a city, with footnotes.
three ledgers. three different boundaries. historical data you can actually trace.
the weather ledger
what fell from the sky, and how often summer overstayed its welcome.
read the data table & method
| year | rainfall (in) | 90°f days | days ≥1 in rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 83.00 | 44 | 20 |
| 2022 | 64.39 | 98 | 19 |
| 2023 | 56.79 | 115 | 17 |
| 2024 | 66.12 | 116 | 17 |
| 2025 | 63.92 | 89 | 19 |
temperature readings are converted from tenths of celsius and rounded to whole fahrenheit before counting hot days. annual rainfall sums raw tenths of millimeters, then converts to inches. daily rain thresholds use hundredth-inch rounding. all 1,826 days have usable maximum, minimum, and precipitation readings in this retained sample. trace flags are preserved; they add no invented measurable rainfall.
these measurements describe one airport station, not citywide conditions. this five-year sample establishes neither an all-time record nor a long-term climate trend.
people & places
90% margin of error ±65 people
90% margin of error ±1,086 units
90% margin of error ±$23
renter-occupied share: 46.0% of occupied units (approximate 90% margin ±1.3 percentage points). vacant share: 14.0% of all housing units (approximate 90% margin ±0.7 percentage points).
these are pooled survey estimates, not current resident counts or asking rents. gross rent includes applicable utilities and fuels; vacancy is not abandonment. mobile’s july 25, 2023 annexation changed its boundary. this extract uses january 1, 2024 city geography.
definitions & calculation notes
population: table b01003. housing units: b25001. gross rent: b25064, renter-occupied units paying cash rent. renter share: 38,974 / 84,639 occupied units, table b25003. vacancy: 13,741 / 98,380 units, table b25002. percentages use the census subset-proportion margin approximation. sampling margins do not cover every possible source of error.
geography: mobile city, alabama · census geo id 1600000us0150000. mobile county figures are not substituted.
what’s on record
the report says population and crime totals include the jurisdiction. these are not established as corporate-city-only counts. exact boundary vintage and detailed counting rules remain unresolved. we do not divide them by the acs city population.
| source category | 2025 ytd through december |
|---|---|
| homicide | 32 |
| sex crime | 47 |
| robbery | 111 |
| aggravated assault | 1,187 |
| burglary | 729 |
| larceny | 4,147 |
| motor vehicle theft | 433 |
| total of these listed categories | 6,686 |
the report separately labels 32 “total homicide cases” on printed page 16 / pdf page 18. cases are not inferred victim counts. these tables do not establish unique incidents, arrests, convictions, or a daily shooting total.