Editing Mesa, Arizona

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Mesa, Arizona
| settlement_type    = [[List of municipalities in Arizona|City]]
| image_skyline      = Mesa Arts Center - West - 2009-09-16.JPG
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = [[Mesa Arts Center]] building in downtown Mesa
| image_flag         = Flag of Mesa, Arizona.svg
| image_seal         = 
| image_blank_emblem = Logo of City of Mesa.svg
| blank_emblem_type  = Logo
| blank_emblem_alt   = Logo of Mesa
| image_map          = File:Maricopa County Arizona Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Mesa Highlighted 0446000.svg
| mapsize            = 250x250px
| map_caption        = Location of Mesa in Maricopa County, Arizona
| image_map1         = 
| mapsize1           = 
| pushpin_map        = Arizona#USA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Arizona##Location in the United States
| pushpin_relief     = 1
| coordinates        = {{coord|33|25|20|N|111|49|22|W|type:city_region:US-AZ|display=it}}<ref name=gnis/>
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = State
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Arizona|County]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Arizona]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa]]
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = 1878
| government_type    = [[Mayor–council]]
| leader_title       = [[List of mayors of Mesa, Arizona|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Mark Freeman (politician)|Mark Freeman]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 361.09
| area_total_sq_mi   = 139.42
| area_land_km2      = 359.48
| area_land_sq_mi    = 138.79
| area_water_km2     = 1.62
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.62
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 1,326
| population_total   = 504258
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est     = 509475
| pop_est_as_of      = 2021
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref name="USCensusEst2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |date=May 29, 2022|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 31, 2022}}</ref>
| population_footnotes = 
| population_rank    = [[List of United States cities by population|37th]] in the United States<br>[[List of municipalities in Arizona|3rd]] in Arizona
| population_density_sq_mi = 3633.14
| population_density_km2 = 1402.76
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code        = 85201-85216, 85274-85275, 85277
| area_code          = [[Area code 480|480]] [[Area code 602|602]]
| website            = {{URL|www.mesaaz.gov}}
| footnotes          = 
| pushpin_label      = Mesa
| timezone           = [[Mountain Standard Time Zone|MST]] (no [[Daylight savings time|DST]])
| utc_offset         = −7
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 04-46000
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2411087<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2411087}}</ref>
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_04.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
}}

'''Mesa''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|eɪ|s|ə|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Mesa, Arizona.wav}} {{respell|MAY|sə}}) is a city in [[Maricopa County, Arizona]], United States. The population was 504,258 at the 2020 census.<ref name="QuickFacts">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts: Mesa city, Arizona |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/mesacityarizona/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 26, 2021}}</ref> It is the [[List of municipalities in Arizona|third-most populous city]] in Arizona, after [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] and [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]], the [[List of United States cities by population|37th-most populous city]] in the U.S., and the most populous city that is not a county seat (except for independent cities [[Washington, D.C.]] and [[Baltimore]] which are not part of any county). It is the most populous city in the [[East Valley (Phoenix metropolitan area)|East Valley]] of the [[Phoenix metropolitan area]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-07/how-to-define-american-suburbs|title=How to Tell If You Live in the Suburbs|website=[[Bloomberg News]]| date=July 7, 2020 }}</ref> It borders [[Tempe, Arizona|Tempe]] on the west, the [[Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community]] on the north, [[Chandler, Arizona|Chandler]] and [[Gilbert, Arizona|Gilbert]] on the south along with [[Queen Creek, Arizona|Queen Creek]], and [[Apache Junction]] on the east.

At least ten colleges and universities are located in Mesa, as is the [[Mesa Arizona Temple]], one of the first LDS temples constructed outside of Utah. The city is home to the largest [[relief airport]] in the Phoenix area, [[Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport]], located in the southeastern corner of the city.

==History==
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The history of Mesa dates back at least 2,000 years to the arrival of the [[Hohokam]] people. The Hohokam, whose name means "All Used Up" or "The Departed Ones", built the original canal system. The canals were the largest and most sophisticated in the prehistoric New World. Some were up to {{convert|90|ft|m}} wide and {{convert|10|ft}} deep at their head gates, extending for as far as {{convert|16|mi|km}} across the desert. By AD 1100, water could be delivered to an area over {{convert|110000|acre|km2}}, transforming the Sonoran Desert into an agricultural oasis. By 1450, the Hohokam had constructed hundreds of miles of canals, many of which are still in use.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.mesalibrary.org/about_mesa/mesahistory/hohokam.aspx |title= A Brief History of Mesa, Arizona: Hohokam |date=July 2003 |work= Mesalibrary.org |publisher= City of Mesa Library |access-date= March 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307003136/http://www.mesalibrary.org/about_mesa/mesahistory/hohokam.aspx|archive-date=March 7, 2012}}</ref>

After the disappearance of the Hohokam and before the arrival of the early settlers, little is known; explorers did not venture into this area. By the late 19th century near present-day Mesa, [[U.S. Army]] troops relocated the [[Apache]], opening the way for settlement.<ref>{{citation |last=Bourke|first=John|url=http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/apache.htm|title=Battle with the Apache, 1872}}</ref>

