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-4, <br /> 1111 <br /> '!,... <br /> 4:- Demographic Characteristics <br /> IE RACE. Orange County's population is predominantly a white population. <br /> Eighty percent of the population of the County are Whites and 17% of the <br /> population are Blacks. The remainder of the population is composed of <br /> :9- other racial minorities. <br /> c--: <br /> TABLE 2-55 a <br /> COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP POPULATION BY RACE <br /> .47,. <br /> 1,-- <br /> AMERICAN IN- ASIAN <br /> DTAN, ESKIMO, PACiF1C SPANISH <br /> TOWNSHIP WHITE BLACK ALM' ' ISLANDER OTHER ORIGIN <br /> ORANGE COUNTY 62,522 594 163 735 309 683 <br /> BINGHM4 3,316 594 22 3 19 26 <br /> t` CEDAR GROVE 1,719 1,433 1 --- 13 43 <br /> CHAPEL HILL 42,587 6,943 98 693 251 488 <br /> ., <br /> CHEEKS 3,443 1,366 4 3 5 36 <br /> 4,065 353 7 19 6 21 <br /> *-, HILLSBOROUGH 6,131 2,408 29 17 14 48 <br /> LITTLE RIVER 1,261 229 2 --- 1 21 <br /> _-- _-_____------------- <br /> SOURCE: 1980 U.S. Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of t1 <br /> Census. <br /> SEX. Although 1980 figures on the breakdown of the population by sex are <br /> unavailable, 1970 Census figures show an approximately even distribution <br /> of males and females throughout the County with 51.9% male and 48.1% female. <br /> !,. TABLE 2-5515 <br /> I., <br /> ORANGE COUNTY POPULATION BY SEX <br /> ----- <br /> SEX TOTAL % OF TOTAL POPULATION <br /> MALE 29,943 51.9 <br /> FEMALE 24,839 48.1 <br /> TOTAL 57,707 <br />