Lakewood
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city in Pierce County, Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Pierce
- Incorporated
- February 28, 1996
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- Paul Bocchi
- City manager
- Doug Russell
- Deputy mayor
- Patti Belle
- Total
- 18.89 sq mi (48.93 km )
- Land
- 17.06 sq mi (44.18 km )
- Water
- 1.83 sq mi (4.74 km ) 9.39%
- Elevation
- 207 ft (63 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 62,709
- Rank
- US: 632nd, WA: 21st
- Density
- 3,670/sq mi (1,416/km )
- Demonym
- Lakewoodian
- Time zone
- UTC–8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC–7 (PDT)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Lakewood
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Pierce County
- Population
- 63612
- Area
- 49.068849
- Elevation
- 262
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00
- Official website
- www.cityoflakewood.us
- Image
- VA Puget Sound Health Care System (26447667184).jpg
- Households
- 24821
- Dialing code
- 253
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- twinned administrative body
- Danzhou
- P8168
- Ponyayol
- Commons category
- Lakewood, Washington
- topic's main category
- Category:Lakewood, Washington
- inception
- 1833-00-00
- postal code
- 98499
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lakewood, Washington
- water as percent of area
- 9.3704
- per capita income
- 30856
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Seattle metropolitan area
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Encyclopedic overview
Lakewood is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 63,612 at the 2020 census. It is the second-largest city in the county, behind Tacoma, and is a suburban bedroom community. Lakewood is adjacent to the McChord AFB portion of Joint Base Lewis–McChord, a major military installation for the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lakewood” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.