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P <br />General Questions <br />1 . Describe the geographic areas of the jurisdiction (including areas of low income <br />families and /or racial /minority concentration) in which assistance will be directed <br />during the next year. Where appropriate, the jurisdiction should estimate the <br />percentage of funds the jurisdiction plans to dedicate to target areas. <br />Orange County HOME Consortium Response: <br />Rolling hills, forests, and farmland converge with cosmopolitan urban cities and small <br />rural towns in Orange County. This unique mix of landforms brings to the County an <br />abundance of historical, social, and cultural resources. Additionally, Orange County <br />anchors the western corner of the Research Triangle, a regional economic engine <br />home to some of the world's leading technological companies as well as major <br />federal research institutions. Orange County encompasses four Cities to include: <br />Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Mebane. <br />The county is also divided into seven townships, though these political divisions no <br />longer carry legal standing: Cedar Grove, Little River, Cheeks, Hillsborough, Eno, <br />Bingham, and Chapel Hill. <br />Demographics <br />As of the 2010 Census count, Orange County had a total population of 133,801. The <br />County's racial makeup consisted of 74% White, 15.928% Black or African American, <br />0% American Indian and /or Native Alaskan, 7% Asian, 0% Pacific Islander, 4% from <br />other races, and 3% from two or more races; 8.2 were Hispanic or Latino of any <br />race. This demographic data, along with data broken out for each of Orange County's <br />four municipalities, is depicted in Table 1, below. According to the 2010 Census <br />count for Orange County as a whole, there were 50,085 households out of which <br />20.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them; 44.6% were married <br />couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, <br />and 43% were non - families. The average household size was 2.36 and the average <br />family size was 2.95. <br />FY 2014 -2015 Action Plan 15 <br />