Lakewood, Tennessee

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Coordinates: 36°14′38″N 86°38′12″W / 36.24389, -86.63667
Lakewood, Tennessee
Location of Lakewood, Tennessee
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Davidson
Area
- Total	1.0 sq mi (2.5 km²)
- Land	1.0 sq mi (2.5 km²)
- Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Elevation	469 ft (143 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	2,341
- Density	2,445.5/sq mi (944.2/km²)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
FIPS code	47-40720^[1]
GNIS feature ID	1290534^[2]

Lakewood is a city in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,341 at the 2000 census.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Originally incorporated as Dupontonia in 1959 (in reference to the DuPont rayon manufacturing facility located nearby), the city changed its name to Lakewood and reincorporated in 1961. In 1963, the governments of Davidson County and the City of Nashville merged to form a consolidated metropolitan government. Lakewood chose to remain autonomous. It operates its own city council and funds its own police department. Because of this, Lakewood is known by many as a "speed trap" along State Route 45.

[edit] Geography

Lakewood is located at 36°14′38″N, 86°38′12″W (36.243802, -86.636624)^[3].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.5 km²), all of it land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 2,341 people, 985 households, and 648 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,445.5 people per square mile (941.5/km²). There were 1,052 housing units at an average density of 1,099.0/sq mi (423.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.26% White, 2.95% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.56% from other races, and 0.73% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.88% of the population.

There were 985 households out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.1% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $37,182, and the median income for a family was $46,964. Males had a median income of $32,880 versus $26,275 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,072. About 9.4% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.4% of those under age 18 and 16.9% of those age 65 or over.