Location of Boca Raton in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Boca Raton is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida and was incorporated in May of 1925. As of the 2000 census, the incorporated area had a total population of 74,764; the 2004 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 78,069. It 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 incorporated area of Boca Raton, increasing the city population to 83,960 and land area to a total of 29.6 square miles.