Mesa, Arizona, is surrounded by the natural Sonoran Desert beauty of Tonto National Forest and the communities of Apache Junction and Queen Creek. Situated in Maricopa County, it is a suburb about 20 miles east of Phoenix. It covers about 133.13 square miles and is the largest suburban city by population in the United States. There are about 504,000 residents.
Arizona is in the western region of the U.S. It is the sixth-largest and the fourteenth-most populous. The largest city, Phoenix, is also the capital. Sharing borders with Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, it is designated the Four Corners region. It is the 48th state. Arizona is home to a diverse population of about 7,151,500 people.