In March 1877, [[Mormon pioneer]] [[Daniel Webster Jones (Mormon)|Daniel Webster Jones]] and Henry Clay Rogers left [[St. George, Utah|St. George]], Utah. Jones had been asked by Mormon officials to direct a party of people in establishing a settlement in Arizona. They traveled south and settled on the north side of the present Mesa area. This settlement was initially known as Fort Utah and later as Jonesville. It was located near Lehi Road. In 1883, it was named [[Lehi, Arizona|Lehi]] at the suggestion of [[Brigham Young, Jr.]]<ref>{{citation |last= Jenson |first= Andrew |author-link= Andrew Jenson |title= Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |location= Salt Lake City |publisher= [[Deseret News|Deseret News Publishing Company]] |year= 1941 |page= 426 |url= http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/BYUIBooks/id/2694/show/2249 }}</ref>

About this same time, another group dubbed the First Mesa Company arrived from Utah and Idaho. Their leaders were Francis Martin Pomeroy, [[Charles Crismon]], George Warren Sirrine and Charles I. Robson. Rather than accepting an invitation to settle at Jones's Lehi settlement, they moved up onto the [[mesa]] that serves as the city's namesake. They dug irrigation canals and used some of the original Hohokam canals. By April 1878, water was flowing through them.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.mesalibrary.org/about_mesa/mesahistory/firstmesa.aspx |title= A Brief History of Mesa, Arizona: First Mesa Company |date=July 2003 |work= Mesalibrary.org |publisher= City of Mesa Library |access-date= March 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007033038/http://www.mesalibrary.org/about_mesa/mesahistory/firstmesa.aspx|archive-date=October 7, 2011 }}</ref> The Second Mesa Company arrived in 1879 and settled to the west of the First Mesa Company because of more available farmland. This settlement was originally called Alma and later Stringtown. It was located near where Alma School Road.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.mesalibrary.org/about_mesa/mesahistory/secondmesa.aspx |title= A Brief History of Mesa, Arizona: Second Mesa Company |date=July 2003 |work= Mesalibrary.org |publisher= City of Mesa Library |access-date= March 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007033144/http://www.mesalibrary.org/about_mesa/mesahistory/secondmesa.aspx|archive-date=October 7, 2011 }}</ref>

On July 17, 1878, Mesa City was registered as a {{convert|1|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} townsite. The first school was built in 1879. In 1883, Mesa City was [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] with a population of 300 people. Dr. A. J. Chandler, who would later go on to found the [[Chandler, Arizona|city of Chandler]], worked on widening the Mesa Canal in 1895 to allow for enough flow to build a power plant. In 1917, the city of Mesa purchased this utility company. The revenues from the company provided enough for capital expenditures until the 1960s. During the [[Great Depression]], [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]] funds provided paved streets, a new hospital, a new town hall and a library.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.mesalibrary.org/about_mesa/mesahistory/mesacity.aspx |title= A Brief History of Mesa, Arizona: Mesa City – 1878 to Depression |date=July 2003 |work= Mesalibrary.org |publisher= City of Mesa Library |access-date= March 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307003141/http://www.mesalibrary.org/about_mesa/mesahistory/mesacity.aspx|archive-date=March 7, 2012 }}</ref>

After the founding of the city, the elected official that most impacted the municipality was [[George Nicholas Goodman]]. He was mayor five different times<ref name=news>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23142973/nice_article_photo_of_george_n/ |title=Nice article & photo of George N. Goodman, mayor 1952 June 10 AZ Republic|newspaper=Arizona Republic|date=June 10, 1952|pages=11|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> during three different decades (1938–1942, 1946–1948, 1952–1956) (see: [[List of mayors of Mesa, Arizona]]). As mayor, he was directly involved in the process of acquiring land for both [[Falcon Field (Arizona)|Falcon Field]] and [[Williams Air Force Base|Williams Field]].<ref name=news/>

With the opening of [[Falcon Field (Arizona)|Falcon Field]] and [[Williams Air Force Base|Williams Field]] in the early 1940s, more military personnel began to move into the Mesa area. With the advent of [[air conditioning]] and the rise of tourism, population growth exploded in Mesa as well as the rest of the Phoenix area. Industry—especially early aerospace companies—grew in the 1950s and 1960s. As late as 1960, half of the residents of Mesa made a living with agriculture, but that number declined substantially as Mesa's suburban growth continued on track with the rest of the Phoenix metro area.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.mesalibrary.org/about_mesa/mesahistory/wwii.aspx |title= A Brief History of Mesa, Arizona: World War II to Present |date=July 2003 |work= Mesalibrary.org |publisher= City of Mesa Library |access-date= March 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307003144/http://www.mesalibrary.org/about_mesa/mesahistory/wwii.aspx|archive-date=March 7, 2012 }}</ref>

==Geography==

===Defining east and west Mesa===
Mesa stretches {{convert|18|mi|km}} from Price Road in the west to Meridian Road in the east and has a land area of {{convert|138.70|sqmi|km2}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=QuickFacts Mesa city, Arizona; United States |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/mesacityarizona,US/ |website=census.gov |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref> Mesa employs a grid system for street numbering that is different from that used in Phoenix and other portions of the metropolitan area. Center Street, running north to south, bisects Mesa into eastern and western halves and serves as the east and west numbering point of origin within Mesa.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.mesaaz.gov/maps/pdf/zip_code_map.pdf |title= Mesa ZIP codes |work= mesaaz.gov |publisher= City of Mesa |date= October 15, 2009 |access-date= March 13, 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120227155608/http://www.mesaaz.gov/maps/pdf/zip_code_map.pdf |archive-date= February 27, 2012 |df= mdy-all }}</ref> Streets west of Center St., such as W. University Drive or W. Main St. are considered to be in West Mesa, whereas streets east of Center St., such as E. University or E. Main St., are considered to be in East Mesa.

