Lakewood, Ohio

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The 2000 Census showed that Lakewood had a population of 56,646 people^<1>. This represents 0.5% of the total population of Ohio, making it the state's 14th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
11	Springfield	SW	150 mi [241.4 km]	62,269	4.73% decrease
12	Hamilton	SW	204 mi [328.3 km]	62,477	2.94% increase
13	Kettering	SW	174 mi [280 km]	53,708	6.6% decrease
-14-	Lakewood			50,704	10.49% decrease
15	Elyria	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	54,979	1.74% decrease
16	Euclid	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	47,415	10.06% decrease
17	Middletown	SW	192 mi [309 km]	51,422	0.35% decrease

Lakewood had 28,416 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Lakewood has a total area of 6.7 square miles [17.35 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 5.55 square miles [14.37 km²]1.15 square miles [2.98 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Lakewood had a 2000 population density of 10,208 people per square mile [3,941 people/km²], making it the mostly densely populated area in Ohio.

Cuyahoga County

The city of Lakewood is located in Cuyahoga County.

The county had a population of 1,392,111 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 56,646 people, Lakewood contained 4.07% of the Cuyahoga County total.

In addition, where the community of Lakewood has a population density of 10,208 people per square mile [3,941 people/km²], Cuyahoga County averages 3,036 people per square mile [1,172 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Cuyahoga County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Lakewood and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Lakewood. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Lakewood. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Lakewood, it also contains a comparison between Lakewood and the state of Ohio.

Click here for the Lakewood QuickFact (QF-3941664).

The following communities are nearby Lakewood and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cleveland	QF-3916000	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	433,748	9.33% decrease
	Westlake	QF-3983622	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	30,546	3.7% decrease
	North Olmsted	QF-3956882	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	31,319	8.19% decrease
	Parma	QF-3961000	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	77,947	9% decrease
	Garfield Heights	QF-3929428	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	27,734	9.76% decrease
	North Royalton	QF-3957008	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	29,331	2.38% increase
	Strongsville	QF-3975098	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	42,617	2.83% decrease
	Cleveland Heights	QF-3916014	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	45,827	8.27% decrease

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Lakewood.

A Census Quickfact is available for Cuyahoga County (QF-39035).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Cuyahoga County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Geauga	QF-39055	E	94,753	3.89% increase
	Lake	QF-39085	NE	234,030	2.8% increase
	Lorain	QF-39093	W	304,373	6.75% increase
	Medina	QF-39103	SW	171,210	12.76% increase
	Portage	QF-39133	SE	155,991	2.37% increase
	Summit	QF-39153	S	542,562	0.19% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Lakewood:

Lakewood is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Lakewood.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Lakewood. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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