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Mesa

About Mesa

Population

452,084 in city
4,179,427 in metro

Size

300 km² (116 mi²)

Altitude

377.956595952 m

Located east of Phoenix, Mesa is one of the country's fastest growing cities. By most classifications, it is one of the largest suburbs in the United States. In 1950, Mesa only had 16,790 residents. Today, it is nearly the size of Kansas City, Missouri, with over 400,000 residents in the 2010 census.

Metro Cities

Anthem, Apache Junction, Avondale, Buckeye, Carefree, Casa Grande, Cave Creek, Chandler, Coolidge, El Mirage, Eloy, Florence, Fountain Hills, Gila Bend, Gilbert, Glendale, Goodyear, Kearny, Litchfield Park, Mammoth, Maricopa, Mesa, Paradise Valley, Peoria, Phoenix, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, Sun City, Sun Lakes, Superior, Surprise, Tempe, Tolleson, Wickenburg, Youngtown

No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
63	All Buildings
56	existing
3	planned
4	unbuilt

Tallest Buildings

#	Building	Height	Year
1	Financial Plaza	224 ft	1985
2	The Courtyard Towers	137 ft	1984
3	Park Place	133 ft	1990
4	Delta by Marriott Phoenix Mesa	120 ft	1984
5	Mesa City Plaza	-	1975

Building types

No.	Type
38	low-rise building
9	mast (pole)
9	high-rise building
3	mast (framework)
2	stadium
1	temple
1	open-air structure