City of Mesa population and authoritative source for all City metrics with a population component, such as Crimes or Traffic Collisions per 1,000 residents provided by Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) updated annually as of July 1. See Population and Housing Unit Estimates (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest.html). Census PEP estimates are used for state revenue sharing per AZ statute (42-5033.01).

2010 and 2020-2022 from census decennial counts (2010 & 2020) and Vintage 2021 (V2021), Vintage 2022 (V2022) estimates found at https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/mesacityarizona,US/PST045219. See schedule at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/about/schedule.html.

2023-2040 population projections from Maricopa County Association of Governments (MAG) adopted June 2023 are found at https://azmag.gov/Programs/Maps-and-Data/Population-Housing/Population-and-Housing-Estimates

2011-2019 published by US Census population estimates found at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/technical-documentation/research/evaluation-estimates/2020-evaluation-estimates/2010s-cities-and-towns-total.html

Other sources of population estimates include US Census American Community Survey 1-year and 5-year Estimates at https://citydata.mesaaz.gov/d/n5gn-m5c3 and https://citydata.mesaaz.gov/Economic-Development/d/9nqf-ygw6, Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) at https://www.azcommerce.com/oeo/population/population-estimates/ (see link for OEO methodology which differs slightly from official US Census Estimates) and City of Mesa Office of Economic Development at https://www.selectmesa.com/business-environment/demographics (ESRI Community Analyst).

Census Tracts clipped to City Boundaries

Demographic information of Mesa residents sourced by US Census American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates. Race estimates includes survey responses for "One Race" and "Not Hispanic or Latino").
This dataset is manually updated. Sources include:
https://data.census.gov/table?q=dp05&g=160XX00US0446000
Number of Households Only:
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?text=dp02&g=1600000US0446000&y=2021&tid=ACSDP5Y2021.DP02