History of Prichard, Alabama
Prichard is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.
Prichard borders the northside of Mobile, Alabama, as well as the Mobile suburbs of Chickasaw, Alabama, Saraland, Alabama, and the unincorporated sections of Eight Mile, Alabama. As of 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 27,963. It is a part of the Mobile metropolitan statistical area. Prichard is an impoverished city which has been in a state of decline since the mid-60s, it has been riddled with financial problems, Alabama's highest continuous per capita crime rate, and a population which has been fleeing for the last 40 years.
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