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Er L,4 :,, ,.:_,,„ In the sere period, total agricultural employment, the only sector experi- encing a *decline, fell by 29%. This decline in agricultural employment parallels similar trends throughout the Triangle J Region and North Carolina. f,- The government sector grew by 59%, representing the largest increase in employment in any sector, as well as absorbing the largest percentage of employed County residents 46.3% . Less than 9.3% of employment was in manufacturing compared with 19.8% in the Region and 32.2% statewide. In 1977, Orange County contained 58 industrial-based establishments, employing 2000 workers. 1 The contribution _ ' of the manufacturing sector to the employment picture will probably . increase significantly during the plan period, although areas appropriate for industrial activities have been designated and the 1-85/U.S. 70 corridor and at Commercial-Industrial Transition and Rural Industrial activity nodes. ..... - . - . Governmental Employnent The single most important sector in Orange County is government. In 1962, 5,900 persons were employed in the government sector. By 1978, 16,700 persons had, been absorbed into the sector, accounting for 50% of the total employed residents of the County. [ TABLE 2-72 TOTAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT BY 00UN2Y: 19781 ALL GOVERNMENTAL % coumry WORKERS EMPLOYEES GOVERMAENT , CHATHAM 12,850 1,050 8.1 DURHAM 68,290 13,790 20.1 JOHNSTON 24,340 3,670 15.0 LEE 14,720 2,280 15.4 ORANGE 33,230 16,770 50.4 WAKE 127,980 38,440 30.0 Tura, 281,4l0 76,0oo 27.0 'SOURCE: N.C. Labor Force Estimates. N.C. Employment Security Commission, December 1979. An Economic Anal sis of Reul'on J. Triangle J Council of Govern- ments. November 19:0, P. 130.