City profile · Small City
Lakewood, Washington
Reviewed Oct 13, 2026Who leads Lakewood, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Paul Bocchi
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 58,211
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 13, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 13, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcecityoflakewood.us/mayor-jason-whalen-on-ukraine ↗
- Official leadership pagecityoflakewood.us/mayor-jason-whalen-on-ukraine ↗
- City websitecityoflakewood.us ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Paul Bocchi CurrentMayor · added Jul 3, 2026 · verified Oct 13, 2026
- Jason Whalen FormerMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 58,211
- Median household income
- $65,531
- Median age
- 36.2
- Land area
- 17.06 sq mi
- Population density
- 3,412.1 per sq mi
- County
- Pierce County
- Metro area
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$204M
- City hall phone
- (253) 589-2489
- Official website
- cityoflakewood.us ↗
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