Mesa, Arizona
Mesa, Arizona | |
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Coordinates:33°25′20″N111°49′22″W/ 33.42222°N 111.82278°W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Arizona |
County | Maricopa |
Founded | 1878 |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor–council |
•Mayor | John Giles(R) |
Area | |
• Total | 139.42 sq mi (361.09 km2) |
• Land | 138.79 sq mi (359.48 km2) |
• Water | 0.62 sq mi (1.62 km2) |
Elevation | 1,326 ft (404 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 504,258 |
• Estimate (2021)[3] | 509,475 |
• Rank | 36thin the United States 3rdin Arizona |
• Density | 3,633.14/sq mi (1,402.76/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−7(MST(noDST)) |
ZIP codes | 85201-85216, 85274-85275, 85277 |
Area code | 480602 |
FIPS code | 04-46000 |
GNISfeature ID | 2411087[1] |
Website | www |
Mesa(/ˈmeɪsə/MAY-sə) is a city inMaricopa County, Arizona,United States. It is thethird-most populous cityin Arizona, afterPhoenixandTucson,the36th-most populous cityin the U.S., and the most populous city that is not a county seat (except for independent citiesWashington, D.C.andBaltimorewhich are not part of any county). The city is home to 504,258 people as of 2020.[4]It is the most populous city in theEast Valleyof thePhoenix metropolitan area.[5]It is bordered byTempeon the west, theSalt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Communityon the north,ChandlerandGilberton the south along withQueen Creek,andApache Junctionon the east.
At least ten colleges and universities are located in Mesa, as is theMesa Arizona Temple,one of the first LDS temples constructed outside of Utah. The city is home to the largestrelief airportin the Phoenix area,Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport,located in the southeastern corner of the city. In separate studies in 2014 and 2017, researchers determined Mesa to be "America's mostconservativecity ".[6][7]
History
[edit]The history of Mesa dates back at least 2,000 years to the arrival of theHohokampeople. The Hohokam, whose name means "All Used Up" or "The Departed Ones", built the original canal system. The canals were the largest and most sophisticated in the prehistoric New World. Some were up to 90 feet (27 m) wide and 10 feet (3.0 m) deep at their head gates, extending for as far as 16 miles (26 km) across the desert. By AD 1100, water could be delivered to an area over 110,000 acres (450 km2), transforming the Sonoran Desert into an agricultural oasis. By 1450, the Hohokam had constructed hundreds of miles of canals, many of which are still in use.[8]
After the disappearance of the Hohokam and before the arrival of the early settlers, little is known; explorers did not venture into this area. By the late 19th century near present-day Mesa,U.S. Armytroops relocated theApache,opening the way for settlement.[9]
In March 1877,Mormon pioneerDaniel Webster Jonesand Henry Clay Rogers leftSt. George,Utah. Jones had been asked by Mormon officials to direct a party of people in establishing a settlement in Arizona. They traveled south and settled on the north side of the present Mesa area. This settlement was initially known as Fort Utah and later as Jonesville. It was located near Lehi Road. In 1883, it was namedLehiat the suggestion ofBrigham Young, Jr.[10]
About this same time, another group dubbed the First Mesa Company arrived from Utah and Idaho. Their leaders were Francis Martin Pomeroy,Charles Crismon,George Warren Sirrine and Charles I. Robson. Rather than accepting an invitation to settle at Jones's Lehi settlement, they moved up onto themesathat serves as the city's namesake. They dug irrigation canals and used some of the original Hohokam canals. By April 1878, water was flowing through them.[11]The Second Mesa Company arrived in 1879 and settled to the west of the First Mesa Company because of more available farmland. This settlement was originally called Alma and later Stringtown. It was located near where Alma School Road.[12]
On July 17, 1878, Mesa City was registered as a 1-square-mile (2.6 km2) townsite. The first school was built in 1879. In 1883, Mesa City wasincorporatedwith a population of 300 people. Dr. A. J. Chandler, who would later go on to found thecity of Chandler,worked on widening the Mesa Canal in 1895 to allow for enough flow to build a power plant. In 1917, the city of Mesa purchased this utility company. The revenues from the company provided enough for capital expenditures until the 1960s. During theGreat Depression,WPAfunds provided paved streets, a new hospital, a new town hall and a library.[13]
After the founding of the city, the elected official that most impacted the municipality wasGeorge Nicholas Goodman.He was mayor five different times[14]during three different decades (1938–1942, 1946–1948, 1952–1956) (see:List of mayors of Mesa, Arizona). As mayor, he was directly involved in the process of acquiring land for bothFalcon FieldandWilliams Field.[14]
With the opening ofFalcon FieldandWilliams Fieldin the early 1940s, more military personnel began to move into the Mesa area. With the advent ofair conditioningand the rise of tourism, population growth exploded in Mesa as well as the rest of the Phoenix area. Industry—especially early aerospace companies—grew in the 1950s and 1960s. As late as 1960, half of the residents of Mesa made a living with agriculture, but that number declined substantially as Mesa's suburban growth continued on track with the rest of the Phoenix metro area.[15]
Geography
[edit]Defining east and west Mesa
[edit]Mesa stretches 18 miles (29 km) from Price Road in the west to Meridian Road in the east and has a land area of 138.70 square miles (359.2 km2).[16]Mesa employs a grid system for street numbering that is different from that used in Phoenix and other portions of the metropolitan area. Center Street, running north to south, bisects Mesa into eastern and western halves and serves as the east and west numbering point of origin within Mesa.[17]Streets west of Center St., such as W. University Drive or W. Main St. are considered to be in West Mesa, whereas streets east of Center St., such as E. University or E. Main St., are considered to be in East Mesa.
Climate
[edit]Located in theSonoran Desert,Mesa has a hotdesert climate(Köppen:BWh), with mild winters and very hot summers.
Climate data for East Mesa, Arizona, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 2002–present | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 84 (29) |
89 (32) |
102 (39) |
105 (41) |
112 (44) |
120 (49) |
121 (49) |
117 (47) |
115 (46) |
105 (41) |
98 (37) |
85 (29) |
121 (49) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 78.8 (26.0) |
83.1 (28.4) |
90.4 (32.4) |
99.5 (37.5) |
105.7 (40.9) |
113.2 (45.1) |
115.0 (46.1) |
113.3 (45.2) |
109.6 (43.1) |
101.1 (38.4) |
91.4 (33.0) |
78.9 (26.1) |
116.6 (47.0) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 67.5 (19.7) |
70.1 (21.2) |
77.2 (25.1) |
85.2 (29.6) |
94.4 (34.7) |
104.1 (40.1) |
105.9 (41.1) |
104.6 (40.3) |
100.2 (37.9) |
89.5 (31.9) |
76.8 (24.9) |
66.1 (18.9) |
86.8 (30.4) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 54.2 (12.3) |
56.4 (13.6) |
62.4 (16.9) |
69.3 (20.7) |
78.0 (25.6) |
87.4 (30.8) |
92.4 (33.6) |
91.5 (33.1) |
85.8 (29.9) |
74.3 (23.5) |
62.2 (16.8) |
53.1 (11.7) |
72.3 (22.4) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 41.0 (5.0) |
42.7 (5.9) |
47.6 (8.7) |
53.3 (11.8) |
61.6 (16.4) |
70.7 (21.5) |
78.9 (26.1) |
78.4 (25.8) |
71.4 (21.9) |