===Climate===
Located in the [[Sonoran Desert]], Mesa has a hot [[desert climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''BWh''), with mild winters and very hot summers.

{{Weather box
|location = East Mesa, Arizona, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 2002–present
|single line = Yes

|Jan record high F = 84
|Feb record high F = 89
|Mar record high F = 102
|Apr record high F = 105
|May record high F = 112
|Jun record high F = 120
|Jul record high F = 121
|Aug record high F = 117
|Sep record high F = 115
|Oct record high F = 105
|Nov record high F = 98
|Dec record high F = 85

|Jan avg record high F = 78.8
|Feb avg record high F = 83.1
|Mar avg record high F = 90.4
|Apr avg record high F = 99.5
|May avg record high F = 105.7
|Jun avg record high F = 113.2
|Jul avg record high F = 115.0
|Aug avg record high F = 113.3
|Sep avg record high F = 109.6
|Oct avg record high F = 101.1
|Nov avg record high F = 91.4
|Dec avg record high F = 78.9
|year avg record high F = 116.6

|Jan high F = 67.5
|Feb high F = 70.1
|Mar high F = 77.2
|Apr high F = 85.2
|May high F = 94.4
|Jun high F = 104.1
|Jul high F = 105.9
|Aug high F = 104.6
|Sep high F = 100.2
|Oct high F = 89.5
|Nov high F = 76.8
|Dec high F = 66.1
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 54.2
|Feb mean F = 56.4
|Mar mean F = 62.4
|Apr mean F = 69.3
|May mean F = 78.0
|Jun mean F = 87.4
|Jul mean F = 92.4
|Aug mean F = 91.5
|Sep mean F = 85.8
|Oct mean F = 74.3
|Nov mean F = 62.2
|Dec mean F = 53.1
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 41.0
|Feb low F = 42.7
|Mar low F = 47.6
|Apr low F = 53.3
|May low F = 61.6
|Jun low F = 70.7
|Jul low F = 78.9
|Aug low F = 78.4
|Sep low F = 71.4
|Oct low F = 59.1
|Nov low F = 47.6
|Dec low F = 40.1
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = 28.0
|Feb avg record low F = 30.4
|Mar avg record low F = 36.0
|Apr avg record low F = 42.1
|May avg record low F = 51.3
|Jun avg record low F = 61.7
|Jul avg record low F = 71.1
|Aug avg record low F = 70.4
|Sep avg record low F = 59.7
|Oct avg record low F = 45.8
|Nov avg record low F = 35.6
|Dec avg record low F = 28.3
|year avg record low F = 25.5

|Jan record low F = 20
|Feb record low F = 20
|Mar record low F = 30
|Apr record low F = 35
|May record low F = 46
|Jun record low F = 57
|Jul record low F = 63
|Aug record low F = 65
|Sep record low F = 50
|Oct record low F = 35
|Nov record low F = 27
|Dec record low F = 24

|Jan precipitation inch = 1.36
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.46
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.31
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.36
|May precipitation inch = 0.16
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.05
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.18
|Aug precipitation inch = 1.29
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.13
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.56
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.79
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.11
|year precipitation inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 4.1
|Feb precipitation days = 3.7
|Mar precipitation days = 2.6
|Apr precipitation days = 1.5
|May precipitation days = 1.1
|Jun precipitation days = 0.7
|Jul precipitation days = 4.8
|Aug precipitation days = 5.2
|Sep precipitation days = 3.3
|Oct precipitation days = 2.4
|Nov precipitation days = 2.3
|Dec precipitation days = 4.6

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00022782&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: E Mesa, AZ
|access-date = March 29, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima 2006&ndash;2020)<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=psr
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Phoenix
|access-date = March 29, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

{|style="width:100%;text-align:center;line-height:1.2em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|-
!Colspan=14|Climate data for Mesa
|-
!Month
!Jan
!Feb
!Mar
!Apr
!May
!Jun
!Jul
!Aug
!Sep
!Oct
!Nov
!Dec
!style="border-left-width:medium"|Year
|-
!Mean daily daylight hours
|style="background:#F0F011;color:#000000;"|10.0
|style="background:#F7F722;color:#000000;"|11.0
|style="background:#FFFF33;color:#000000;"|12.0
|style="background:#FFFF44;color:#000000;"|13.0
|style="background:#FFFF55;color:#000000;"|14.0
|style="background:#FFFF5D;color:#000000;"|14.5
|style="background:#FFFF55;color:#000000;"|14.0
|style="background:#FFFF4C;color:#000000;"|13.5
|style="background:#FFFF3B;color:#000000;"|12.5
|style="background:#FBFB2A;color:#000000;"|11.5
|style="background:#F4F419;color:#000000;"|10.5
|style="background:#F0F011;color:#000000;"|10.0
|style="background:#FFFF36;color:#000000;border-left-width:medium"|12.2
|-
!Colspan=14 style="background:#f8f9fa;font-weight:normal;font-size:95%;"|Source: Weather Atlas <ref name="Weather Atlas">{{cite web |url=https://www.weather-us.com/en/arizona-usa/mesa-climate |title=Mesa, Arizona, USA – Monthly weather forecast and Climate data |publisher=Weather Atlas |access-date=April 11, 2019 }}</ref>
|}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1900 = 722
| 1910 = 1692
| 1920 = 3036
| 1930 = 3711
| 1940 = 7224
| 1950 = 16790
| 1960 = 33772
| 1970 = 63049
| 1980 = 152404
| 1990 = 288104
| 2000 = 396375
| 2010 = 439041
| 2020 = 504258
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 512498
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2022">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=April 14, 2024}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref><br>2010–2020<ref name="QuickFacts" />
}}

