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This growth rate is significantly higher than the growth rates experienced in +/- North Carolina, and in the nation during the same period (Table 2-4) . Within Orange County the bulk of the population increase during recent ,decades has occurred in Chapel Hill Township. Chapel Hill Township's population has increased by 27,884 persons since 1970, now contributing 65% of the total population in the County.+/- Although Chapel Hill Township accounted for the greatest proportion of the total growth in the County, the growth rate in this more populated Township was fifth highest, only greater than Little River and Cedar Grove Townships. The Township experiencing the greatest rate of growth is Eno Township at present is Bingham Township, which is showing an average annual growth rate since 1980 of 5.06%. Binghad currently accounts for only 5.6% of the total population. Historically, the distribution of population throughout the County has been characterized by fast-growing towns in southern Orange, moderate growth in Central Orange, and declining rural populations in the north. A significant proportion of the population increase in the County can be accounted for in the municipal areas, particularly the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Chapel Hill from, a population of 26,195 in 1970 to a population of 37,205 by 1987.1 This growth alone accounts for almost 25% of the population growth in the County. Carrboro's growth contributed almost 13 percent of the County's population increase between 1970 and 1980, and has increased in population dramatically during the 1980's - going from. a 1970 population of 5,058 persons to 11,375 in 1987.1 TABLE 2.6 1- N.C. Office of State Budget and Management, mirth mains. Mmagival ppulatiP lam 2- Refers to the population of that portion of the Towns within Orange County, excluding the section of Chapel Hill in Durham County and the section of Mebane in Alamance County. 2