Palm Beach County By The Numbers

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1,492,191

2020 Palm Beach County Population Estimate vs. 576,758 in 1980

8,401

Residential Permits Issued in 2021 vs 1,506 in 2010.
24% increase from 2020 to 2021

11

Number of U.S. states with a population less than Palm Beach County's
(AK, SD, ND, MT, WY, DE, RI, ME, NH, VT, DC)

8,500

Acres managed by the PBC Parks & Recreation Department

74

Properties on the National Historic Register

31,000

Acres of environmentally sensitive land managed by the PBC Dept of Environmental Resources Mgmt

2%

Percentage of live coral left in the Great Florida Reef

18

Number of projects that restored or enhanced habitat in the Lake Worth Lagoon from 2013-2020

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4

Rank of Palm Beach County for nation's hottest housing markets in 2016

88

Percentage of Residents that ranked traffic congestion and loss of environmental resources for recreation as top concerns for our future.

3.7

Number of Inches sea levels have risen since 1996

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