People QuickFacts	Mesquite	Texas
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	142,674	25,631,778
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	139,824	25,145,561
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	2.0%	1.9%
 	Population, 2010    	139,824	25,145,561
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.8%	7.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	29.8%	27.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	8.6%	10.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.3%	50.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	59.0%	70.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	21.8%	11.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.8%	0.7%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	3.2%	3.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.1%	2.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	31.6%	37.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	41.6%	45.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	85.4%	82.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	14.7%	16.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	29.5%	34.4%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	80.9%	80.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	19.1%	26.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	7,231	1,618,413
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	28.6	24.8 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	51,952	9,977,436
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	63.1%	64.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	25.5%	24.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$112,700	$126,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	47,461	8,667,807
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.89	2.79
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$22,320	$25,548
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$52,034	$50,920
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	12.0%	17.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Mesquite	Texas
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	10,237	2,164,852
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	16.2%	7.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.9%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	5.9%	5.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	20.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	28.3%	28.2% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	987,470	593,541,502
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	782,558	424,238,194
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,871,468	311,334,781
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$14,310	$13,061
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	219,724	42,054,592

   	Geography QuickFacts	Mesquite	Texas
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	46.02	261,231.71
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	3,038.3	96.3
 	FIPS Code    	47892	48
 	Counties    	Dallas County
 Kaufman 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