Mesa is a large city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 397,215 people and 70 constituent neighborhoods, Mesa is the third largest community in Arizona.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mesa is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mesa is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mesa who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.80%), sales jobs (12.31%), and management occupations (8.06%).

Also of interest is that Mesa has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Mesa Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Mesa who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 21.59% of adults in Mesa have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Mesa in 2000 was $19,601, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,404 for a family of four.

Mesa is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mesa home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mesa is White, followed by African-American. Mesa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.79% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Mesa include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Mesa is English. Some people also speak Spanish.