People QuickFacts	Mesquite	Nevada
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	15,423	2,720,028
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	15,276	2,700,552
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.0%	0.7%
 	Population, 2010    	15,276	2,700,551
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.2%	6.9%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	20.2%	24.6%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	28.6%	12.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	50.9%	49.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	83.5%	66.2%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.0%	8.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.9%	1.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.8%	7.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	0.6%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.0%	4.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	23.9%	26.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	71.3%	54.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	83.1%	78.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	13.5%	19.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	20.4%	28.5%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	81.6%	84.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	15.9%	22.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,914	230,942
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	13.6	23.6 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	8,911	1,173,814
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	64.2%	59.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	31.9%	29.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$215,500	$225,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	6,239	986,741
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.38	2.67
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$25,151	$27,625
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$44,514	$55,553
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	13.0%	12.9%

   	Business QuickFacts	Mesquite	Nevada
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,915	221,260
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	3.9%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.8%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.1%	7.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	7.5%	8.1%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	27.6%	28.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	15,735,787
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	105,013	19,255,893
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	155,636	37,433,983
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$9,973	$14,579
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	264,581	28,815,533

   	Geography QuickFacts	Mesquite	Nevada
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	31.90	109,781.18
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	478.9	24.6
 	FIPS Code    	46000	32
 	Counties    	Clark County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts