Mesa is a city in
Maricopa County,
Arizona and part of the
Phoenix-Mesa-
Scottsdale Metropolitan Area. It is the third-largest city in
Arizona, after Phoenix and
Tucson.Mesa is one of the
United States' fastest-growing cities, and currently ranks as the
38th-largest. The 2006 US Census estimated the city's population to be 447,541. It has a larger population than better-known United States cities (minus their suburban areas) such as
Cleveland,
St. Louis,
Oakland,
Miami, and
Pittsburgh. Mesa is the most populous
suburban city in the United States, and second most populous suburban city in North America, after
Mississauga, Ontario. When Mesa reaches
build-out the city is expected to have a population of about 630,000.
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