Colorado · Census place 0843000
Lakewood, Colorado
Lakewood is a city in Jefferson County, Colorado with an estimated 156,868 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 5th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 156,868
- #5 of 149 in Colorado
- Change since 2020
- +0.4%
- +587 people
- Land area
- 43.5 sq mi
- + 1.17 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,608 / sq mi
- State median 1,848
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Lakewood population, 2020 to 2024
Lakewood added 587 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +510. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 55th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Lakewood is 11.2 times that size.
Lakewood covers 43.48 square miles of land and 1.17 of water, for 3,608 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Lakewood is denser than the typical town.
What county Lakewood is in
All of Lakewood's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 578,533 residents in 2024. Lakewood holds 27.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lakewood
7 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lakewood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 80214, 80215, 80226, 80227, 80228, 80232, 80235. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Lakewood is
The Census internal point of Lakewood is at 39.698900, -105.117600. Denver, the capital, is 7.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Denver, CO (729,019 people), 13.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Arvada, CO, 9.4 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 1,729 m (5,673 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.698900, -105.117600
- DMS
- 39°41'56.04"N 105°07'3.36"W
- UTM
- 13N 489917.7E 4394345.5N
- Geohash
- 9xj1zfzwy
- Plus code
- 85FPMVXJ+HX
- Time zone
- America/Denver
Daylight in Lakewood
At 39.70° N, Lakewood gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Lakewood daylight page.
Places near Lakewood
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Edgewater, 4.6 miles away, with 4,880 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lakewood, CO?
156,868 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 587 (0.4%) from 156,281 in July 2020.
What county is Lakewood in?
Jefferson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lakewood?
7 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 80214, 80215, 80226, 80227, 80228, 80232, 80235.
How far is Lakewood from Denver?
7.6 miles (12.2 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Lakewood.
What is the nearest larger city to Lakewood?
Denver, CO, with 729,019 residents, 13.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.