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Table 2. Revenues vs. Expenditures in Orange County Appendix fo , Page Z of Z <br />~~ <br /> Residential Commercial Agricultural <br />Expenditures $138,441,212 $10,063,907 $1,351,755 <br /> (92.4%) (6.7%) (0.9%) <br />Revenues $105,633,103 $42,357,171 $1,866,600 <br /> (70.5%) (28.3%) (1.2%) <br />Revenues/Expenditures ratio° 0.76 4.21 1.38 <br /> Revenue/Expenditure ratios from national studiesb <br />Minimum 0.47 0.96 1,01 <br />Median 0.87 3.57 2.78 <br />Maximum 0.99 20.00 50,00 <br />Revenue/Expenditure ratios from local studies` <br />Chatham County 0.90 2.13 1.09 <br />Wake County 0.65 5.63 2.12 <br />a. This ratio measures the amount of county revenue contributed by a given land use sector for each <br />dollaz in public services used by that sector, <br />b. These figures are derived from 103 Cost of Community Services summarized on the American <br />Fannland Trust website (htto://farmlandinfo.org/documents/27757/FS_COCS_8-04.pdfl. <br />a These studies were conducted by the author in 1998 and 2001, respectively, <br />8 <br />