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• City of Mobile Population: 193,171 (2009 census)
• Mobile County Population: 411,721 (2009 census)
• Mobile-Baldwin Regional Population: 591,599 (2009 census)
• The Nielsen ratings named the Mobile - Pensacola market 60th among the 210 markets in its 2009 survey.
• Mobile’s Cost of Living index falls at 92.4 (2nd quarter, 2010) below the national average of 100
• Mobile’s housing index on the quarterly ACCRA cost of living report is 78.3 (2nd quarter, 2010)
• Mobile is the Port City for Alabama and is 150 miles from New Orleans, 250 miles from Birmingham and 350 miles from Atlanta.
• Mobile Bay holds the second largest natural gas reserve in the world.

Lagniappe (A Little Something Extra)

• Mobile was founded in 1702 and celebrated its Tricentennial in 2002.
• Mobile Bay is home to the original Mardi Gras in this country, instituted in 1704, 62 years before New Orleans adopted the celebration.
• Mobile Bay is the hometown of baseball hall-of-famers Hank Aaron, Ozzie Smith and Satchel Paige.
• Mobile Bay area welcomes more that 2.7 million visitors a year.
• Mobile is home to the GMAC Bowl, Senior Bowl, the Alabama Deep Sea Rodeo, the Dauphin Island Regatta and America’s Junior Miss Pageant.
• The Mobile Tennis Center is the nation’s largest public facility with 50 hard courts in one location.
• Regional golfing is among the nation’s finest, with more than 25 courses. Golf Digest ranked Mobile in the top five Best Medium Size Golf Cities in the United States.
• Mobile is known as the city of six flags having flown under the French, Spanish, British, Republic of Alabama, Confederacy and United States of America flags.
• Mobile is known as the Azalea City, thanks to Frise Langlois who first brought the bright pink blossoms here from his father’s garden in Toulouse, France in 1754.