Boca
Raton is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida and was incorporated
in May of 1925. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population
of 74,764; the 2004 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is
78,069. About 120,000 people live in unincorporated areas near the city,
so that the population with a postal address of Boca Raton is
about 200,000. Boca Raton is the largest city between West Palm
Beach and Pompano Beach. However, on November 2, 2004, the voters of the
Via Verde Association and the residents of the Waterside community
approved annexation into the Boca Raton city limits, increasing the city
land area to a total of 29.6 square miles. According to the U.S Census
estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 86,629.