Lakewood, Colorado

 

Lakewood
City in the United States
Location
State Colorado
County Jefferson County
Coordinates 39°42’23.00″N, 105°6’10.01″WL
General
Surface 114.10 km²
– country 111.04 km²
– water 3.06 km²
Residents
(April 1, 2010)
142,980
(1288 inhabitants/km²)

According to Smber, Lakewood is a city in the US state of Colorado and has a population of 144,126. This makes it the 144th city in the United States (2000). Its surface is 107.7 km 2, making it the 157th city.

Demographics

12.1 % of the population is older than 65 and 30.7 % consists of single – person households. Unemployment is 2.2 % (census figures 2000).

About 14.5% of Lakewood’s population is Hispanic and Hispanic, 1.5% of African origin and 2.7% of Asian origin.

The population increased from 126,156 in 1990 to 144,126 in 2000.

Climate

In January the average temperature is -1.0 °C, in July it is 22.2 °C. An average of 402.8 mm of precipitation falls annually (data based on the measurement period 1961-1990).

Nearby places

The figure below shows nearby places within 10 miles of Lakewood.

Lakewood

  • Applewood (7 km)
  • Arvada (13 km)
  • Berkley (13 miles)
  • Bow Mar (10 km)
  • Cherry Hills Village (15 km)
  • Columbine (13 km)
  • Columbine Valley (13 km)
  • Denver (12 miles)
  • East Pleasant View (5 km)
  • Edgewater (6km)
  • Englewood (12 km)
  • Geneva (14 km)
  • Glendale (14 km)
  • Golden (10km)
  • Indian Hills (16 km)
  • Ken Caryl (14 km)
  • Lakeside (9 km)
  • Littleton (14 km)
  • Morrison (10 km)
  • Mountain View (9 km)
  • North Washington (15 km)
  • Sheridan (10 km)
  • Twin Lakes (16 km)
  • West Pleasant View (7 km)

Born

  • Gregg Henry (1952), actor
  • Dylan Klebold (1981), mass murderer

Lakewood, Colorado