According to the 2020 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was:<ref>{{cite news |title=2020 census |url=https://data.statesmanjournal.com/census/total-population/total-population-change/mesa-city-arizona/160-0446000/}}</ref>
* [[White American|White]]: 65.7% ([[Non-Hispanic Whites]]: 59.6%)
* [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race): 27.3%
* [[African American|Black or African American]]: 4.2%
* [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]]: 12.3%
* Native American: 2.7%
* [[Asian American|Asian]]: 2.6%
* [[Pacific Islander American|Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander]]: 0.4%

According to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/mesacityarizona/RHI125217#RHI125217|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Mesa city, Arizona|website=census.gov|access-date=February 17, 2019}}</ref>
* [[White American|White]]: 83.8% ([[Non-Hispanic Whites]]: 62.6%)
* [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race): 27.4%
* [[African American|Black or African American]]: 3.7%
* [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]]: 3.1%
* Native American: 2.3%
* [[Asian American|Asian]]: 2.0%
* [[Pacific Islander American|Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander]]: 0.4%

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Mesa city, Arizona – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Mesa city, Arizona|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=160XX00US0446000|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Mesa city, Arizona|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0446000&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Mesa city, Arizona|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0446000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|290,180
|282,505
|style='background: #ffffe6; |300,502
|73.21%
|64.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |59.59%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|9,377
|14,101
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18,819
|2.37%
|3.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.93%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|5,454
|8,359
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,754
|1.38%
|1.90%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.93%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|5,755
|8,174
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12,725
|1.45%
|1.86%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.52%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|874
|1,532
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,892
|0.22%
|0.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.38%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|402
|555
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,250
|0.10%
|0.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.45%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|6,052
|8,062
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19,826
|1.53%
|1.84%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.93%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|78,281
|115,753
|style='background: #ffffe6; |137,490
|19.75%
|26.36%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |27.27%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''396,375'''
|'''439,041'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''504,258'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010 census===
As of the census of 2010, there were 439,041 people, 146,643 households, and 99,863 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|3,171.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 175,701 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,405.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

The racial make-up of the city was 81.6% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 2.4% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 2.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 2.0% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 9.3% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.3% from two or more races. 24.0% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 146,643 households, out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.20.

The age distribution was 27.3% under 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65&nbsp;or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $42,817, and the median income for a family was $49,232. Males had a median income of $35,960 versus $27,005 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,601. About 6.2% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.7% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
{{main|List of mayors of Mesa, Arizona}}

The Mesa City Charter of 1967 established a [[Council-manager government]] consisting of a mayor and six Councilmembers who appoint a City Manager, City Clerk, City Attorney, auditor, and magistrates.<ref>{{cite web |title=City Charter City of Mesa |url=https://www.mesaaz.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/670 |website=mesaaz.gov |access-date=12 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mesa City Charter |url=https://library.municode.com/az/mesa/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=MECH |website=library.municode.com |access-date=12 August 2024}}</ref> The City Manager administers and staffs various departments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mesa AZ - City Manager |url=https://www.mesaaz.gov/government/city-manager |website=mesaaz.gov |access-date=12 August 2024}}</ref> The council can also appoint citizens to Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Committees.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mesa AZ - Advisory Boards & Committees |url=https://www.mesaaz.gov/government/advisory-boards-committees |website=mesaaz.gov |access-date=12 August 2024}}</ref>

In May 1998 voters approved Proposition 100 which created 6 geographical council districts.<ref>{{cite web |title=May 19, 1998 - General Election Results |url=https://www.mesaaz.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/9277/635593520826370000 |website=mesaaz.gov |access-date=12 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Election '98 Sample Ballot/Publicity Pamphlet |url=https://www.mesaaz.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/35767/637072661377730000 |website=mesaaz.gov |access-date=12 August 2024}}</ref> Councilmembers are elected to represent these districts for four year terms. The mayor is elected to represent the city at large and also has a four-year term. Both Councilmembers and mayors cannot serve more than two consecutive terms. A partial term does not count towards these two consecutive terms; for instance, Mayor John Giles served a partial term from 2014 to 2016<ref>{{cite web |last1=Polletta |first1=Maria |title=Mesa voters elect John Giles as mayor |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2014/08/25/mesa-mayoral-city-council-election/14592691/ |website=The Arizona Republic}}</ref> then served two consecutive terms from 2016 to 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Writer |first1=Scott Shumaker, Tribune Staff |title=Candidates already eyeing Mesa mayor seat |url=https://www.themesatribune.com/news/candidates-already-eyeing-mesa-mayor-seat/article_897387d6-eb8d-11ed-b129-9f7d24fc84ca.html |website=The Mesa Tribune |language=en |date=9 May 2023}}</ref>

===Political climate===
In a 2014 study, academic researchers from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] and [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] analyzed over a decade's worth of public opinion surveys. They determined that Mesa was the "most conservative American city of more than 250,000 residents".<ref name="MIT">{{Cite web|last=Epstein|first=Ethan|title=Are Conservative Cities Better?|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/09/mesa-arizona-are-conservative-cities-better-111069|access-date=September 25, 2021|website=Politico Magazine|date=September 17, 2014 |language=en}}</ref> In 2017, the [[Pew Research Center]] also determined that Mesa was the most conservative city in the United States.<ref name="Pew">{{cite web |title=Mesa ranked most conservative large city in the U.S. by Pew |url=https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/local/mesa/mesa-ranked-most-conservative-large-city-in-the-u-s/article_f4e62f46-6e75-11e7-a04e-e7efc8a6732c.html |website=East Valley Tribune |access-date=November 21, 2023 |language=en |date=July 24, 2017}}</ref>