59.1 (15.1) |
47.6 (8.7) |
40.1 (4.5) |
57.7 (14.3) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | 28.0 (−2.2) |
30.4 (−0.9) |
36.0 (2.2) |
42.1 (5.6) |
51.3 (10.7) |
61.7 (16.5) |
71.1 (21.7) |
70.4 (21.3) |
59.7 (15.4) |
45.8 (7.7) |
35.6 (2.0) |
28.3 (−2.1) |
25.5 (−3.6) |
Record low °F (°C) | 20 (−7) |
20 (−7) |
30 (−1) |
35 (2) |
46 (8) |
57 (14) |
63 (17) |
65 (18) |
50 (10) |
35 (2) |
27 (−3) |
24 (−4) |
20 (−7) |
Averageprecipitationinches (mm) | 1.36 (35) |
1.46 (37) |
1.31 (33) |
0.36 (9.1) |
0.16 (4.1) |
0.05 (1.3) |
1.18 (30) |
1.29 (33) |
1.13 (29) |
0.56 (14) |
0.79 (20) |
1.11 (28) |
10.76 (273.5) |
Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 36.3 |
Source 1: NOAA[18] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima 2006–2020)[19] |
Climate data for Mesa | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily daylight hours | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 13.5 | 12.5 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 12.2 |
Source: Weather Atlas[20] |
Demographics
[edit]Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1900 | 722 | — | |
1910 | 1,692 | 134.3% | |
1920 | 3,036 | 79.4% | |
1930 | 3,711 | 22.2% | |
1940 | 7,224 | 94.7% | |
1950 | 16,790 | 132.4% | |
1960 | 33,772 | 101.1% | |
1970 | 63,049 | 86.7% | |
1980 | 152,404 | 141.7% | |
1990 | 288,104 | 89.0% | |
2000 | 396,375 | 37.6% | |
2010 | 439,041 | 10.8% | |
2020 | 504,258 | 14.9% | |
2022 (est.) | 512,498 | [21] | 1.6% |
U.S. Decennial Census[22] 2010–2020[4] |
According to the 2020 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was:[23]
- White:65.7% (Non-Hispanic Whites:59.6%)
- Hispanic or Latino(of any race): 27.3%
- Black or African American:4.2%
- Two or more races:12.3%
- Native American: 2.7%
- Asian:2.6%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander:0.4%
According to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was:[24]
- White:83.8% (Non-Hispanic Whites:62.6%)
- Hispanic or Latino(of any race): 27.4%
- Black or African American:3.7%
- Two or more races:3.1%
- Native American: 2.3%
- Asian:2.0%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander:0.4%
2020 census
[edit]Race / Ethnicity(NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2000[25] | Pop 2010[26] | Pop 2020[27] | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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Whitealone (NH) | 290,180 | 282,505 | 300,502 | 73.21% | 64.35% | 59.59% |
Black or African Americanalone (NH) | 9,377 | 14,101 | 18,819 | 2.37% | 3.21% | 3.93% |
Native AmericanorAlaska Nativealone (NH) | 5,454 | 8,359 | 9,754 | 1.38% | 1.90% | 1.93% |
Asianalone (NH) | 5,755 | 8,174 | 12,725 | 1.45% | 1.86% | 2.52% |
Pacific Islanderalone (NH) | 874 | 1,532 | 1,892 | 0.22% | 0.35% | 0.38% |
Some Other Racealone (NH) | 402 | 555 | 2,250 | 0.10% | 0.13% | 0.45% |
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial(NH) | 6,052 | 8,062 | 19,826 | 1.53% | 1.84% | 3.93% |
Hispanic or Latino(any race) | 78,281 | 115,753 | 137,490 | 19.75% | 26.36% | 27.27% |
Total | 396,375 | 439,041 | 504,258 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
2010 census
[edit]As of the census of 2010, there were 439,041 people, 146,643 households, and 99,863 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,171.3 inhabitants per square mile (1,224.4/km2). There were 175,701 housing units at an average density of 1,405.7 per square mile (542.7/km2).
The racial make-up of the city was 81.6%White,2.4%BlackorAfrican American,2.2%Native American,2.0%Asian,0.1%Pacific Islander,9.3% fromother races,and 1.3% from two or more races. 24.0% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 146,643 households, out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.20.
