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Mesa, AZ
517,151 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0446000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Mesa ranked #128 of 340 cities and 4th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Mesa and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Arlington TX, Las Vegas NV, Aurora CO, Riverside CA, Fort Worth TX, Glendale AZ, Louisville KY, Sacramento CA, Anaheim CA, Denver CO, Bakersfield CA, Garland TX, Kansas City MO · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #128 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #222 | #141 | #235 | #231 | #181 | #186 | #194 | #123 | #187 | #138 | #95 | #160 | #126 | #93 | #108 | #105 | #59 | #92 | #128 | #114 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 428,482 | 436,065 | 439,435 | 441,650 | 440,860 | 440,993 | 447,681 | 456,968 | 464,803 | 473,132 | 481,811 | 490,695 | 500,021 | 507,945 | 518,012 | 505,950 | 509,284 | 512,545 | 513,993 | 517,151 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #125 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | +2.4 | +1.8 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +0.1 | — | +0.3 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +1.3 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.1 | -0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #91 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 12 in its peer group with data | 4.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 5.6 | — | 6.0 | — | 3.8 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 7.2 | 4.2 | 5.3 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #151 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 20.1% | 19.4% | 20.4% | 20.2% | 20.6% | 21.4% | 22.6% | 21.6% | 21.2% | 22.4% | 21.8% | 22.0% | 21.9% | 21.8% | 21.2% | — | 22.6% | 22.6% | 25.7% | 23.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #91 of 304 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 6.8 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 2.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #171 of 295 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50.2 | 57.5 | 72.6 | 73.5 | 78.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 138,530 | 148,387 | 147,255 | 141,403 | 128,851 | 125,205 | 128,456 | 133,514 | 134,774 | 137,927 | 144,829 | 146,244 | 150,553 | 158,170 | 162,490 | 159,716 | 167,399 | 176,012 | 183,313 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #169 of 329 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.5 | +2.0 | -2.1 | -2.8 | -0.9 | -1.9 | -0.2 | +2.4 | -2.9 | +0.1 | +1.1 | -2.1 | +0.7 | +1.6 | -0.3 | -0.5 | +2.4 | -0.2 | -0.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 196,668 | 196,625 | 204,397 | 207,697 | 223,741 | 228,672 | 236,504 | 241,819 | 252,190 | — | 248,420 | 258,924 | 249,607 | 256,105 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #47 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.6% | 9.2% | 7.4% | 6.5% | 5.8% | 5.6% | 4.6% | 4.5% | 4.9% | — | 4.2% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 3.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #290 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | -3% | 8% | 4% | -4% | -9% | 0% | -6% | -1% | 10% | 4% | 14% | 11% | 2% | 9% | 5% | 5% | 19% | 21% | 29% | -10% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #209 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $3,535 | $3,751 | $3,933 | $3,867 | $4,130 | $951 | $4,251 | $4,469 | $4,683 | $4,559 | $4,485 | $4,328 | $3,932 | $4,305 | $3,846 | $3,587 | $3,116 | $3,759 | $3,399 | $3,609 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Mesa. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.