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Orange County: Buckhorn Village <br />project. Generally referred to as the hospitality sector, it is called the accommodation and food <br />service sector by the North American Industrial Classification Code system. Both sectors have <br />shown growth in recent years. <br />Orange County Employment: Retail and Accommodation and Food Service Sectors <br /> 2006 Annual 2007 3Q <br />Total Em to ment 59,517 62,656 <br />Retail Trade Em to ment 6,473 6,664 <br />Accommodation and Food Service <br />Em to ment 5,156 5,324 <br />Source: NC Employment Security Commission <br />The employment figures in the table below show that Orange County has one of the <br />lower employment percentages in the retail and accommodation and food service sectors. The <br />rate of 10.6% in retail is second to the bottom following Durham County. The accommodation <br />and food service percentage at 8.5% is in the middle of the range. This supports that Orange <br />County has a higher number of accommodation and food service establishments and fewer retail. <br />People may not shop in Orange County but they do eat and stay overnight. <br />2007 Third-Quarter Retail and Accommodation and Food Service Employment as a <br />Percent of Total Employment <br />County Retail Trade Accommodation and <br />Food Service <br />Orange 10.6% 8:5% <br />Alamance 13.3% 9.6% <br />Chatham 10.8% 6.1 <br />Durham 7.3% 6.4% <br />Wake 11.2% 8.2% <br />Cabarrus 15.6% 10.5% <br />Johnston 14.1 % 9.3% <br />Source: NC Employment Security Commission <br />Another important data point to analyze in this project is wages. Retail and <br />accommodation and food services wages are among the lowest of any sector, in part, due to the <br />Sanford Holshouser 16 <br />