==Economy==
===Top employers===
According to the city's 2022 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Mesa 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report |url=https://www.mesaaz.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/46248/638089623964770000 |access-date=November 10, 2023 |publisher=City of Mesa |page=150 |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! Employees
!Percentage of Total City Employment
|-
|1
|[[Mesa Public Schools]]
|7,726
|4.35%
|-
|2
|[[Banner Health]]
|6,826
|3.84%
|-
|3
|[[The Boeing Company]]
|3,945
|2.22%
|-
|4
|City of Mesa
|3,579
|2.02%
|-
|5
|[[Walmart]]
|3,269
|1.84%
|-
|6
|[[Fry's Food and Drug]]
|1,371
|0.77%
|-
|7
|[[DriveTime Automotive Group]]
|1,367
|0.77%
|-
|8
|[[The Home Depot]]
|1,309
|0.74%
|-
|9
|[[Maricopa County Community College District|Maricopa County Community College]]
|1,215
|0.68%
|-
|10
|[[Gilbert Public Schools]]
|1,004
|0.57%
|}

==Cultural attractions==
[[File:Mesa-Mesa Grande Ruins-5.JPG|thumb|[[Mesa Grande|Mesa Grande Ruins]]]]
* [[HoHoKam Park]] of the [[Cactus League]], home of the [[Athletics (baseball)|Athletics]] and former home of the [[Chicago Cubs]] during spring training, the WAC baseball tournament and former summer home to the now defunct [[Mesa Miners]] professional baseball team of the [[Golden Baseball League]]
* [[Sloan Park]], opened in 2014 as the new Cactus League spring training home of the [[Chicago Cubs]]
* [[Mesa Arts Center]]
* [[Mesa Amphitheater]]
* Museums
** [[I.d.e.a. Museum]]
** [[Commemorative Air Force]] Arizona Wing Aircraft Museum, located at [[Falcon Field (Arizona)|Falcon Field]] – B-17 ''Sentimental Journey''
** Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa Arts Center
*** [[Mesa Historical Museum]]
*** [[Arizona Museum of Natural History]]
* Archeological sites
** [[Mesa Grande|Mesa Grande Ruins]]
** Park of the Canals
* [[Public library|Public libraries]]
** Main Library (MN)
** Dobson Ranch Branch (DR)
** Mesa Express Library (MEL)
** Red Mountain Branch (RM)
* Water parks
** [[Golfland|Golfland Sunsplash]] waterpark on [[U.S. Route 60 (Arizona)|U.S. 60]]
* The only highrise in Mesa is the [[Bank of America]] (formerly [[Western Savings and Loan|Western Savings]]) building near [[Fiesta Mall]].
* [[Organ Stop Pizza]], containing the world's largest [[Wurlitzer organ]]
* [[Bell Bank Park]] a 320-acre sports and recreation complex

===Historic properties in Mesa===
{{Main|List of historic properties in Mesa, Arizona}}
[[File:Mesa-Mesa Arizona Temple-1919.jpg|thumb|The [[Mesa Arizona Temple]], the namesake of the NRHP's Historic Mesa Temple District]]
Numerous properties in the city are considered to be historical and have been included either in the [[National Register of Historic Places]]<ref name="nationalregisterofhistoricplaces">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/az/Maricopa/state.html|title=National Register of Historical Places – Arizona (AZ), Maricopa County |website=nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com|access-date=November 10, 2018}}</ref> or the listings of the [[List of historic properties in Mesa, Arizona|Mesa Historic Properties]].

==Parks and recreation==
Mesa has over 2,280 acres of parkland in the city limits. Its largest is Red Mountain Park which spans 1,146 acres. It includes a lake, playgrounds, a basketball court and a cement volleyball court.<ref>[http://www.mesaaz.gov/parksrec/parks/redmountain.aspx "Red Mountain Park"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901032350/http://mesaaz.gov/parksrec/Parks/RedMountain.aspx |date=September 1, 2013 }}
''City of Mesa, Arizona''. Retrieved July 9, 2013.</ref>

===Golf===
Mesa is home to numerous championship golf courses, including the original course in town, Mesa Country Club.<ref name="mesacountryclub">{{cite web|url=http://www.mesacountryclub.com|title=Arizona Private Country Club &#124; Phoenix Arizona Private Golf Course, Wedding Venue|website=mesacountryclub.com|access-date=November 10, 2018}}</ref> This course was founded in the late 1940s by the original leaders of the town, and "Country Club Drive", the most prominent street in Mesa, was at one point the modest entrance to the club.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

===West Mesa===
{{Main|Fiesta Mall|Mesa Riverview}}

The abandoned [[Fiesta Mall]] is located in West Mesa and owned by [[Westcor]]. Its anchors were [[Sears, Roebuck and Company|Sears]] and [[Best Buy]]. It is located near several shopping centers, Mesa's [[Bank of America]],<ref name="bofabuilding">{{citation |url= http://timboyle.com/writing/westernsavings.html |title= A Big Bang in Downtown, or The History of the Financial Plaza |first= Tim |last= Boyle |date= April 2001 |access-date= March 13, 2012 |archive-date= February 27, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120227192950/http://timboyle.com/writing/westernsavings.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> and other retail stores, banks, and restaurants. Though deserted, a refurbishment and expansion of the mall has been planned.<ref name="fiesta-redevelopment">{{citation |url= http://www.shopfiesta.com/redirect.asp?p=centerredevelopment |access-date= April 6, 2008 |title= Fiesta Mall – Center Redevelopment |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081220205608/http://www.shopfiesta.com/redirect.asp?p=centerredevelopment |archive-date= December 20, 2008 }}</ref>

