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As of 2016 the town had a population of approximately 100,758 residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2017/06/lakewood_township_grows_past_100000_residents.html#incart_river_home |title=Fast growing Lakewood Township reaches a landmark|publisher=|accessdate=2 June 2017}}</ref> As of the [[2010 United States Census]], the township had a total population of 92,843,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=Districts2011/><ref name=LWD2010/> representing an increase of 32,491 (+53.8%) from the 60,352 counted in the [[2000 United States Census|2000 Census]], which had in turn increased by 15,304 (+34.0%) from the 45,048 counted in the [[1990 United States Census|1990 Census]].<ref>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/2010data/table7cm.xls Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010], [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]], February 2011. Accessed August 20, 2012.</ref> The township ranked as the [[List of municipalities in New Jersey|seventh-most-populous municipality in the state]] in 2010 after having been ranked 22nd in 2000.<ref name=Census2010XLS>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/2010data/nj_tab1.xls The Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships in 2010 in New Jersey: 2000 and 2010], [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed May 12, 2017.</ref> The sharp increase in population from 2000 to 2010 was led by increases in the township's [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] and [[Latino]] communities.<ref name=Census2011>Rundquist, Jeanette. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/lakewood_is_njs_fastest-growin.html "Lakewood, N.J.'s fastest-growing town, is defined by its diversity"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', February 6, 2011. Accessed September 5, 2011. "The 54 percent population increase, according to residents and community leaders in Lakewood, was fueled by growth in the Jewish community, the Latino community and a third group, senior citizens. The town's African-American population, meanwhile, dropped slightly."</ref><ref name=njspotlight/>
Lakewood is a hub of [[Orthodox Judaism]], and is home to one of the largest [[yeshiva]]s in the world, the 6,500-student [[Beth Medrash Govoha]], which was founded by [[Rabbi]] [[Aharon Kotler]].<ref>Di Ionno, Mark. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/how_lakewood_became_a_worldwide_destination_for_or.html#incart_most-commented_politics_article "How Lakewood became a worldwide destination for Orthodox Jews"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', May 7, 2017. Accessed May 12, 2017. "It is Friday in Lakewood. A few thousand young men in black suits and wide-brimmed black hats are rushing toward Beth Medrash Govoha (BMG), the world's largest yeshiva outside of Israel.... The yeshiva has about 6,500 students, equal in enrollment to the College of New Jersey."</ref> The large Orthodox population, which comprises more than half the township's population, wields considerable political clout in the township as a [[voting bloc]].<ref>Peterson, Iver. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/19/nyregion/tragedy-forces-town-face-its-divisions-breaching-barriers-creed-culture.html "Tragedy Forces Town To Face Its Divisions; Breaching Barriers of Creed and Culture"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 19, 1995. Accessed June 20, 2016. "The community is not withdrawn in politics, however. The Orthodox vote as a nearly solid bloc, making them the dominant political power in Lakewood, and a power that can only grow: leaders of the yeshiva community, which had about 400 members in 1968, expect their numbers to top 27,000 by the turn of the century."</ref><ref>[http://www.juf.org/news_public_affairs/article.asp?key=7215 U.S. gets another Orthodox mayor]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Chicago Jewish Community Online, July 11, 2006. Accessed April 13, 2007. "Orthodox Jews make up nearly half of the village's 70,000 residents, and they often vote as a bloc, with a council of leaders determining whom they should support."</ref><ref>Mulshine, Paul. [http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/11/in_lakewood_a_democrat_comes_up_against_the_realit.html "In Lakewood, a Democrat comes up against the reality of democracy"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 15, 2015. Accessed June 20, 2016. "I discussed the recent results with Bob Singer, the Republican state senator from Lakewood who has been representing the town in Trenton since the 1980s. During that time the Orthodox Jewish community has continued to grow and has turned into a political machine that can deliver results like no other, he said."</ref>
==History==
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==Arts and culture==
