What does 49,505. mean here? a city in SE Florida. 49,505.

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Population: 49,505?

Context:

Bo·ca Ra·ton
noun
a city in SE Florida. 49,505.

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Boca+Raton?s=t

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[+5] - tsarstepan - 10/23/2012I never thought of looking into a dictionary for a city entry. Interesting. Apparently, it's an outdated population number. A more accurate number: [quote] 85,329 - Jul 2011 Source: U.S....
[+3] - jespah - 10/23/2012Population

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@oristarA,

Population

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@oristarA,

I never thought of looking into a dictionary for a city entry. Interesting. Apparently, it's an outdated population number. A more accurate number:

Quote:

85,329 - Jul 2011
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

It's longitude and latitude:

Quote:

26.3583° N, 80.0833° W

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@oristarA,

That was Boca Raton's population ... back in 1980.

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Oddly, cities in the East list pupulation figures. In the West, it's much more common to list elevation.

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