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A <br />NO'S- FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS <br />C: <br />�1ost r,f the far.;ily households in North Carolina and Orange <br />County are maintained by married couples, though a considerable <br />percent are maintained by wornen alone, and a very small percent by <br />single men alone. The majority of rlopulation in North Carolina <br />and Orange County live in families but a considerably percentage, <br />22. u, of North Carolina population and ,Q . _, ,: of Orange Cour,t\ <br />iDoPulation, do not lire in family households. Other types -f <br />households may include dormitories, shared quarters, convents and <br />others. <br />AGE, RACE AND GENDER <br />The trend observed in the two years 1980 and 1988, is that a <br />larger percentage of nonwhites falls below age 20 and above age <br />50, which means that a larger percentage of nonwhites are of <br />nonworking age, compared to the percentage of whites of nonworking <br />age. (See Table 3) <br />TABLE 3 <br />PERCENTAGES OF WHITES AND NONWHITES PER AGE GROUP <br />Orange County 1980 <br />Age a whites % Nonwhites <br /><9 27.5% 33.0% <br />20 -50 55.3% 41.0% <br />50 -60 7.0% 9.1% <br />60+ 10.2% 16.80 <br />Orange County 1988 <br />r Whites % Nonwhites <br /><9 24.8% 31.80 <br />20 -50 56.4% 47.3% <br />50 -60 7.0% 7.4% <br />60+ 11.8% 13.4% <br />(Source: 1980 Census of Population, 1981) <br />3 <br />