Lakewood, Colorado | |
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![]() Green Mountain as seen from Mt. Zion | |
![]() Location of the City of Lakewood in Jefferson County, Colorado | |
Location of Lakewood in the United States | |
Coordinates: 39°42′17″N 105°07′02″W / 39.70472°N 105.11722°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County | Jefferson County[2] |
City | Lakewood[1] |
Platted | July 1, 1889[3] |
Incorporated | June 24, 1969[4] |
Government | |
• Type | Home rule municipality[1] |
• Mayor | Wendi Strom [citation needed] |
Area | |
• Home rule municipality[1] | 44.647 sq mi (115.635 km2) |
• Land | 43.473 sq mi (112.595 km2) |
• Water | 1.174 sq mi (3.040 km2) |
Elevation | 5,656 ft (1,724 m) |
Population | |
• Home rule municipality[1] | 155,984 |
• Rank | 5th in Colorado 167th in the United States |
• Density | 3,588/sq mi (1,385/km2) |
• Metro | 2,963,821 (19th) |
• CSA | 3,623,560 (17th) |
• Front Range | 5,055,344 |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
ZIP codes | Denver 80214-80215, 80227, 80226-80228, 80232, 80235-80236 Golden 80401 Littleton 80123 |
Area code(s) | Both 303 and 720 |
FIPS code | 08-43000 |
GNIS feature ID | 2411614[6] |
Website | www |
Lakewood is the home rule municipality that is the most populous municipality in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.[1] The city population was 155,984 at the 2020 U.S. Census, making Lakewood the fifth most populous city in Colorado and the 167th most populous city in the United States.[1] Lakewood is a suburb of Denver and is a principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.