The Strand, a local theater established in 1922, was designed by architect [[Thomas W. Lamb]].<ref>[http://www.strand.org/history.aspx The History of The Strand] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309101226/http://strand.org/history.aspx |date=2015-03-09 }}, Strand Center of the Arts. Accessed September 15, 2014. "The famous theater architect Thomas Lamb was commissioned in the early 1900s by the Ferber Amusement Company to design a theater in Lakewood, New Jersey.... In 1922, The Strand opened in a time when Lakewood was a popular playground for the rich and famous, including Grover Cleveland and John D. Rockefeller."</ref>
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==Parks and recreation==
[[Sister Mary Grace Burns Arboretum]], on the campus of [[Georgian Court University]].<ref>[http://www.georgian.edu/arboretum/index.htm Sister Mary Grace Burns Arboretum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223212738/http://www.georgian.edu/arboretum/index.htm |date=2011-12-23 }}, [[Georgian Court University]]. Accessed January 3, 2012. "The arboretum, established in 1989, is named after Sister Mary Grace Burns, who was the chairperson of the biology department and professor of biology from 1927 to 1968. It comprises the entire campus (approx. 155 acres)."</ref>
==Demographics==
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===2000 Census===
As of the [[2000 United States Census]]<ref name="GR2">[http://factfinder.census.gov American FactFinder], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 4, 2014.</ref> there were 60,352 people, 19,876 households, and 13,356 families residing in the township. The [[population density]] was 2,431.8 people per square mile (938.8/km²). There were 21,214 housing units at an average density of 854.8 per square mile (330.0/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 78.77% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 12.05% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.17% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.39% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.61% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.98% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 14.80% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/0603402938550.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Lakewood township, Ocean County, New Jersey] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605034459/http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/0603402938550.pdf |date=2012-06-05 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 3, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3402938550 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Lakewood township, Ocean County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 23, 2012.</ref>
There were 19,876 households out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. 28.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.64.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
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[[Lakewood High School (New Jersey)|Lakewood High School]]<ref>[http://www.lakewoodpiners.org/Domain/8 Lakewood High School], Lakewood Public School District. Accessed April 6, 2017.</ref> with an enrollment of 1,112 students in grades 9-12.<ref>[https://homeroom5.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school.php?district=2520&source=01 New Jersey School Directory for the Lakewood School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref>
[[Georgian Court University]] is a private, [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] university located on the shores of [[Lake Carasaljo]]. Founded in 1908 by the [[Sisters of Mercy]] as a women's college in [[North Plainfield, New Jersey]], the school moved to the former estate of [[George Jay Gould I]] in Lakewood in 1924. Women made up 88% of the student population in Fall 2006.<ref>[http://www.georgian.edu/aboutgcu/index.htm About] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828165726/http://www.georgian.edu/aboutgcu/index.htm |date=2011-08-28 }}, [[Georgian Court University]]. Accessed September 5, 2011.</ref>
There are many [[yeshiva]]s and [[Jewish day school]]s serving the Orthodox Jewish community, with the school district providing busing to 18,000 students enrolled at 74 yeshivas as of 2011,<ref>Ahearn, James. [http://archive.northjersey.com/story-archives/opinion-in-central-jersey-a-school-imbroglio-1.1211058 "Opinion: In Central Jersey, a school imbroglio"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', June 5, 2012. Accessed April 6, 2017. "The answer was eye-opening. Eighteen thousand kids. That is, to repeat, 18,000. They attended 74 yeshiva schools, served by 14 bus companies, on 400 routes, more than any other district in the state."</ref> and 25,000 by 2016.