West Palm Beach, Florida

West Palm Beach is a city in and the county seat of Palm Beach County, Florida. The population of the city is 99,919. It is the oldest incorporated municipality in the south Florida area, having been incorporated as a city two years before Miami, and is one of the Miami metro's principal cities.
West Palm Beach 	Florida
Incorporated 	November 5, 1894 (town), July 21, 1903 (city)
Nickname 	Orchid City, West Palm, WPB
County 	Palm Beach
Population 	99,919
Elevation 	0 ft (0 m)
Mayor 	Korbin Arnold
Gym Leader 	Shaniqua Morrison - Electric-type specialist Gym
City Guildmaster	Sabian Sutton
ZIP codes 	33401-33403, 33405, 33407, 33409, 33411-33412, 33417
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
39.77% White (39,737)
33.46% Black or African American (33,432)
22.87% Hispanic or Latino (22,851)
3.90% Other (3,899)
17.6% (17,585) of West Palm Beach residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
West Palm Beach has high rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 417 Pokemon thefts in 2019, and averages 15.70 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Palm Beach County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* The area is served by Palm Beach International Airport. It is also served by Tri-Rail and Greyhound Lines.
* Local TV stations serving the area include WPTV-TV 5 (NBC), WHDT 9 (Court TV), WPEC 12 (CBS), WTCE-TV 21 (TBN), WPBF 25 (ABC), WFLX 29 (Fox), WTVX 34 (The CW), WXEL 42 (PBS), WTCN-CD 43 (MyNetworkTV), WWHB-CD 48 (Azteca), WFGC 61 (CTN) and WPXP-TV 67 (Ion).
* The city is home to multiple golf courses; West Palm Beach Golf Course, Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach, Emerald Dunes Club, Bear Lakes Country Club and Banyan Cay Resort & Golf.
* Palm Beach Battle Academy and Palm Beach Atlantic University are located here.
* Since 1982, West Palm Beach has hosted SunFest. It also hosts the Palm Beach International Film Festival.
* The winner of a contest in West Palm Beach will receive a Buizel flotation sac as an award.
* Companies based in West Palm Beach include Florida Public Utilities, ION Media Networks, Ocwen, and The Palm Beach Post. Other major employers are Pratt & Whitney, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Sikorsky Aircraft, General Dynamics, Cemex, and CSC.
* The Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals have their spring training at FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches.
* Other popular attractions include Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society, and the South Florida Safari Zone.
* The West Palm Beach station for Virgin Trains USA, a high speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, was opened in 2018.
* In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.
** Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as downtown revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014.
* West Palm Beach is the location of the country's largest Elixir production facility.
Category:Florida Cities