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05± POPULATION/EMPLOYMENT ESTIMATES FOR THE DURHAM, CHAPEL HILL, CARRBORO THOROUGHFARE PLANNING AREA The Durham, Chapel Hill , Carrboro (DCHC) Thoroughfare Planning Area, as defined by NCDOT, contains portions of thQ counties of Chatham, Durham, Orange, and Wake as well as the municipalities of Durham, Chapel Hill , and Carrboro ( see map of DCHC Area ) . Thoroughfare planning for the area involves an analysis of present and projected population and employ- ment patterns . The purpose of this paper is to present figures that have been compiled as input to a computer deficiency analysis model which assesses the impact of population/employment growth on the road system and identi- fies problem areas. The DCHC area is divided into 22 transportation analysis districts; districts 1 -11 are in Durham County, 12-17 are in Orange County ( see DCHC District Map) , 18-20 are in Chatham County, and 21 -22 are in Wake County . The districts are further subdivided into analysis zones; there are 600 zones in the DCHC area. In 1984 and early 1985 an inventory of housing and employment in each zone was compiled. Field work for the Orange County portion of the inventory was performed by interns in the Chapel Hill Planning Department. Using the 1985 inventory as baseline data, estimates for the years 2000 and 2010 were compiled by the respective planning/engineering staffs in the individual DCHC Jurisdic- tions . Jurisdictions represented included Durham City, Durham County, Chapel Hill , Carrboro, and Orange County. Ed Johnson of NCDOT headed the effort and also coordinated with Chatham County and Wake County, neither of which sent repre- sentatives to the planning meetings. Orange County was responsible for District 12 and the northern zones in District 13. The estimates were done in conformance with rates of population growth contained in the appropriate land use plan for the district in question . For example, District 12 lies north of 1 -85 in Eno Township and rates of population growth contained in the 9rangp County Land Use Plan were used here. District 13, on the other hand, lies in the northern portion of the Joint Planning Area (JPA) and rates of population growth projected in the JPA Land U5D Elan were employed here. The following table details population estimates for each district.