As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there are 198,915 people, 78 480 households, and 50 776 families residing in the city. The population density is 651.4/km˛ (1,687.1/mi˛). There are 86 187 housing units at an average density of 282.2/km˛ (731.0/mi˛. The racial makeup of the city is 50.40% Caucasian, 46.29% African American, 0.24% Native American, 1.52% Asian American, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.53% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races. 1.42% of the population are Hispanic American or Latino of any race.

There are 78,480 households out of which 30.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.1% are married couples living together, 19.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% are non-families. 30.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.46 and the average family size is 3.09.

In the city the population is spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 87.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $31,445, and the median income for a family is $39,752. Males have a median income of $31,629 versus $22,051 for females. The per capita income for the city is $18,072. 21.2% of the population and 17.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 31.4% of those under the age of 18 and 14.7% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

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Transportation

The city's airlines are served by Mobile Regional Airport, which also serves Pascagoula, Mississippi. Additionally, Mobile Downtown Airport serves corporate, private and cargo aircraft and is home to a major maintenance, overhaul and repair facility.

The city also has a remarkable highway network. Highways linking Mobile to the rest of the country include Interstate 10, Interstate 65, US 31, US 45, US 90 and US 98.

Mobile is also served by the Wave Transit Bus System. Also, Mobile has several taxi services which can be called or generally picked up in the downtown area.

Media

Mobile is served by WPMI (NBC), WKRG (CBS), and WALA (FOX) television stations. The area is also served by WEAR (ABC) based in Pensacola, Florida. The largest paper in the region is the Press-Register.

Education

Public schools in Mobile are operated by the Mobile County Public School System. The State of Alabama operates the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science , which boards advanced Alabama high school students. There is also a large number of private institutions, most of them belonging to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile. Mobile is home to the University of South Alabama, Bishop State Community College, Spring Hill College and the University of Mobile.

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