<ref name=njspotlight>Rinde, Meir. [http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/16/06/20/is-lakewood-on-the-verge-of-a-meltdown/ "Is Lakewood on the Verge of a Meltdown?"], NJ Spotlight, June 21, 2016. Accessed April 6, 2017. "State and local educational funding systems aren't built to handle a town with 25,000 children in religious institutions and 6,000 in the public schools, says Rev. Glenn Wilson."</ref> [[Beth Medrash Govoha]] has an enrollment in excess of 5,000, making it one of the world's largest yeshivas.<ref>Fahim, Kareem. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/nyregion/10lakewood.html?pagewanted=all "As Orthodox Population Grows, So Do Tensions"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 10, 2007. Accessed September 5, 2011. "Many Orthodox Jews have been drawn to Lakewood by the prestige of the town's yeshiva, Beth Medrash Govoha, one of the largest rabbinical colleges in the world. The yeshiva was founded in 1943 by a Polish-born rabbi, Aaron Kotler. In 1962, when Rabbi Kotler died, the school had 250 students. It now has about 5,000. The wider yeshiva community includes more than a hundred temples, and about 50 schools."</ref>
The non-denominational [[Calvary Academy]] serves students in [[kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[http://www.calvaryacademy.org/academy_page.aspx?id=458692 A Brief History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725132311/http://www.calvaryacademy.org/academy_page.aspx?id=458692 |date=2011-07-25 }}, Calvary Academy. Accessed September 5, 2011.</ref>
The [[Catholic school|Roman Catholic-affiliated]] Holy Family School served youth from pre-school through 8th grade under the auspices of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton]]. In 2014, the diocese announced that the school was closing at the end of the 2014-2015 school year, as fewer students were enrolling.<ref>Terry, Nicquel. [http://www.app.com/story/news/local/2014/12/02/two-shore-catholic-schools-close/19798133/ "Shore Catholic schools set to close in 2015"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]''. December 2, 2014. Accessed August 30, 2015. "Two Shore area Catholic schools will close in 2015, citing declining enrollment in recent years as more families opt to send their children to public schools. Officials from both St. Denis School in Manasquan and Holy Family School in Lakewood confirmed Tuesday that the schools would shut down at the end of this school year." ([https://www.webcitation.org/6bATgCkoA?url=http://www.app.com/story/news/local/2014/12/02/two-shore-catholic-schools-close/19798133/ Archive])</ref>
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* Rabbi [[Yosef Reinman]], author who has written about inter-community dialogue within Judaism.<ref>Staff. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/nj_corruption_arrests_strike_c.html "N.J. corruption arrests strike core of Deal's Syrian Jewish community"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', July 23, 2009. Accessed February 10, 2011. "'These are only allegations. All these people are innocent until proven guilty,' said Yosef Reinman, a rabbi and author in Lakewood's sizable Orthodox Jewish community, which is less than 20 miles from Deal."</ref>
* [[Richard Roberts (pharmaceutical executive)|Richard Roberts]] (born 1957), pharmaceutical executive, philanthropist and political activist.<ref>Kornbluh, Jacob. [http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/u-s-election-2016/1.731079 "Trump Names Two Top Advisers to Head 'Israel Advisory Committee'; Jason Greenblatt and David Friedman charged with coming up with alternative solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."], ''[[Haaretz]]'', July 14, 2016. Accessed May 16, 2017. "Dr. Richard Roberts, a prominent Republican donor from Lakewood, NJ has been appointed as vice chair."</ref>
* [[John D. Rockefeller]] (1839–1937), industrialist and philanthropist, had an estate in Lakewood, as well as other homes in Ohio, New York, and Florida. His family donated a large tract of land it owned in Lakewood to Ocean County, where the County built the current Ocean County Park on Route 88, Lakewood.<ref>[http://www.ocean.nj.us/parks/ocp.html Ocean County Park] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914173139/http://www.ocean.nj.us/parks/ocp.html |date=2008-09-14 }}, Ocean County Department of Parks & Recreation. Accessed February 9, 2011. "Ocean County Park was originally part of Financier John D. Rockefeller's vacation estate."</ref>
* [[Robert Schmertz]] (1926–1975), founder and CEO of Leisure Technology Corp. and former owner of the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] and [[Boston Celtics]].<ref>via [[United Press International]]. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VP1GAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FXwMAAAAIBAJ&dq=robert-schmertz%20lakewood&pg=5951%2C1516859 "Bulls' Bid Denied"], ''Times-Union'', July 12, 1972. Accessed February 10, 2011. "Robert Schmertz, a real estate executive from Lakewood, has received unanimous approval from the National Basketball Association Board of Governors to purchase the Boston Celtics, but another group was rejected in its bid to buy the Chicago Bulls."</ref>
