People QuickFacts	Lakewood	Washington
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	58,839	6,830,038
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	58,163	6,724,540
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.2%	1.6%
 	Population, 2010    	58,163	6,724,540
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.4%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	22.7%	23.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.6%	12.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.0%	50.2% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	59.3%	77.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	11.8%	3.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.3%	1.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	9.0%	7.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.6%	0.6%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	8.7%	4.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	15.3%	11.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	54.1%	72.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	74.9%	81.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	14.6%	12.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	20.0%	17.5%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	87.8%	89.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	22.8%	31.0%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	24.6	25.4 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	44.2%	64.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	42.4%	25.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$245,700	$285,400
 	Households, 2006-2010    	24,659	2,577,375
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.31	2.49
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$26,760	$29,733
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$42,476	$57,244
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	17.9%	12.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Lakewood	Washington
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,528	551,340
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	S
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.2%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	16.0%	6.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.2%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	4.1%	3.2%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	29.6%	28.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	125,365	112,053,283
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,130,602	76,790,966
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	743,672	92,968,519
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$13,086	$14,380
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	125,546	12,389,422

   	Geography QuickFacts	Lakewood	Washington
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	17.17	66,455.52
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	3,387.5	101.2
 	FIPS Code    	38038	53
 	Counties    	Pierce County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts