Mesquite, Texas demographics

Mesquite, TX demographics: median age 32.9; 19.6% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Mesquite city, Texas · Incorporated city · GEOID 4847892. The survey estimates a population of 149,299 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Mesquite is 32.9 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.7 years. There are 50,171 households (±1,157). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	32.9 ±0.7	35.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 149,299
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Under 18	41,635 ±2,249	27.9% ±1.5 pp	25.0%	22.0%
18–34	37,565 ±1,935	25.2% ±1.3 pp	24.2%	22.8%
35–64	53,232 ±2,079	35.7% ±1.4 pp	37.4%	38.0%
65 and older	16,867 ±1,014	11.3% ±0.7 pp	13.4%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 149,299
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Male	71,128 ±1,450	47.6% ±1.0 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	78,171 ±1,492	52.4% ±1.0 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 149,299
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
White alone	44,618 ±3,026	29.9% ±2.0 pp	48.5%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	41,041 ±3,361	27.5% ±2.3 pp	12.2%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,326 ±663	0.9% ±0.4 pp	0.7%	0.9%
Asian alone	4,474 ±1,031	3.0% ±0.7 pp	5.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	75 ±65 · low precision	0.1% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	19,873 ±2,301	13.3% ±1.5 pp	9.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	37,892 ±3,376	25.4% ±2.3 pp	23.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 149,299
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	83,622 ±3,351	56.0% ±2.2 pp	60.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	65,677 ±3,294	44.0% ±2.2 pp	39.7%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 50,171
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Married-couple family	22,405 ±1,122	44.7% ±2.0 pp	48.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	3,528 ±595	7.0% ±1.2 pp	5.4%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	10,931 ±944	21.8% ±1.8 pp	13.4%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	11,856 ±1,108	23.6% ±2.1 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,451 ±353	2.9% ±0.7 pp	6.0%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 50,171
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Households with people under 18	19,713 ±734	39.3% ±1.1 pp	34.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	30,458 ±1,462	60.7% ±2.6 pp	65.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 50,171
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	11,856 ±1,108	23.6% ±2.1 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Two-person households	13,655 ±1,035	27.2% ±2.0 pp	31.4%	33.8%
Three-person households	8,916 ±930	17.8% ±1.8 pp	16.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	7,244 ±1,036	14.4% ±2.0 pp	14.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	5,074 ±603	10.1% ±1.2 pp	7.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	1,834 ±397	3.7% ±0.8 pp	2.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	1,592 ±399	3.2% ±0.8 pp	1.7%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 149,299
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Native	118,075 ±2,358	79.1% ±1.6 pp	82.4%	85.9%
Foreign born	31,224 ±2,269	20.9% ±1.5 pp	17.6%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 138,332
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
English only	81,283 ±2,986	58.8% ±2.1 pp	64.9%	77.7%
Spanish	49,619 ±2,956	35.9% ±2.1 pp	28.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	312 ±216 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	99 ±74 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	155 ±138 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	299 ±188 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.7%	2.0%
Korean	42 ±71 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	143 ±143 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	821 ±422 · low precision	0.6% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	1,113 ±507	0.8% ±0.4 pp	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	1,507 ±574	1.1% ±0.4 pp	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	679 ±487 · low precision	0.5% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	2,260 ±683	1.6% ±0.5 pp	0.7%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 93,070
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	17,647 ±1,342	19.0% ±1.4 pp	14.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	28,112 ±1,696	30.2% ±1.7 pp	24.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	21,929 ±1,786	23.6% ±1.9 pp	20.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	7,119 ±717	7.6% ±0.8 pp	7.7%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	12,118 ±1,207	13.0% ±1.3 pp	21.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6,145 ±978	6.6% ±1.0 pp	12.3%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 147,900
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Same house	128,840 ±2,357	87.1% ±1.6 pp	86.0%	87.7%
Moved within same county	12,435 ±1,686	8.4% ±1.1 pp	7.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	3,496 ±1,700	2.4% ±1.1 pp	3.9%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,490 ±538	1.0% ±0.4 pp	2.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	1,639 ±708	1.1% ±0.5 pp	0.8%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

21.5% of Mesquite residents (±1.5 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 17.1% in Texas and 8.4% nationally. 94.0% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Mesquite	Texas	U.S.	Compared with Texas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	21.5% ±1.5 pp	17.1%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	94.0% ±3.1 pp	91.4%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	4.2% ±0.5 pp	6.2%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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