Mesa Riverview is a new outdoor destination retail center in the northwestern corner of the city, near [[Arizona State Route 202|Loop 202]] and Dobson Road. At build-out the center will include {{convert|1300000|sqft|m2}} of retail space.<ref name="riverview-info">{{citation |url= http://mesariverview.com/index.php?page=center-information |title= Mesa Riverview – Center Information |access-date= April 6, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080312020800/http://mesariverview.com/index.php?page=center-information <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date= March 12, 2008}}</ref>

===East Mesa===
Located in East Mesa is Superstition Springs Business Park.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Superstition Springs Business Park Trades for $13.98M| date=September 21, 2014 |publisher=AZ Big Media|url=https://azbigmedia.com/featured/superstition-springs-business-park-trades-1398m|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref> It includes the [[Superstition Springs Center]], a shopping mall owned by [[Macerich]]. It features an outdoor [[amphitheatre]] and fountain which convert to a stage. Anchor stores at the mall are [[Dillard's]], [[JCPenney]], and [[Macy's]]. [[Mission Community Church]], previously known as Superstition Springs Community Church, was initially named after this [[business park]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our History|publisher=[[Mission Community Church]]|url=http://www.mission68.org/about-mission/our-history/|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605155053/http://www.mission68.org/about-mission/our-history/|archive-date=June 5, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Education==
Almost all of the city of Mesa is served by public schools operated by [[Mesa Public Schools]]; however, the southern portion is served by [[Gilbert Public Schools]], the [[Higley Unified School District]] and the [[Queen Creek Unified School District]], and a small western portion is served by the [[Tempe Elementary School District]] and the [[Tempe Union High School District]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://statisticalatlas.com/place/Arizona/Mesa/Overview | title=The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas }}</ref>

Pilgrim Lutheran School is a Christian Pre-K-8 school of the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]] in Mesa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Pilgrim Lutheran School |url=https://www.pilgrimmesa.com/page/welcome-to-pilgrim-lutheran-school |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>

More than 40,000 students are enrolled in more than 10 colleges and universities located in Mesa.<ref name="selectmesa.com">{{Cite web|title=Mesa – Higher Education Institutions|url=https://www.selectmesa.com/business-environment/education/higher-education-institutions|access-date=November 8, 2021}}</ref> Mesa is home to [[Mesa Community College]], the largest of the [[Maricopa Community Colleges]], which enrolls over 24,000 full and part-time students, and [[Chandler–Gilbert Community College]]. The [[Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus|Polytechnic]] campus of [[Arizona State University]] lies in southeast Mesa. This satellite campus enrolls over 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students in scientific and engineering fields. [[A. T. Still University]] operates an [[A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona|Osteopathic Medical School in Mesa]].

Private for-profit institutions include [[List of colleges and universities in Arizona|Arizona College]], [[Carrington College (US)|Carrington College]], [[DeVry University]], [[Pima Medical Institute]], and [[CAE Global Academy Phoenix]].<ref name="selectmesa.com"/> Arizona State University opened the Media and Immersive eXperience Center in the ASU at Mesa City Center complex in 2022, offering programs from the Herberger Institute for Design and Arts including a film school with media production facilities and a theater.<ref>{{Cite web|title=State-of-the-art project to offer programs from Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, feature spaces for entrepreneurship and community collaboration|date=January 10, 2020|url=https://news.asu.edu/20200110-arizona-impact-asu-mesa-center-groundbreaking|access-date=November 8, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsroom.asu.edu/press-release/asu-mesa-city-center-grand-opening|title= ASU at Mesa City Center Grand Opening|date=October 27, 2022|access-date=April 12, 2023}}</ref>

After launching a higher education initiative in 2012, Mesa became home to branch campuses of five private, liberal arts institutions: [[Albright College]], [[Westminster College (Missouri)|Westminster College]], [[Benedictine University]], [[Upper Iowa University]] and [[Wilkes University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mesaaz.gov/economic/HigherEducationTitle.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708115642/http://mesaaz.gov/economic/HigherEducationTitle.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Higher Education Initiative|archivedate=July 8, 2014}}</ref> Albright College<ref>{{cite news |last1=Poletta |first1=Maria |title=Albright College to close its Mesa campus |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2015/06/26/albright-college-close-mesa-campus/29332725/ |access-date=February 29, 2024 |work=The Arizona Republic |date=June 26, 2015}}</ref> and Westminster College<ref>{{cite web |last1=Westminster College |title=Westminster College To Close Mesa, Arizona Campus |url=https://news.wcmo.edu/westminster-college-to-close-mesa-arizona-campus/ |website=WestMO News and Events |access-date=February 29, 2024 |date=April 22, 2014}}</ref> are no longer in the city, and Wilkes University has moved entirely online.<ref name="azcentral">{{cite web|url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa-education/2017/03/20/higher-education-mesa-gilbert-benedictine-university-upper-iowa-mesa-community-college/99278534/|website=The Arizona Republic|title=What is the state of higher education in Mesa, Gilbert?|access-date=November 10, 2018}}</ref>

