With a 300 year history, City of Mobile provides citizens and visitors year round activities and attractions Stretched over 128 square miles, Mobile metropolitan area is home to more than quarter million people. Buying or selling your home in Mobile? Visit www.mobile-alabama-realestate.com and view Mobile Real Estate listings. Mobile AL offers big city amenities coupled with sense of community and friendliness. The national civic League honored Mobile with All-America city designation and the City of Mobile is consistently ranked among the "300 best places to live" by Money Magazine due to Mobile's low cost of living and high quality of life. Mobile AL is located along the northwest shore of Mobile Bay in Mobile County. Mobile is the third most populous city in the State of Alabama with population of 197,833 (2006 estimate). Mobile is also the original home of Mardi Gras, a tradition that started in 1703, and is the second largest celebration in the United States. Mobile is the only saltwater port in Alabama.