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18 <br /> 2017-2022 Orange County Master Aging Plan <br /> resources in order to support them, as well as population, education levels for adults in <br /> their caregivers and families. Orange County are consistently higher than <br /> averages at the state level.6 Older adults face <br /> Demographic Patterns <br /> less poverty in Orange County, but are <br /> Orange County's older adult population <br /> proportionately more likely to be living alone. <br /> appears to be whiter than the county's <br /> population as a whole. The older adult Characteristics and Distribution <br /> population also has a larger proportion of The following tables provide some basic <br /> people who are veterans as well as of people demographic characteristics of Orange County's <br /> who are married. As one might expect, older total population as compared to its older adult <br /> adults have a larger proportion of people who population. The following data come from the <br /> have a disability when compared to Orange 2011-2015 American Community Survey Five- <br /> County's population as a whole. While older Year Estimates7 and the North Carolina Division <br /> adults in Orange County are proportionately of Aging and Adult Services 2015 County Aging <br /> less educated than the general county Profile8. <br /> Table 1.1 Orange County Age Projections <br /> Ages 2015 2035 %Change <br /> # % # % (2015-2035) <br /> Total 140,144 171,058 22% <br /> 0-17 26,906 19% 28,677 17% 7% <br /> 18-44 59,694 43% 69,384 41% 16% <br /> 45-59 27,979 20% 29,376 17% 5% <br /> 60+ 25,565 18% 43,621 26% 71% <br /> 65+ 17,180 12% 35,096 21% 104% <br /> 85+ 1,799 1% 5,212 3% 190% <br /> 12 <br />