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
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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.