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People QuickFacts | Mesquite | Texas
Population, 2013 estimate | 143,484 | 26,448,193
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 139,629 | 25,145,561
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 2.8% | 5.2%
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 alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 59.0% | 70.4%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 21.8% | 11.8%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.8% | 0.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.2% | 3.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 3.1% | 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 31.6% | 37.6%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 41.6% | 45.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 84.0% | 82.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 15.6% | 16.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 32.7% | 34.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 80.6% | 81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 18.2% | 26.7%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 6,737 | 1,583,272
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 28.6 | 25
Housing units, 2010 | 51,952 | 9,977,436
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 60.3% | 63.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 25.8% | 24.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $110,600 | $128,900
Households, 2009-2013 | 47,765 | 8,886,471
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.94 | 2.82
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $21,774 | $26,019
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $50,525 | $51,900
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 14.5% | 17.6%
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 [NAME] 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