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Section V. Draft County Profile (Data) Element Orange County Comprehensive Plan <br />Cli Chart: Orange County Average 10 Year (1980 -2000) Linear Projections by <br />Municipality <br />200,000 <br />180,000 <br />160,000 <br />140,000 <br />120,000 <br />100,000 <br />80,000 <br />60,000 <br />40,000 <br />0,0 <br />Total County <br />Carrboro <br />Chapel Hill <br />Mebane <br />Hillsborough <br />Unincorporated <br />1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 <br />Source: Orange County Planning Department Average 10 -Year (1980 -2000) Linear Projections <br />Clj) Table: Average 10 Year X1980 -2000) Linear Projections by County <br />Notes and Sources: <br />'The Population figures for 1980, 1990, and 2000 are from the US Census Bureau. <br />2 The average increments were obtained by subtracting 1980 from 1990 and 1990 from 2000 and dividing the sum by 2. Example: <br />((1990-1980)+(2000-1990))/2. The projections were done by adding the average increment to the 2000 data and multiplying the <br />result by the difference in the projection year and the most recent year of data, then dividing that result by 10 (10 year projection <br />increments). Example Little River: (3047 + 777) * ((2010- 2000)/10) <br />Methodology taken from URBAN LAND USE PLANNING, Fourth Edition (p.125) County Planning library. <br />9/6/2007 C8 <br />POPULATION <br />. <br />POPULATION PROJECTIONS <br />Avg 10`Year <br />County <br />1980 <br />1- 990 <br />" 2000 <br />.Increment <br />2010 <br />X2020 <br />2030 <br />ORANGE <br />77,055 <br />93,662 <br />115,531 <br />19,239 <br />134,770 <br />154,009 <br />173,248 <br />ALAMANCE <br />99,319 <br />108,213 <br />130,794 <br />15,738 <br />146,532 <br />162,269 <br />178,007 <br />CHATHAM <br />33,415 <br />38,979 <br />49,329 <br />7,957 <br />57,286 <br />65,243 <br />73,200 <br />DURHAM <br />152,235 <br />181,844 <br />223,314 <br />35,540 <br />258,854 <br />294,393 <br />329,933 <br />JOHNSTON <br />70,599 <br />81,306 <br />121,900 <br />25,651 <br />147,551 <br />173,201 <br />198,852 <br />LEE <br />36,718 <br />41,370 <br />49,208 <br />6,245 <br />55,453 <br />61,698 <br />67,943 <br />PERSON <br />29,164 <br />30,180 <br />35,623 <br />3,230 <br />38,853 <br />42,082 <br />45,312 <br />WAKE <br />301,429 <br />426,311 <br />627,866 <br />163,219 <br />791,085 <br />954,303 <br />1,117,522 <br />NORTH <br />CAROLINA <br />5,880,095 <br />6,632,448 <br />8,046,491 <br />1,083,198 <br />9,129,689 <br />10,212,887 <br />11,296,085 <br />Notes and Sources: <br />'The Population figures for 1980, 1990, and 2000 are from the US Census Bureau. <br />2 The average increments were obtained by subtracting 1980 from 1990 and 1990 from 2000 and dividing the sum by 2. Example: <br />((1990-1980)+(2000-1990))/2. The projections were done by adding the average increment to the 2000 data and multiplying the <br />result by the difference in the projection year and the most recent year of data, then dividing that result by 10 (10 year projection <br />increments). Example Little River: (3047 + 777) * ((2010- 2000)/10) <br />Methodology taken from URBAN LAND USE PLANNING, Fourth Edition (p.125) County Planning library. <br />9/6/2007 C8 <br />