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VA <br />Work First Block Grant Plan <br />Orange County <br />I. Conditions within the County <br />Orange County has a total area of 401.51 square miles, with 399.84 square miles of land <br />area. Hillsborough, North Carolina is the county seat and Chapel Hill is the largest <br />town. Orange County has a population of 122,474. The racial breakdown of the <br />population for the county based on projections for 2000 is 78% Caucasian, 13.8% Black, <br />4.5% Hispanic, and 4.1 % Asian and Other. The Hispanic population growth in Orange <br />County is noteworthy. This population group has nearly doubled since 1997, now <br />including about 5,273 people. <br />The per capita income for the county is $34,182. The median family income is $42,372, <br />ranked ninth in the state. Fifty one percent of adults in Orange County have a college <br />education, the highest percentage in the state of North Carolina. The state average of <br />adults with college education is 22.5 %. In Orange County, 87.6% of the population has <br />a high school education compared to 78% for North Carolina. <br />Workforce by Industry (4th Qtr 2005) <br />(Source: North Carolina Department of Commerce, Economic Policy and Research Division. County <br />Profile. Available online: <br />http: / /cmedis. comm erce. state. nc. uslcountyprofiles /countyprofile. asp? county = Orange <br />Orange County has had 22 businesses either close or lay -off workers within the past 16 <br />months. The unemployment rate has decreased 14% from July 2005 -July 2006. The <br />unemployment rate in July 2005 was 4.4 decreasing to 3.8% in July 2006. Government <br />Workforce <br />Average Weekly Earnings <br />Number <br />Percent <br />County <br />State <br />Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing & <br />Hunting: <br />192 <br />0.3% <br />$516.00 <br />$494.00 <br />Construction: <br />2,094 <br />3.26% <br />$626.00 <br />$652.00 <br />Finance/Insurance/ <br />Real Estate: <br />1,886 <br />3.20% <br />$1,782.00 <br />$1,678.00 <br />Government: <br />28,242 <br />48.20% <br />$887.00 <br />$786.00 <br />Manufacturing: <br />1,494 <br />2.50% <br />$765.00 <br />$795.00 <br />Retail Trade: <br />6,371 <br />10.90% <br />$438.00 <br />$440.00 <br />Wholesale Trade: <br />817 <br />1.40% <br />$1,013.00 <br />$945.00 <br />Professional & Technical <br />Services: <br />2,946 <br />5.0% <br />$924.00 <br />$995.00 <br />Health Care & Social <br />Assistance: <br />10,220 <br />17.40% <br />$827.00 <br />$676.00 <br />Accommodation & Food Service <br />5,027 <br />8.60% <br />$275.00 <br />$243.00 <br />Total Workforce: <br />58,592 <br />100.00% <br />(Source: North Carolina Department of Commerce, Economic Policy and Research Division. County <br />Profile. Available online: <br />http: / /cmedis. comm erce. state. nc. uslcountyprofiles /countyprofile. asp? county = Orange <br />Orange County has had 22 businesses either close or lay -off workers within the past 16 <br />months. The unemployment rate has decreased 14% from July 2005 -July 2006. The <br />unemployment rate in July 2005 was 4.4 decreasing to 3.8% in July 2006. Government <br />