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80 <br /> The following table lists the ten largest employers in the County as of June 30,2019: <br /> Number of Percentage of Total <br /> COMPM Indusqy Employees County Employment <br /> UNC Health Care Health Services 12,742 16.07% <br /> INC Chapel Hill Higher Education 12,274 15.48 <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Education 1,776 2.24 <br /> Orange County Government Public Administration 1,135 1.43 <br /> Orange County Schools Education 1,031 1.30 <br /> Town of Chapel Hill Public Administration 949 1.20 <br /> UNC Physicians Network LLC Health Services 697 0.88 <br /> ABB (formerly General Electric) Manufacturing 552 0.70 <br /> AKG of America Manufacturing 446 0.56 <br /> Aramark Services Food,Facilities &Uniform Services 379 0.48 <br /> Source:Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the County for the year ended June 30,2019. <br /> Construction activity in the County for the past five calendar years is indicated by the number and <br /> construction value of building permits as set forth in the following table: <br /> (Value in Thousands) <br /> Year Number Non-Residential Residential Total <br /> 2015 4,075 $66,669 $255,542 $322,211 <br /> 2016 2,135 94,406 216,131 310,537 <br /> 2017 2,383 32,874 185,102 217,976 <br /> 2018 1,819 26,320 136,323 162,643 <br /> 2019 1,872 77,506 137,555 215,061 <br /> Source:County Permits and Inspections Division. <br /> Note:Does not include permits issued in Chapel Hill,Carrboro and Mebane. <br /> 1 For the period ending December 31,2019. <br /> Total taxable retail sales in the County for the past five fiscal years and for a portion of the current <br /> fiscal year are shown in the following table: <br /> Fiscal Year Taxable Increase Over <br /> Ended June 30 Retail Sales Previous Year <br /> 2015 $1,476,943,491 3.8% <br /> 2016 1,567,807,425 6.2 <br /> 2017 1,726,191,488 10.1 <br /> 2018 1,765,771,319 2.3 <br /> 2019 1,923,461,091 8.9 <br /> 2020' 1,206,085,140 - <br /> Source:North Carolina Department of Revenue. <br /> 1 For the seven months ended January 31,2020. Taxable sales for the seven months ended January 31,2019 were$1,129,184,065. <br /> 26 <br />