The age distribution was 27.3% under 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $42,817, and the median income for a family was $49,232. Males had a median income of $35,960 versus $27,005 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,601. About 6.2% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.7% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.
Government
[edit]The Mesa City Charter of 1967 established aCouncil-manager governmentconsisting of a mayor and six Councilmembers who appoint a City Manager, City Clerk, City Attorney, auditor, and magistrates.[28][29]The City Manager administers and staffs various departments.[30]The council can also appoint citizens to Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Committees.[31]
In May 1998 voters approved Proposition 100 which created 6 geographical council districts.[32][33]Councilmembers are elected to represent these districts for four year terms. The mayor is elected to represent the city at large and also has a four-year term. Both Councilmembers and mayors cannot serve more than two consecutive terms. A partial term does not count towards these two consecutive terms; for instance, Mayor John Giles served a partial term from 2014 to 2016[34]then served two consecutive terms from 2016 to 2024.[35]
Political climate
[edit]In a 2014 study, academic researchers fromMITandUCLAanalyzed over a decade's worth of public opinion surveys. They determined that Mesa was the "most conservative American city of more than 250,000 residents".[6]In 2017, thePew Research Centeralso determined that Mesa was the most conservative city in the United States.[7]
Economy
[edit]Top employers
[edit]According to the city's 2022 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[36]the top employers in the city are:
# | Employer | Employees | Percentage of Total City Employment |
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1 | Mesa Public Schools | 7,726 | 4.35% |
2 | Banner Health | 6,826 | 3.84% |
3 | The Boeing Company | 3,945 | 2.22% |
4 | City of Mesa | 3,579 | 2.02% |
5 | Walmart | 3,269 | 1.84% |
6 | Fry's Food and Drug | 1,371 | 0.77% |
7 | DriveTime Automotive Group | 1,367 | 0.77% |
8 | The Home Depot | 1,309 | 0.74% |
9 | Maricopa County Community College | 1,215 | 0.68% |
10 | Gilbert Public Schools | 1,004 | 0.57% |
Cultural attractions
[edit]- HoHoKam Parkof theCactus League,home of theAthleticsand former home of theChicago Cubsduring spring training, the WAC baseball tournament and former summer home to the now defunctMesa Minersprofessional baseball team of theGolden Baseball League
- Sloan Park,opened in 2014 as the new Cactus League spring training home of theChicago Cubs
- Mesa Arts Center
- Mesa Amphitheater
- Museums
- I.d.e.a. Museum
- Commemorative Air ForceArizona Wing Aircraft Museum, located atFalcon Field– B-17Sentimental Journey
- Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa Arts Center
- Archeological sites
- Mesa Grande Ruins
- Park of the Canals
- Public libraries
- Main Library (MN)
- Dobson Ranch Branch (DR)
- Mesa Express Library (MEL)
- Red Mountain Branch (RM)
- Water parks
- Golfland Sunsplashwaterpark onU.S. 60
- The only highrise in Mesa is theBank of America(formerlyWestern Savings) building nearFiesta Mall.
- Organ Stop Pizza,containing the world's largestWurlitzer organ
- Bell Bank Parka 320-acre sports and recreation complex
Historic properties in Mesa
[edit]Numerous properties in the city are considered to be historical and have been included either in theNational Register of Historic Places[37]or the listings of theMesa Historic Properties.
