Mesquite is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 124,578 people and 16 constituent neighborhoods, Mesquite is the 18th largest community in Texas.

Mesquite is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Mesquite is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mesquite who work in office and administrative support jobs (21.16%), sales jobs (11.40%), and management occupations (7.87%).

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

One notable thing about Mesquite is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Mesquite is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 97.8% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Mesquite Information and Demographics

The population of Mesquite overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Mesquite, 18.49% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Mesquite in 2000 was $20,890, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,560 for a family of four.

Mesquite is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mesquite home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mesquite is White, followed by African-American. Mesquite also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.35% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Mesquite include German, English, and Irish.

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