Mesa is a very large city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 511,648 people and 131 associated neighborhoods, Mesa is the third largest community in Arizona.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mesa is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mesa is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mesa who work in office and administrative support (13.85%), management occupations (10.77%), and sales jobs (10.37%). Also of interest is that Mesa has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.87% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Mesa is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.48% of adults in Mesa have a college degree. The per capita income in Mesa in 2022 was $39,586, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $158,344 for a family of four. However, Mesa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mesa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mesa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mesa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mesa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.59% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mesa include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Mesa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
