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....... ...././../..........,..........gaii.■=.:n <br /> 1: <br /> -4 Carrboro. Chapel Hill grew by 5,843 persons from a population of 26,195 <br /> le <br /> in 1970 to a population of 32,038 in 1980. This growth alone: accounts <br /> for almost 30% of the population growth in the County. Carrboro's growth <br /> ,..': <br /> contributed almost 13% of the County's population increase (Table 2-52 ). <br /> -.-. <br /> ''- TABLE 2-52 <br /> MUNICIPAL POPULATION AND CONTRIBUTION <br /> TO COUNTY GROWTH: 1970-1980 <br /> t AVERAGE ANN- TOTAL COUNTY <br /> vz <br /> CHANGE UAL % CHANGE GROWTH 1970- <br /> t` MUNICIPALITY 1970 1980 NUMBER) 1980 . <br /> CHAPEL HILL , <br /> (PORTTON) 4 26,195 32,038 5,843 2.2 29.9 <br /> irf <br /> CARRBORO <br /> 5,058 7,517 2,459 4.9 12.6 <br /> HILLSBOROUGH 1,444 3,019 1,575 10.9 8.0 <br /> MEBANE <br /> $ 2 <br /> "' (PORTION) 186 379 193 lo.4 9 <br /> _ <br /> P <br /> SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 1.980 Census <br /> _. ., ..._. _ <br /> figures. <br /> 'County population increase between 1970-198o of 19,488. <br /> 2 Refers to the population of the Towns within Orange County, excluding the <br /> section of Chapel Hill extending into Durham County and the section of <br /> Mebane extending into Alamance County. <br /> [ <br /> Chapel Hill Mebane <br /> Total Population: 32,421 Total Population: 2,782 <br /> Durham County portion: 383 Alamance County portion: 2,403 <br /> However, the historical trend of growing towns and stable or declining <br /> rural areas has been altered in recent years. Dramatic population increases <br /> in the rural townships are now receiving a greater proportion of County <br /> development. Bingham and Eno Townships had the highest growth rates in <br /> the County, while Hillsborough, Cheeks and Cedar Grove Townships began to <br /> show a positive growth rate, a reversal of their negative growth rates <br /> during the 1960-1970 decade. Only Cedar Grove and Little River Tbwnshdps, <br /> experienced a growth rate lower than the Chapel Hill Township, the predomi- <br /> nant urban and urbanizing township. In absolute numbers the growth in the <br /> rural townships is relatively small. However, the impact of this change <br /> on areas characterized by low density, low intensity rural and agricultural <br /> development is significant. <br /> 52 <br />