Lakewood, Colorado demographics

Lakewood, CO demographics: median age 38.2; 45.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Lakewood city, Colorado · Incorporated city · GEOID 0843000. The survey estimates a population of 156,583 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Lakewood is 38.2 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.7 years. There are 69,799 households (±827). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	38.2 ±0.7	37.7 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 156,583
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
Under 18	25,560 ±1,232	16.3% ±0.8 pp	21.0%	22.0%
18–34	44,708 ±1,533	28.6% ±1.0 pp	24.8%	22.8%
35–64	58,236 ±1,720	37.2% ±1.1 pp	38.6%	38.0%
65 and older	28,079 ±1,080	17.9% ±0.7 pp	15.6%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 156,583
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
Male	78,222 ±982	50.0% ±0.6 pp	50.7%	49.5%
Female	78,361 ±991	50.0% ±0.6 pp	49.3%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 156,583
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
White alone	115,605 ±2,089	73.8% ±1.3 pp	70.5%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	2,296 ±495	1.5% ±0.3 pp	4.0%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,518 ±441	1.0% ±0.3 pp	1.1%	0.9%
Asian alone	5,694 ±686	3.6% ±0.4 pp	3.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	208 ±103	0.1% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race alone	5,515 ±822	3.5% ±0.5 pp	6.0%	7.1%
Two or more races	25,747 ±1,937	16.4% ±1.2 pp	14.9%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 156,583
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	121,228 ±1,643	77.4% ±1.0 pp	77.5%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	35,355 ±1,635	22.6% ±1.0 pp	22.5%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 69,799
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
Married-couple family	27,019 ±929	38.7% ±1.2 pp	48.3%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	3,549 ±482	5.1% ±0.7 pp	4.5%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	6,564 ±681	9.4% ±1.0 pp	8.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	24,479 ±999	35.1% ±1.4 pp	28.6%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	8,188 ±729	11.7% ±1.0 pp	9.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 69,799
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
Households with people under 18	15,203 ±725	21.8% ±1.0 pp	28.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	54,596 ±1,171	78.2% ±1.4 pp	71.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 69,799
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	24,479 ±999	35.1% ±1.4 pp	28.6%	28.7%
Two-person households	25,636 ±1,167	36.7% ±1.6 pp	36.0%	33.8%
Three-person households	8,905 ±640	12.8% ±0.9 pp	14.8%	15.3%
Four-person households	7,013 ±665	10.0% ±0.9 pp	12.3%	12.6%
Five-person households	2,414 ±376	3.5% ±0.5 pp	5.1%	5.9%
Six-person households	986 ±256	1.4% ±0.4 pp	2.0%	2.2%
Seven or more people	366 ±131	0.5% ±0.2 pp	1.1%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 156,583
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
Native	144,035 ±1,116	92.0% ±0.7 pp	90.2%	85.9%
Foreign born	12,548 ±1,100	8.0% ±0.7 pp	9.8%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 149,386
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
English only	130,250 ±1,537	87.2% ±1.0 pp	83.8%	77.7%
Spanish	12,785 ±1,191	8.6% ±0.8 pp	11.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	233 ±101	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	607 ±217	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	683 ±249	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	904 ±272	0.6% ±0.2 pp	1.0%	2.0%
Korean	245 ±128 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	897 ±284	0.6% ±0.2 pp	0.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	1,384 ±344	0.9% ±0.2 pp	0.4%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	220 ±97	0.1% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	609 ±257	0.4% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	1.1%
Arabic	424 ±273 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	145 ±77 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 117,037
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	7,031 ±835	6.0% ±0.7 pp	7.1%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	25,230 ±1,348	21.6% ±1.1 pp	19.7%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	22,267 ±1,354	19.0% ±1.1 pp	19.2%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	9,500 ±627	8.1% ±0.5 pp	8.3%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	33,683 ±1,283	28.8% ±1.1 pp	28.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19,326 ±1,043	16.5% ±0.9 pp	17.6%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 155,299
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
Same house	129,537 ±1,983	83.4% ±1.3 pp	84.1%	87.7%
Moved within same county	7,665 ±927	4.9% ±0.6 pp	6.7%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	11,865 ±1,617	7.6% ±1.0 pp	4.8%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	5,217 ±715	3.4% ±0.5 pp	3.8%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	1,015 ±489	0.7% ±0.3 pp	0.6%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

7.5% of Lakewood residents (±0.7 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 7.7% in Colorado and 8.4% nationally. 93.2% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Lakewood	Colorado	U.S.	Compared with Colorado
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	7.5% ±0.7 pp	7.7%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	93.2% ±0.8 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	6.4% ±0.5 pp	7.5%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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