==Transportation==
[[File:Mesa City Hall.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Mesa City Hall in downtown Mesa]]
{{Main|Metropolitan Phoenix Freeways}}
Several [[Metropolitan Phoenix Freeways|area freeways]] serve the Mesa area, such as [[U.S. Route 60 (Arizona)|U.S. Route 60]], locally known as the Superstition Freeway, which runs between [[Apache Junction, Arizona|Apache Junction]] and Phoenix. It is also served by [[Arizona State Route 87|SR 87]] and bypass loops [[Arizona State Route 101|Loop 101]], which skirts the western city limits as the Price Freeway, and [[Arizona State Route 202|Loop 202]], which bypasses the city on the north and east. The main east–west arterial road in Mesa is Main Street (former US 60/70/80/89), serving Downtown Mesa.  The primary north–south arterials include Country Club Drive, Gilbert Road, and Power Road.

Public transportation in Mesa is provided by [[Valley Metro]] via bus and light rail ([[Valley Metro Rail]]). The light rail section in Mesa spans about four miles from [[Sycamore/Main St (VMR station)|Sycamore/Main St.]] in the west of the city, through downtown to [[Gilbert Road/Main Street station|Gilbert/Main St]]. Until July 2008, Mesa was the largest U.S. city with no public transit service on Sundays. The city has Sunday service available on Routes 40-Apache/Main, 45-Broadway, 61-Southern, 96-Dobson, 108-Elliot, 112-Country Club/Arizona, 156-Chandler/Williams Field, and 184-Power. Up until the final years of [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific]] passenger railroad service, the ''[[Sunset Limited]]'' passenger train used to make stops in Mesa.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Southern Pacific Lines, Table 1 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=101 |issue=1 |date=June 1968}}</ref>

Air service in the city is provided by two airports. [[Falcon Field (Arizona)|Falcon Field]], located in the northeastern part of the area, was established as a training field for British [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] pilots during [[World War II]] and was transferred to the city at the end of the war. Falcon Field has 605 aircraft based there.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.airnav.com/airport/KFFZ |title= Airport Information – KFFZ: Falcon Field Airport, Mesa, Arizona, USA |work= airnav.com |publisher= AirNav, LLC }}</ref> [[The Boeing Company|Boeing]] builds the [[AH-64 Apache]] attack helicopter at a facility adjoining Falcon Field. [[Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport]] is located in the far southeastern area of the city and provides alternate but limited air service when compared to [[Sky Harbor International Airport]]. Phoenix-Mesa Gateway was formerly [[Williams Gateway Airport]], and before that, [[Williams Air Force Base]], which closed in 1993. Williams Gateway was announced as a new Focus City for [[Allegiant Air]]. Service started October 25, 2007.

==Healthcare==
The public hospital system, [[Valleywise Health]] (formerly Maricopa Integrated Health System), operates Valleywise Community Health Center – Mesa and Valleywise Behavioral Health Center – Mesa. Its sole hospital, Valleywise Health Medical Center, is in Phoenix.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://valleywisehealth.org/locations/|title=Locations|publisher=Valleywise Health|accessdate=December 2, 2021}}</ref>

