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® . <br />. Orange County, North Carolina - AIFCH - 2007 <br />Carrboro and Hillsborough. Even so, 65% of Chapel Hill's population growth during this period <br />has been from annexation. It is estimated that 32% of Chapel Hill's population consists of <br />students enrolled at the University of North Carolina. <br />Table 3.1 shows the total population of Orange County for 2000 by jurisdiction. <br />Chart 3.1: Populat+on Orange County 2000 <br />120,000 <br />~ 1 a, 227 <br />100,000 <br />80, 000 <br />60, 000 <br />40,000 ~~ .(48,715 ~ . <br />40,000 <br />20, 000 <br />1678 5,446 7,2$4 <br />__. '' <br />0 - _~ <br />U Orange County '~ ~ Chapel Hill <br />Carraboro ~ Hillsborough <br />Mebane ~ Remainder <br />The racial composition of Orange County is changing dramatically. Since 1990, the percentage <br />of White and Black citizens is declining, while all other races have increased in number and as a <br />percentage of the total population: <br />The White population has increased 21.6% to 92,272 (78% of the total population). <br />The Black population has increased 9.4% to 16,298 (13.8% of the total population). <br />The Hispanic community is growing most dramatically, increasing 312.3% between 1990 and <br />2000, from 1,279 to 5,273 by 2000, representing 4.5% of the total population. <br />The Asian population grew 105.2% during the same period, making up 4.1 % of the total <br />population.5 <br />In the Town of Chapel Hill, the racial composition is predominantly White and Black with those <br />groups comprising 78% and 11 % of the population respectively. Asian and Pacific Islanders and <br />persons of Hispanic origin comprise substantially smaller population segments; however, these <br />two groups have been increasing at the highest rates <br />5 <br />