How clean is the air around Boca Raton?

EPA monitor data for the county that contains Boca Raton, FL: how many days each year rated good, moderate or unhealthy on the Air Quality Index, and how that has changed.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, AirData annual AQI summaries by county.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

0 days of unhealthy air in Palm Beach County in 2025.

Good air days in 2025: 279 of 365 — 76.4% of monitored days rated good

Share of days rated "good"

2010: 54
2011: 59.7
2012: 56
2013: 71.5
2014: 69.3
2015: 67.7
2016: 56.8
2017: 52.4
2018: 71.2
2019: 76.5
2020: 74
2021: 72.1
2022: 75.3
2023: 71.2
2024: 70.2
2025: 76.4

Days above the moderate range (unhealthy for at least sensitive groups)

2010: 2
2011: 4
2012: 2
2013: 2
2014: 2
2015: 0
2016: 3
2017: 2
2018: 0
2019: 0
2020: 0
2021: 0
2022: 0
2023: 1
2024: 0
2025: 0

Median AQI

2010: 49
2011: 46
2012: 47
2013: 42
2014: 42
2015: 42
2016: 47
2017: 49
2018: 42
2019: 40
2020: 42
2021: 43
2022: 41
2023: 43
2024: 43
2025: 39

2025 air days by category

Good: 279
Moderate: 86

What it means

Good-air days are up about 22 percentage points since 2010.

The worst stretch in this window was 2011, with 4 days above the moderate range and a peak AQI of 176.

AQI days are only counted where the EPA has monitors, so counties with fewer monitors report fewer measured days.

Sources

U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates — Population, income, housing, education, commuting and poverty figures
Census Bureau API — ACS Detailed Tables — The endpoint these pages are generated from
data.census.gov — Look up the same tables for any place yourself
ACS accuracy statement — Estimates carry margins of error; small places vary the most

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