Lakewood, Colorado

Lakewood, Colorado
Home rule municipality[1]
Green Mountain as seen from Mt. Zion
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Location of the City of Lakewood in Jefferson County, Colorado
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Coordinates: 39°42′17″N 105°04′53″W / 39.70472°N 105.08139°W / 39.70472; -105.08139
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Jefferson County[2]
City	Lakewood[1]
Founded	1889
Incorporated	1969[3]
Government
• Type	Home rule municipality[1]
• Mayor	Adam Paul
Area [4]
• Total	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]	5,518 ft (1,682 m)
Population  (2020)[4]
• Total	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	0181620
Website	www.lakewood.org

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.