Dakota Ridge, Colorado


Dakota Ridge is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 32,005.

Geography

Dakota Ridge is bordered to the east by Denver, to the north by Lakewood, and to the south by unincorporated Ken Caryl. It is bordered to the west by the Dakota Hogback, a sharp hogback ridge that to the north near Morrison is known as Dinosaur Ridge.
Colorado State Highway 470, part of the beltway around Denver, runs through the western part of the community, leading north to Golden and southeast to Littleton. Downtown Denver is to the northeast.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Dakota Ridge CDP has a total area of, of which are land and, or 3.27%, are water.

Demographics