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<br /> DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
<br /> The United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, has recorded the County's
<br /> population to be as follows:
<br /> 1990 2000 2010
<br /> 93,851 118,227 133,801
<br /> The North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management has estimated the County's population
<br /> at July 1 of each of the past five years to be as follows:
<br /> 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
<br /> 140,678 142,148 142,597 145,574 147,093
<br /> According to the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management, as of July 1, 2018, the
<br /> Town of Chapel Hill (the portion located in the County)had an estimated population of 59,874, the Town
<br /> of Carrboro had an estimated population of 20,715,the Town of Hillsborough had an estimated population
<br /> of 7,483 and the City of Mebane (the portion located in the County)had a population of 2,154.
<br /> The following table presents per capita personal income figures for the County, the State and the
<br /> United States:
<br /> Year Coun State U.S.
<br /> 2014 $55,089 $40,064 $47,658
<br /> 2015 58,216 41,851 48,978
<br /> 2016 60,044 42,651 49,870
<br /> 2017 63,460 44,180 51,885
<br /> 2018 67,385 46,117 54,446
<br /> Source:United States Department of Commerce,Bureau of Economic Analysis(most recent data available).
<br /> Commercial, Industrial and Institutional Profile
<br /> The County's economy is characterized by a high degree of institutional and public-sector activity,
<br /> plus office, commercial and service-oriented business. According to the Orange County Economic
<br /> Development Commission,the leading industries in the County are educational,health and social services,
<br /> professional, scientific, management, administrative and waste management services and arts,
<br /> entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services. The County's most common occupations,
<br /> according to the Orange County Economic Development Commission, are management,professional and
<br /> related occupations (54%), sales and office occupations (19.5%) and service occupations (16.4%).
<br /> Manufacturing and agriculture are smaller portions of the County's economy.
<br /> The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care System,both located in the
<br /> Town of Chapel Hill, are the largest employers in the County. As of June 30, 2019, they employed
<br /> approximately 12,274 and 12,742 employees, respectively. Established in 1789, The University of North
<br /> Carolina at Chapel Hill occupies 729 acres in the County and had an enrollment of approximately 30,100
<br /> undergraduate, graduate and professional students for the 2019-20 academic year. UNC Health Care
<br /> System opened in 1952 and occupies over 2 million square feet of leased and owned floor space. UNC
<br /> Health Care System has approximately 901 beds, 1,700 attending physicians and 816 residents and interns.
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