Location of Pompano Beach in Broward County, Florida.

Pompano Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean just to the north of Fort Lauderdale. The Nearby Hillsboro Inlet forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 88,874, , however, due to a recent annexation of neighboring Pompano Beach Highlands and Collier Manor-Cresthaven, the population of the city has surpassed 100,000. Pompano Beach is currently in the middle of a redevelopment process of its neglected beachfront which promises to reinvent the city. The city has also been listed as one of the top real estate markets being featured in CNN, Money and the Wall Street Journal as one of the country's top vacation home markets. However, the city's western section remains less polished and is characterized by high crime rates, poverty and strip clubs.