Parks and recreation
[edit]Mesa has over 2,280 acres of parkland in the city limits. Its largest is Red Mountain Park which spans 1,146 acres. It includes a lake, playgrounds, a basketball court and a cement volleyball court.[38]
Golf
[edit]Mesa is home to numerous championship golf courses, including the original course in town, Mesa Country Club.[39]This course was founded in the late 1940s by the original leaders of the town, and "Country Club Drive", the most prominent street in Mesa, was at one point the modest entrance to the club.[citation needed]
West Mesa
[edit]The abandonedFiesta Mallis located in West Mesa and owned byWestcor.Its anchors wereSearsandBest Buy.It is located near several shopping centers, Mesa'sBank of America,[40]and other retail stores, banks, and restaurants. Though deserted, a refurbishment and expansion of the mall has been planned.[41]
Mesa Riverview is a new outdoor destination retail center in the northwestern corner of the city, nearLoop 202and Dobson Road. At build-out the center will include 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m2) of retail space.[42]
East Mesa
[edit]Located in East Mesa is Superstition Springs Business Park.[43]It includes theSuperstition Springs Center,a shopping mall owned byMacerich.It features an outdooramphitheatreand fountain which convert to a stage. Anchor stores at the mall areDillard's,JCPenney,andMacy's.Mission Community Church,previously known as Superstition Springs Community Church, was initially named after thisbusiness park.[44]
Education
[edit]Almost all of the city of Mesa is served by public schools operated byMesa Public Schools;however, the southern portion is served byGilbert Public Schools,theHigley Unified School Districtand theQueen Creek Unified School District,and a small western portion is served by theTempe Elementary School Districtand theTempe Union High School District.[45]
Pilgrim Lutheran School is a Christian Pre-K-8 school of theWisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synodin Mesa.[46]
More than 40,000 students are enrolled in more than 10 colleges and universities located in Mesa.[47]Mesa is home toMesa Community College,the largest of theMaricopa Community Colleges,which enrolls over 24,000 full and part-time students, andChandler–Gilbert Community College.ThePolytechniccampus ofArizona State Universitylies in southeast Mesa. This satellite campus enrolls over 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students in scientific and engineering fields.A. T. Still Universityoperates anOsteopathic Medical School in Mesa.
Private for-profit institutions includeArizona College,Carrington College,DeVry University,Pima Medical Institute,andCAE Global Academy Phoenix.[47]Arizona State University opened the Media and Immersive eXperience Center in the ASU at Mesa City Center complex in 2022, offering programs from the Herberger Institute for Design and Arts including a film school with media production facilities and a theater.[48][49]
After launching a higher education initiative in 2012, Mesa became home to branch campuses of five private, liberal arts institutions:Albright College,Westminster College,Benedictine University,Upper Iowa UniversityandWilkes University.[50]Albright College[51]and Westminster College[52]are no longer in the city, and Wilkes University has moved entirely online.[53]
Transportation
[edit]Severalarea freewaysserve the Mesa area, such asU.S. Route 60,locally known as the Superstition Freeway, which runs betweenApache Junctionand Phoenix. It is also served bySR 87and bypass loopsLoop 101,which skirts the western city limits as the Price Freeway, andLoop 202,which bypasses the city on the north and east. The main east–west arterial road in Mesa is Main Street (former US 60/70/80/89), serving Downtown Mesa. The primary north–south arterials include Country Club Drive, Gilbert Road, and Power Road.
Public transportation in Mesa is provided byValley Metrovia bus and light rail (Valley Metro Rail). The light rail section in Mesa spans about four miles fromSycamore/Main St.in the west of the city, through downtown toGilbert/Main St.Until July 2008, Mesa was the largest U.S. city with no public transit service on Sundays. The city has Sunday service available on Routes 40-Apache/Main, 45-Broadway, 61-Southern, 96-Dobson, 108-Elliot, 112-Country Club/Arizona, 156-Chandler/Williams Field, and 184-Power. Up until the final years ofSouthern Pacificpassenger railroad service, theSunset Limitedpassenger train used to make stops in Mesa.[54]
Air service in the city is provided by two airports.Falcon Field,located in the northeastern part of the area, was established as a training field for BritishRAFpilots duringWorld War IIand was transferred to the city at the end of the war. Falcon Field has 605 aircraft based there.[55]Boeingbuilds theAH-64 Apacheattack helicopter at a facility adjoining Falcon Field.Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airportis located in the far southeastern area of the city and provides alternate but limited air service when compared toSky Harbor International Airport.Phoenix-Mesa Gateway was formerlyWilliams Gateway Airport,and before that,Williams Air Force Base,which closed in 1993. Williams Gateway was announced as a new Focus City forAllegiant Air.Service started October 25, 2007.
