| 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
