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Mesquite, TX
150,140 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4847892 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Mesquite ranked #211 of 340 cities and 12th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Mesquite and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Grand Prairie TX, Lakewood CO, Escondido CA, Lewisville TX, Cape Coral FL, Clearwater FL, Hampton VA, Independence MO, Tempe AZ, Rialto CA, Jurupa Valley CA, Elgin IL, Broken Arrow OK · 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 | #211 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #128 | #214 | #211 | #116 | #196 | #260 | #182 | #121 | #208 | #191 | #185 | #162 | #217 | #233 | #255 | #313 | #230 | #225 | #211 | #278 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 130,073 | 132,148 | 133,717 | 135,611 | 138,093 | 139,963 | 141,520 | 143,365 | 143,604 | 144,508 | 144,988 | 144,681 | 144,218 | 142,520 | 140,937 | 149,637 | 147,737 | 148,271 | 149,026 | 150,140 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #331 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | -1.5 | -0.8 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -0.3 | — | +0.0 | +0.5 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -0.2 | -1.6 | -0.7 | -1.4 | -1.8 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #98 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 11 in its peer group with data | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.8 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #302 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 19.6% | 20.3% | 19.7% | 20.0% | 21.2% | 23.3% | 24.5% | 22.3% | 24.9% | 22.7% | 22.8% | 23.4% | 23.1% | 23.5% | 22.0% | — | 23.9% | 23.7% | 26.5% | 29.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #118 of 304 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data | 5.4 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #242 of 295 cities with data · 10th of 10 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 98.6 | 119.0 | 158.4 | 163.2 | 155.7 | 165.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 46,352 | 46,199 | 46,375 | 48,108 | 46,622 | 46,497 | 46,079 | 44,923 | 46,052 | 46,086 | 48,066 | 49,362 | 50,278 | 50,866 | 51,382 | 48,413 | 49,481 | 50,432 | 51,318 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #290 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +3.1 | -4.4 | -2.6 | +1.1 | -0.9 | -0.8 | -4.5 | -5.2 | -0.6 | -3.2 | +1.2 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -0.8 | -1.2 | -3.9 | -0.1 | -5.4 | -2.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68,305 | 68,078 | 71,698 | 74,584 | 67,815 | 66,912 | 66,862 | 67,962 | 71,909 | — | 74,369 | 75,066 | 73,732 | 75,254 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #283 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.9% | 6.1% | 8.2% | 6.2% | 7.6% | 6.5% | 3.8% | 2.9% | 3.5% | — | 6.9% | 4.0% | 2.8% | 6.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #118 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 11 in its peer group with data | 19% | 21% | 18% | 14% | 11% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 15% | 9% | 8% | 11% | 18% | 16% | 20% | 27% | 28% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #145 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 11 in its peer group with data | $2,043 | $2,042 | $2,540 | $2,613 | $2,665 | $2,400 | $2,355 | $2,306 | $2,259 | $2,208 | $1,908 | $1,601 | $2,539 | $2,496 | $2,834 | $2,928 | $2,662 | $1,924 | $2,802 | $2,526 |
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 Mesquite. 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.