Healthcare
[edit]The public hospital system,Valleywise Health(formerly Maricopa Integrated Health System), operates Valleywise Community Health Center – Mesa and Valleywise Behavioral Health Center – Mesa. Its sole hospital, Valleywise Health Medical Center, is in Phoenix.[56]
Notable people
[edit]- Jim Adkins,vocalist and lead guitarist ofJimmy Eat World[57]
- Travis Alexander,murder victim
- Beau Allred,professional baseball pitcher[58]
- Janice Merrill Allred,author[59]
- Helen Andelin,author
- Tyson Apostol,reality television star
- Authority Zero,punk rock band[57]
- John Beck,professional football player
- Art Bisch,race car driver
- Mike Brown,professionalbasketballcoach[60]
- Marcus Brunson,professional sprinter
- Dustinn Craig(White Mountain Apache/Diné), filmmaker and skateboarder[61]
- Bruce Crandall,Medal of Honor pilot, 1st Cavalry Veteran of Ia Drang November 14, 1965[62]
- Jonathan Dean,ambassador, representative to theMutual and Balanced Force Reductions
- Jagger Eaton,professional skateboarder, youngestX Gamescompetitor, and Olympian
- Julie Ertz,world champion soccer player
- Austin Gibbs,musician[63]
- George Nicholas Goodman,pharmacist and formermayor of Mesa[64]
- Max Hall,professional football player
- Mickey Hatcher,professional baseball player
- Carl Hayden,Arizonasenator,and its first representative in theHouse;died in Mesa in 1972[65]
- Todd Heap,professional football player
- Kalani Hilliker,dancer, actress, model, fashion designer, and YouTuber
- Jamar Hunt,professional football player[66]
- Autumn Hurlbert,actress
- Misty Hyman,Olympic gold medalist in swimming
- Troy Kotsur,Academy Award-winning deaf actor
- Rudy Lavik,college basketball coach
- Mike Lee,U.S. senator
- Albie Lopez,professional baseball player[67]
- Brad Mills,professional baseball pitcher
- Ernesto Miranda,conviction overturned by theSupreme Court of the United StatesinMiranda v. Arizonacreating theMiranda warning,buried in theCity of Mesa Cemetery
- Carolyn Morris,professional baseball player (A.A.G.P.B.L.)[citation needed]
- Buck Owens,singer, member of theCountry Music Hall of Fame
- Rudy Owens,professional baseball player
- John Jacob Rhodes,politician, House Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives
- John Jacob Rhodes III,politician, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Larry Schweikart,author
- Jake Shears,lead male singer for the pop bandScissor Sisters
- Vai Sikahema,professional football player, General Authoritythe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Lynn Toler,judge forDivorce Court
- Kelly Townsend,Arizona state representative, Legislative District 16 (including parts of East Mesa)
- Don Taylor Udall,state legislator and judge
- Tara VanFlower,singer, songwriter of Lycia
- Brooke White,singer-songwriter and fifth place finalist on theseventh seasonofAmerican Idol
- Danny White,professional football player, Arizona Athlete of the Century (20th)
- Wilford "Whizzer" White,professional football player
- Vance Wilson,formerNew York Metscatcher and current coach for theKansas City Royals
- Roger L. Worsley,educator, formerly withMesa High SchoolandMesa Community College
Sister cities
[edit]Mesa has fivesister cities,as designated bySister Cities International:
- Burnaby,British Columbia, Canada
- Caraz,Ancash, Peru
- Guaymas,Sonora, Mexico
- Kaiping,Guangdong, China
- Upper Hutt,Wellington, New Zealand
See also
[edit]- Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arizona
- City of Mesa Cemetery
- Life Teen
- Mesa Distance Learning Program
- Shooting of Daniel Shaver
- Tri-City Pavilions
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