Mesa, Arizona

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The city of Mesa is located in Maricopa County.

Mesa is 400 feet [121.92 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Mesa lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Mesa can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Mesa had a population of 396,375 people^<2> (or 12.8% of the total population of Maricopa County). The population of Mesa represented 7.73% of the total of Arizona, making it the state's 3rd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Mesa had a population of 463,552 people. This is an increase of 16.95% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Mesa.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Apache Junction	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	32,776	3.02% increase
	Chandler	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	247,140	39.96% increase
	Fountain Hills	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	25,227	24.67% increase
	Gilbert	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	216,449	97.32% increase
	Guadalupe	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	5,948	13.77% increase
	Hohokam Village	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	---

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Mesa.

Websites for Mesa

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The Commemorative Quarter for Arizona<4>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Mesa. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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