Boca Raton

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Boca Raton
Map of Florida highlighting Boca Raton.svg
County and state location
Basic data
Foundation : 1925
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Palm Beach County
Coordinates : 26 ° 22 ′  N , 80 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 26 ° 22 ′  N , 80 ° 6 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 84,392 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,198.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 75.4 km 2  (approx. 29 mi 2 ) of
which 70.4 km 2  (approx. 27 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 4 m
Postcodes : 33400-33499
Area code : +1 561
FIPS : 12-07300
GNIS ID : 0279123
Website : www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us
Mayor : Scott Singer

Boca Raton [ ˈboʊkə rəˈtoʊn ] is a city in Palm Beach County in the US state of Florida with 84,392 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Boca Raton is located in southeast Florida, about 70 km north of Miami , on the Atlantic Ocean . The urban area has an area of ​​75.4 km². The following locations are within a 10 km radius: Highland Beach , Delray Beach , Deerfield Beach and Hillsboro Beach .

climate

The climate is mild and warm, with a slight wind from the sea. Statistically, it rains an average of 40% of the days in the summer months, even if only for a short time. The highest temperatures are from May to October, with up to 33 ° C. The coldest months from December to February with an average of only 12 ° C. Snowfall is almost unknown in the region.

history

The earliest known residents in the Boca Raton area were the Tequesta , who lived in small communities on the coast a thousand years earlier until the 18th century . The bridge over the Florida East Coast Canal and the construction of the Florida East Coast Railway in 1890 brought a number of resourceful pioneers to the area. Until 1900, Boca Raton was a small agricultural community whose farmers had specialized in the cultivation of pineapples. There was also a group of Japanese immigrants under the leadership of Joseph Sakai , who in 1904 formed a small village near what is now Yamato Street.

In May 1925, at the height of the Florida country boom , the local council hired architect Addison Mizner to design a super-class vacation community. His exclusive hotel, known as the Cloister Inn , was completed in 1926. Although many of Mizner's plans for the young community went up in smoke through property transfers during the land boom, some survived, and his architectural style still influences the appearance of the city today.

In the 1930s and 1940s, the place was known for its winter vegetables, especially green beans , which won awards in the northern markets. In 1942 the Air Force founded an air force base, the Boca Raton Army Air Force Base, on land confiscated from the Japanese population, which was primarily built for the training of Boeing B-29 units. Today's airport was built on parts of this base. This military settlement led to a population increase of around 30,000 soldiers, civilian employees and their families for the small town, which only had 723 inhabitants in 1940. In the 1960s, the south of Florida experienced its second land boom with the result that more and more marshland was drained and arable land was turned from it, while arable land near the city became building land and the city limits expanded.

In 1962, Boca Raton was given the new Florida Atlantic State University - also on the site of the now disused military base . In 1967 IBM relocated one of its computer developments to Boca Raton, and in 1981 the IBM PC was developed here. During the 1980s and 1990s, the city turned its attention to the redevelopment of the inner city while preserving the historic buildings and squares, such as the former town hall and the FEC train station. The historic buildings have been renovated and opened to the public.

In 2012 , presidential challenger Mitt Romney held the secretly filmed speech in the city in which he described 47 percent of Americans as “social parasites” in front of an audience of financially strong election campaign donors. In the small Lynn University, where 24 percent of the students come from abroad, the third television speech duel of the presidential candidates took place on October 22, 2012. The small university - 2,100 students and 181 lecturers - had invested five million dollars to set up the infrastructure for the media event and thousands of journalists and to ensure that everything ran smoothly.

Religions

In Boca Raton there are currently 35 different churches with 14 different denominations, of which the Baptist congregation is most strongly represented with 5 churches. There are also 4 churches that do not belong to any denomination (status: 2004).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 84,392 inhabitants were distributed over 44,539 households. The population density was 1198.8 inh / km². 88.5% of the population identified themselves as whites , 5.2% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 2.4% as Asian Americans . 2.1% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.6% to several ethnic groups. 11.9% of the population was Hispanic or Latino .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 33.9% of all households lived in 22.8% of households with persons at least 65 years of age. 58.7% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.79.