==Notable people==
[[File:DSC08113 Authority Zero Museumsuferfest 2016.jpg|thumb|300px|The band [[Authority Zero]] has its homebase in Mesa, here playing a gig in [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]].]]
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* [[Jim Adkins]], vocalist and lead guitarist of [[Jimmy Eat World]]<ref name=PNT1 />
* [[Murder of Travis Alexander|Travis Alexander]], murder victim
* [[Beau Allred]], professional baseball pitcher<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/AZ_born.shtml | publisher=Baseball-Reference.com | title=98 players born in Arizona |url-status=live |access-date=December 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705074732/http://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/AZ_born.shtml | archive-date=July 5, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Janice Merrill Allred]], author<ref name=mfew>{{cite book |last1=Steenblik |first1=Rachel Hunt|last2=Wheelwright |first2=Hannah |date=2015 |title=Mormon Feminism: Essential Writings |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3IgvCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA196 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=196 |isbn=978-0190248031}}</ref>
* [[Helen Andelin]], author
* [[Tyson Apostol]], reality television star
* [[Authority Zero]], punk rock band<ref name=PNT1>{{cite web | url=http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2014/08/biggest_arizona_rock_stars.php | website=Phoenix New Times | date=August 6, 2014 | last=Leatherman | first=Benjamin | title=The 15 Biggest Rock Stars Who Live in Arizona | access-date=September 15, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808164253/http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2014/08/biggest_arizona_rock_stars.php | archive-date=August 8, 2014}}</ref>
* [[John Beck (American football)|John Beck]], professional football player
* [[Art Bisch]], race car driver
* [[Mike Brown (basketball, born 1970)|Mike Brown]], professional [[basketball]] coach<ref>{{cite web|title=NBA Coach Mike Brown Began Career at MCC|url=https://www.mesacc.edu/50/success/mike-brown|website=Alumni & Friends|publisher=Mesa Community College Alumni Association|access-date=February 10, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Marcus Brunson]], professional sprinter
* [[Dustinn Craig]] (White Mountain Apache/[[Diné]]), filmmaker and skateboarder<ref>{{cite web |title=Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World |url=https://ago.ca/exhibitions/remix-new-modernities-post-indian-world |website=Art Gallery of Ontario |access-date=25 November 2024 |date=2009}}</ref>
* [[Bruce Crandall]], Medal of Honor pilot, 1st Cavalry Veteran of Ia Drang November 14, 1965<ref>{{citation | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Tnz-3in5s| title=Medal of Honor Pilot Bruce Crandall, 1st Cavalry Veteran of Ia Drang (Full Interview) }}</ref>
* [[Jonathan Dean (ambassador)|Jonathan Dean]], ambassador, representative to the [[Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions]]
* [[Jagger Eaton]], professional skateboarder, youngest [[X Games]] competitor, and Olympian 
* [[Julie Ertz]], world champion soccer player
* [[Austin Gibbs]], musician<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/Austin_Gibbs/EP_Music_Album/prweb2373494.htm | publisher=PR Web | title=Austin Gibbs Releases His Monumental 'EP' through 101 Distribution |date=April 30, 2009 | access-date=September 16, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005122150/http://www.prweb.com/releases/Austin_Gibbs/EP_Music_Album/prweb2373494.htm | archive-date=October 5, 2012}}</ref>
* [[George Nicholas Goodman]], pharmacist and former [[List of mayors of Mesa, Arizona|mayor of Mesa]]<ref>{{cite news| title=George N Goodman, Fair Secretary, Dies| page=37 |newspaper=Arizona Republic| date=November 4, 1959 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23142884/obituary_george_nicholas_goodman_az/|access-date= January 9, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Max Hall]], professional football player
* [[Mickey Hatcher]], professional baseball player
* [[Carl Hayden]], Arizona [[U.S. Senate|senator]], and its first representative in the [[United States House of Representatives|House]]; died in Mesa in 1972<ref>{{cite web | url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000385 | publisher=United States Congress | title=Hayden, Carl Trumbull, (1877–1972) | access-date=September 6, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226181727/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000385 | archive-date=February 26, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Todd Heap]], professional football player
* [[Kalani Hilliker]], dancer, actress, model, fashion designer, and YouTuber
* [[Jamar Hunt]], professional football player<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hunt_jamar00.html | publisher=University of Texas, El Paso | title=87 Jamar Hunt |url-status=live |access-date=December 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019002916/http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hunt_jamar00.html | archive-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Autumn Hurlbert]], actress
* [[Misty Hyman]], Olympic gold medalist in swimming
* [[Troy Kotsur]], Academy Award-winning deaf actor
* [[Rudy Lavik]], college basketball coach
* [[Mike Lee]], U.S. senator
* [[Albie Lopez]], professional baseball player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lopezal02.shtml |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |title=Albie Lopez |url-status=live |access-date=December 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703084848/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lopezal02.shtml |archive-date=July 3, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Brad Mills (pitcher)|Brad Mills]], professional baseball pitcher
* [[Ernesto Miranda]], conviction overturned by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in [[Miranda v. Arizona]] creating the [[Miranda warning]], buried in the [[City of Mesa Cemetery]]
* [[Carolyn Morris]], professional baseball player (A.A.G.P.B.L.){{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
* [[Buck Owens]], singer, member of the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]]
* [[Rudy Owens]], professional baseball player
* [[John Jacob Rhodes]], politician, House Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives
* [[John Jacob Rhodes III]], politician, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
* [[Larry Schweikart]], author
* [[Jake Shears]], lead male singer for the pop band [[Scissor Sisters]]
* [[Vai Sikahema]], professional football player, General Authority [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
* [[Lynn Toler]], judge for ''[[Divorce Court]]''
* [[Kelly Townsend]], Arizona state representative, Legislative District 16 (including parts of East Mesa)
* [[Don Taylor Udall]], state legislator and judge
* [[Tara VanFlower]], singer, songwriter of Lycia
* [[Brooke White]], singer-songwriter and fifth place finalist on the [[American Idol (season 7)|seventh season]] of ''[[American Idol]]''
* [[Danny White]], professional football player, Arizona Athlete of the Century (20th)
* [[Wilford White|Wilford "Whizzer" White]], professional football player
* [[Vance Wilson]], former [[New York Mets]] catcher and current coach for the [[Kansas City Royals]]
* [[Roger L. Worsley]], educator, formerly with [[Mesa High School (Mesa, Arizona)|Mesa High School]] and [[Mesa Community College]]
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==Sister cities==
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* {{Flagdeco|CAN}} [[Burnaby]], British Columbia, Canada
* {{Flagdeco|Peru}} [[Caraz]], Ancash, Peru
* {{Flagdeco|MEX}} [[Guaymas]], Sonora, Mexico
* {{Flagdeco|PRC}} [[Kaiping]], Guangdong, China
* {{Flagdeco|New Zealand}} [[Upper Hutt]], Wellington, New Zealand

==See also==
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* [[Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum]]
* [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arizona]]
* [[City of Mesa Cemetery]]
* [[Life Teen]]
* [[Mesa Distance Learning Program]]
* [[Shooting of Daniel Shaver]]
* [[Tri-City Pavilions]]
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==References==
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==Further reading==
{{See also|Timeline of Mesa, Arizona#Bibliography|l1=Bibliography of the history of Mesa, Arizona}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.mesaaz.gov/ Official government website]
* [http://www.Visitmesa.com/ Mesa Arizona Convention and Visitors Bureau – Tourism]
* [http://mesa.azcentral.com/ Mesa news, sports and things to do from ''The Mesa Republic'' newspaper]
* [http://www.mesalibrary.org Mesa Public Library]
* [http://www.mesachamber.org/ Mesa Chamber of Commerce]

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