West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL

1956‑1959:		West Palm Beach, FL SMA
1959‑1973:		West Palm Beach, FL SMSA
1973‑1983:		West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL SMSA
1983‑1992:		West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL MSA
1992‑2003:		West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA
2003‑2006:		West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metro Division in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL Metro Area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Palm Beach County, FL	114,688	228,106	348,753	576,863	863,518	1,131,184	1,264,956



Total	-	228,106	348,753	576,863	863,518	1,131,184	1,264,956
Percent Change	-	-	52.9%	65.4%	49.7%	31.0%	11.8%



Total (as currently defined)	114,688	228,106	348,753	576,863	863,518	1,131,184	1,264,956
Percent Change	-	98.9%	52.9%	65.4%	49.7%	31.0%	11.8%

Timeline

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Component

Palm Beach County, FL

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950	1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


West Palm Beach, FL	43,162	56,208	*	57,375	*	63,305	*	67,643	*	82,103	*	97,498	*

Boca Raton, FL	992	6,961		28,506		49,505	*	61,492	*	74,764	*	86,632	*

Delray Beach, FL	6,312	12,230		19,366		34,325		47,181	*	60,020		64,757	*

Boynton Beach, FL	2,542	10,467		18,115		35,624		46,194		60,389		66,885	*



Total	0	56,208		57,375		112,810		176,316		156,867		315,772
Metro	0	228,106		348,753		576,863		863,518		1,131,184		1,264,956
Percent		24.6%		16.5%		19.6%		20.4%		13.9%		25.0%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

West Palm Beach, FL

Boca Raton, FL

Delray Beach, FL

Boynton Beach, FL

Urban/Rural Population



1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			188,817	82.8%
		UA Population		172,835	75.8%
	Rural Population			39,289	17.2%

	Inside Central Cities			56,208	24.6%
	Outside Central Cities			171,898	75.4%

	Total Metro Area Population			228,106	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	West Palm Beach, FL		172,835	172,835	100.0%

	Total			172,835


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			317,909	91.2%
		UA Population		287,561	82.5%
	Rural Population			30,844	8.8%

	Inside Central Cities			85,881	24.6%
	Outside Central Cities			262,872	75.4%

	Total Metro Area Population			348,753	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	West Palm Beach, FL		287,561	287,561	100.0%

	Total			287,561


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			535,409	92.8%
		UA Population		487,044	84.4%
	Rural Population			41,454	7.2%

	Inside Central Cities			147,135	25.5%
	Outside Central Cities			429,728	74.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			576,863	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	West Palm Beach, FL		487,044	487,044	100.0%

	Total			487,044


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			817,843	94.7%
		UA Population		791,283	91.6%
	Rural Population			45,675	5.3%

	Inside Central Cities			129,135	15.0%
	Outside Central Cities			734,383	85.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			863,518	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL		794,848	791,283	99.6%

	Total			791,283


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,112,172	98.3%
		UA Population		1,070,411	94.6%
	Rural Population			19,012	1.7%

	Inside Principal Cities			277,276	24.5%
	Outside Principal Cities			853,908	75.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,131,184	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Miami, FL		4,919,036	1,070,411	21.8%

	Total			1,070,411


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




May 1956



-		New SMA: West Palm Beach, FL SMA
-		Palm Beach County, FL included as original SMA component
-		West Palm Beach, FL designated as original central city of new SMA


Apr 1973



-		Title of West Palm Beach, FL SMSA changed to West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL SMSA
-		Boca Raton, FL designated as central city of SMSA


Jun 1983



-		Title of West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL SMSA changed to West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL MSA
-		Delray Beach, FL designated as central city of MSA


Dec 1992



-		Title of West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL MSA changed to West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA
-		Delray Beach, FL no longer designated as central city


Jun 2003



-		West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA became West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metro Division in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL Metro Area
-		Boynton Beach, FL designated as principal city of Metro Division
-		Delray Beach, FL designated as principal city of Metro Division

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