21.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.8% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 27.8% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 45 years. 48.9% of the population were male and 51.1% were female.

The median annual income was $ 71,414, with 10.6% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, 79.89% of the population spoke English as their mother tongue, 9.28% spoke Spanish and 10.83% had another mother tongue.

Attractions

The Fred C. Aiken House has been registered in the NRHP since September 1992.

Nine structures and sites in Boca Raton are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of May 5, 2020:

Parks and sports facilities

Part of the Mizner Park

There is a small range of different city parks as well as several sporting facilities, as well as playgrounds and opportunities for camping and barbecuing. The beach offers all kinds of beach and water sports. A popular destination is the "Mizner" leisure park.

Economy and Infrastructure

According to email security provider MessageLabs, Boca Raton is the capital of spam . A large proportion of global spam is sent from here. According to Richard Breeden , the coastal city is the only city in Florida "where there are more sharks on land than in water". The most important branches of employment are: education, health and social affairs (17.1%), trade / retail (12.5%), finance, insurance and real estate (13.0%), future technologies, management, administration (15.2%) , Arts, entertainment, groceries, restaurants (10.6%). The company American Media and CRC Press are based in Boca Raton.

traffic

The city is located on Interstate 95 and Florida State Roads A1A , 794 , 800, and 808 .

The city can be reached internationally by air at the following airports: Palm Beach International Airport near West Palm Beach , about 32 km away, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport near Fort Lauderdale , about 34 km away, and Miami International Airport near Miami , about 68 km away. Boca Raton Airport , about 2 km away, is also ideal for domestic air traffic .

Clinics

There are two clinics in town, the Boca Raton Medical Center and the West Boca Medical Center .

education

schools

The most important schools that also supply the surrounding area are:

  • Saint Andrew's School (all-day school and international boarding school), approximately 900 students
  • Waters Edge Elementary School, approximately 1100 students
  • Whispering Pines Elementary School, approximately 540 students
  • Coral Sunset Elementary School, about 1000 students
  • Hammock Pointe Elementary School, approximately 980 students
  • Addison Mizner Elementary School, approximately 850 students
  • Del Prado Elementary School, approximately 830 students
  • Sandpiper Shores Elementary School, approximately 800 students
  • Eagles Landing Middle School, approximately 1500 students
  • Loggers' Run Middle School, approximately 1,400 students
  • Omni Middle School, about 1250 students
  • Don Estridge High Tech Middle School, about 1200 students
  • Boca Raton Middle School, about 1100 students
  • Spanish River High School, approximately 3250 students
  • Olympic Heights Community High School, approximately 2,600 students
  • Boca Raton High School, about 1,800 students
  • Verde Elementary School

Further educational institutions

The following universities and colleges are the secondary educational institutions in the city:

  • Florida Atlantic University
  • Lynn University (founded in 1962, 2,100 students, 181 lecturers)
  • Florida State College
  • Travel Career Institute
  • Boca Beauty Academy

Library

Boca Raton has a public library with about 140,000 books, about 12,000 audio and about 15,000 video documents.

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 179 points (US average: 266 points) in the low range. There was one murder, 13 rapes, 49 robberies, 113 assaults, 459 break-ins, 1940 thefts, 108 car thefts and one arson.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Boca Raton, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.myboca.us/772/Mayor
  2. ^ The City of Boca Raton History. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 18, 2012 ; accessed on July 13, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us
  3. ↑ Secret video puts Republicans in trouble What Mitt Romney Really Thinks About Obama Voters , Süddeutsche Zeitung, September 19, 2012, accessed October 23, 2012
  4. ↑ Presidential debate brings small Lynn University to big stage ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Tampa Bay Times October 22, 2012, accessed October 23, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tampabay.com
  5. ^ A big day for a small university , Süddeutsche Zeitung of October 23, 2012
  6. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  7. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  8. ^ Aiken, Fred C., House on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 5, 2020.
  9. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 5, 2020.
    Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 5, 2020.
  10. ↑ Verde Elementary School ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us
  11. ↑ A big day for a small university
  12. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Boca-Raton-Florida.html