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Orange County: Buckhorn Village <br />The number of retail establishments in Orange County is estimated to be 955 in 2007. <br />Based on the 2007 population estimate, there are about 130.5 people in Orange County for every <br />retail establishment. Alamance, Wake, and Cabarrus Counties have lower numbers of persons <br />per retail establishment than Orange County. Based on this information the Orange County <br />market place is not saturated with retail establishments given the higher people to establishment <br />figures of comparable communities. <br />2007 Retail Establishments <br />County Number of Retail <br />Establishments People per <br />Establishment <br />Oran e 955 130.5 <br />Alamance 1,176 122.9 <br />Chatham 353 169.3 <br />Durham 1,927 132.2 <br />Wake 6,605 122.9 <br />Cabarrus 1,257 127 <br />Johnston 1,138 137 <br />Source: ESRI <br />In raw numbers, Orange County's retail sales rank near the bottom of the group. Only <br />Chatham County's sales are lower and Chatham County's population is significantly less than <br />Orange County's. This information, along with low people to establishments ratio, makes a case <br />that Orange County's retail market is underserved and dollars are flowing out of the community. <br />2006-2007 Taxable Retail Sales and Sales Tax Collections <br />Counties Taxable Retail <br />Sales Sales Tax <br />Collections <br />Orange $948,302,963 $41,765,632 <br />Alamance $1,371,732,692 $59,966,191 <br />Chatham $301,018,001 $13,214,818 <br />Durham $3,796,970,577 $166,292,584 <br />Wake $11,262,239,398 $494,403,505 <br />Cabarrus $1,882,429,350 $82,429,237 <br />Johnston $1,135,891,639 $49,629,694 <br />Source: NC Department of Revenue, Sales and Use Tax Statistics <br />Sanford Holshouser 12 <br />