City profile · Mid-size City
Mesquite, Texas
Reviewed Oct 13, 2026Who leads Mesquite, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Daniel Alemán Jr.
- Role
- Mayor (Ceremonial)
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Party
- Nonpartisan
- Population
- 124,523
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 13, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 13, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcecityofmesquite.com/131/City-Council ↗
- Official leadership pagecityofmesquite.com/131/City-Council ↗
- City websitecityofmesquite.com ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Daniel Alemán Jr. CurrentMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 13, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 124,523
- Median household income
- $69,649
- Median age
- 33.4
- Land area
- 49.1 sq mi
- Population density
- 2,536.1 per sq mi
- County
- Dallas County
- Metro area
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$436M
- City hall phone
- (972) 288-7711
- Official website
- cityofmesquite.com ↗
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