together make up the Mobile-Daphne-Fairhope Combined Statistical Area, with a population in 2020 of 661,964.
  
  | Year | Mobile MSA | Daphne-Fairhope-Foley MSA | Total |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2000 Census | 399,843 | 140,415 | 540,258 |
  | 2010 Census | 412,992 | 182,265 | 595,257 |
  | 2020 Census | 430,197 | 231,767 | 661,964 |
  
  ## Counties
  
  * Mobile-Daphne-Fairhope combined statistical area
     * Mobile metropolitan area
        * Mobile County
        * Washington County
     * Daphne–Fairhope–Foley metropolitan area
        * Baldwin County
  
  ## Mobile Metropolitan Area
  
  ### Mobile County communities
  
  **Places with more than 150,000 inhabitants**
  
  * Mobile (principal city)
  
  **Places with 10,000 to 35,000 inhabitants**
  
  * Prichard
  * Saraland
  * Tillmans Corner (unincorporated)
  
  **Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants**
  
  * Bayou La Batre
  * Chickasaw
  * Citronelle
  * Creola
  * Dauphin Island
  * Grand Bay
  * Satsuma
  * Semmes
  * Theodore
  * Mount Vernon
  
  **Unincorporated places**
  
  * Alabama Port
  * Axis
  * Bucks
  * Calvert
  * Chunchula
  * Coden
  * Eight Mile
  * Fernland
  * Heron Bay
  * Irvington
  * Kushla
  * Le Moyne
  * Mauvilla
  * Mon Louis
  * St. Elmo
  * Whistler
  
  ### Washington County communities
  
  **Places with more than 1,000 inhabitants**
  
  * Chatom
  
  **Other communities**
  
  * Calvert
  * Deer Park
  * Fairford
  * Fruitdale
  * Hobson
  * Leroy
  * Malcolm
  * McIntosh
  * Millry
  * St. Stephens
  * Sims Chapel
  * Tibbie
  * Vinegar Bend
  
  ## Daphne-Fairhope-Foley Metropolitan Area
  
  ### Baldwin County communities
  
  **Places with more than 25,000 inhabitants**
  
  * Daphne
  
  **Places with 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants**
  
  * Fairhope
  * Foley
  * Gulf Shores
  * Spanish Fort
  
  **Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants**
  
  * Bay Minette
  * Orange Beach
  * Robertsdale
  * Loxley
  * Elberta
  * Point Clear
  * Summerdale
  
  **Other communities**
  
  * Bon Secour
  * Lillian
  * Magnolia Springs
  * Perdido
  * Perdido Beach
  * Silverhill
  * Stapleton
  * Stockton
  
  ## Transportation
  
  * Interstate 10 (Which connects with Los Angeles and Jacksonville)
  * Interstate 65 (Which connects to Chicago)
  * Interstate 165
  * U.S. Highway 31
  * U.S. Highway 43
  * U.S. Highway 45
  * U.S. Highway 90
  * U.S. Highway 98
  