* [[Armin Shimerman]] (born 1949), actor, best known for playing the Ferengi bartender [[Quark (Star Trek)|Quark]] in the television series ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''.<ref>P., Ken. [http://movies.ign.com/articles/432/432051p1.html "An Interview with Armin Shimerman: Deep Space Nine's Quark discusses his career."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713005225/http://movies.ign.com/articles/432/432051p1.html |date=2011-07-13 }}, [[IGN]], August 4, 2003. Accessed February 9, 2011. "IGN FILMFORCE: Am I correct in understanding that you're originally from Lakewood, New Jersey? ARMIN SHIMERMAN: Yes ... a small town in the mid-section of New Jersey, Ocean County. It was a great, great childhood and it was a terrific town – probably still is. I haven't been there for decades. I keep waiting for them to invite me back to be sort of a VIP at one of their parades, but it hasn't happened yet."</ref>
* [[Arthur Siegel]] (1923–1994), songwriter.<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/17/obituaries/arthur-siegel-song-composer-and-pianist-70.html "Arthur Siegel, Song Composer And Pianist, 70"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 17, 1994. Accessed August 5, 2013. "Mr. Siegel, whose career in show business spanned nearly five decades, was born in Lakewood, N.J., on Dec. 31, 1923, and grew up in Asbury Park, N.J. He came to New York City in the 1930s and studied at the Juilliard School and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he met the entertainer Eddie Cantor's daughter and got his first big break as Cantor's accompanist."</ref>
* [[Robert Singer (American politician)|Robert Singer]] (born 1947), member of the [[New Jersey Senate]] and former Mayor of Lakewood Township.<ref>Lowe, Herbert. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2A57401E0C5FD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "A GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS WHEN A SENATOR DIED THIS SUMMER, AN ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE REPLACED HIM IN THE STATE SENATE."], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', October 26, 1993. Accessed February 10, 2011. "Republican Robert W. Singer, a former mayor of Lakewood Township, is seeking his first term as state senator. Singer, 45, was serving his third two-year term in the Assembly until moving over to the Senate on October 14 to succeed John Dimon, who died in September."</ref>
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* [[Lew Soloff]] (born 1944), jazz trumpeter.<ref>[http://www.lewsoloff.com/scrolls/scroll_bio.html Biography], LewSoloff.com. Accessed September 5, 2011. "Born in Brooklyn, on February 20, 1944, Soloff was raised in Lakewood, New Jersey and started studying piano at an early age."</ref>
* [[Yisroel Taplin]], author of ''The Date Line in Halacha''.<ref>Dershowitz, Yitzchok. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-Jb4w78HMzUC&pg=PA442&lpg=PA442&dq=%22Yisroel+Taplin%22+lakewood ''The legacy of Maran Rav Aharon Kotler''], p. 442. [[Feldheim Publishers]], 2005. {{ISBN|1-58330-875-X}}. Accessed February 10, 2011. "Footnote 113: Yet, Rebbetzin Taplin, the wife of Rav Yisroel Taplin of Lakewood..."</ref>
* [[Penina Taylor]], [[Jewish views on counter-missionaries|counter-missionary]] speaker.<ref>Gros, Michael. [http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/44951/ "The Teshuvah Journey: Making Up For Lost Time"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713104148/http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/44951/ |date=2011-07-13 }}, ''[[The Jewish Press]]''. August 19, 2010. Accessed February 10, 2011. "Penina grew up in a turbulent, loosely affiliated Jewish home in Lakewood, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Steve Tisch]] (born 1948), film producer and chairman of the [[New York Giants]].<ref>Staff. [http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/steve-tisch/ "Steve Tisch"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. Accessed February 9, 2011. "Born in Lakewood, N.J., Tisch graduated from Tufts University and began his entertainment career as Peter Guber's assistant at Columbia Pictures."</ref>
* [[Harry Lancaster Towe]] (1898-1991), politician who represented [[New Jersey's 9th congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1943 to 1951.<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/10/obituaries/harry-l-towe-92-a-former-congressman.html "Harry L. Towe, 92, A Former Congressman"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 10, 1991. Accessed November 19, 2017. "Harry Lancaster Towe, a former Congressman and deputy attorney general of New Jersey, died on Friday at his home in Lakewood, N.J. He was 92 years old."</ref>
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