Mobile Now Alabama’s Second Biggest City?

Alabama Mobile City officials believe recent annexations have brought in enough new residents for Mobile to bypass Montgomery.

by The Associated Press

Published: Mon, July 06, 2009 - 10:40 am CST Last Updated: Mon, July 06, 2009 - 10:42 am CST

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Mobile officials believe they rank No. 2 -
in population in Alabama.
They said they believe recent annexations have brought in enough
new residents to bypass Montgomery's population.
Now they just need to get the U.S. government to agree with
them.
The city claims that more than 206,000 people live in Mobile. A
new U.S. Census Bureau estimate says the population is an estimated
191,000. Census estimates show Birmingham with about 229,000
people, and Montgomery with about 202,000.
Mobile fell from No. 2 in the state to No. 3 in 2001.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Alabama Patriot Says:

Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 11:51 am

If the census was increased by the number of people that voted for the annexations, that would increase the population by at least a 1000 people and not 15,000. Sam Jones purposely refused to let the residents in the surrounding communities vote because he only wanted people to vote that would let the annexations pass. There could be a few more residents in the business districts that were annexed, but people were saying that there were very few actually living in the immediate areas. Maybe the people whose votes were considered meaningless to the city might just decide to refuse to fill out the census forms, you just never know. JMO

JOESPKN Says:

Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 11:23 am

“We have met our enemies they are us.”

southfan1981 Says:

Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 11:18 am

Lassoing them in by the thousands? Surround and conquer?

Alabama Patriot Says:

Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 11:09 am

I think that the only people that should be added are those that voted to be annexed. Although there are more people living in the annexed areas, they probably were not allowed to vote to become citizens of Mobile. By not adding their names to the census, these people would be showing Mobile that they do not appreciate Mobile’s methods of getting their communities into the city’s borders. JMO