Map of Lakewood, California, United States

Lakewood is a city in California, United States, with a population of about 81,611. It lies at 33.8536°N, 118.1340°W, about 14 m above sea level. Lakewood is about 3,690 km (2,293 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Paramount, 5 km to the northwest.

Lakewood at a glance

Where is Lakewood?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 54 min on the shortest day to 14 h 24 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Lakewood

• Paramount — 5 km northwest
• Cerritos — 6 km east
• Norwalk — 7 km northeast
• Compton — 9 km northwest
• Downey — 10 km north
• Cypress — 10 km southeast
• Long Beach — 11 km southwest
• Lynwood — 11 km northwest
• Bell Gardens — 13 km north
• Buena Park — 13 km east

Largest cities in California

• Los Angeles — 3,820,914
• San Diego — 1,404,452
• San Jose — 997,368
• San Francisco — 827,526
• Fresno — 542,107
• Sacramento — 524,943
• Long Beach — 474,140
• Oakland — 419,267
• Bakersfield — 373,640
• Anaheim — 350,742

Largest cities in United States

• New York City — 8,804,190
• Los Angeles — 3,820,914
• Brooklyn — 2,736,074
• Chicago — 2,664,452
• Queens — 2,316,841
• Houston — 2,314,157
• Phoenix — 1,650,070
• Philadelphia — 1,573,916
• San Antonio — 1,526,656
• Manhattan — 1,487,536

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Other places named Lakewood

• Lakewood — Colorado, United States
• Lakewood — Washington, United States
• Lakewood — New Jersey, United States
• Lakewood — Ohio, United States

Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.