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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 2020 ,
<br /> 93 , 851 118 , 227 13301 14806
<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 /> 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
<br /> 142 , 148 142 , 597 148 , 613 148 , 331 148 , 707
<br /> According to the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management, as of July 1 , 2022 , the
<br /> Town of Chapel Hill (the portion located in the County) had an estimated population of 59 ,270 , the Town
<br /> of Carrboro had an estimated population of 21 , 136 , the Town of Hillsborough had an estimated population
<br /> of 9 , 902 and the City of Mebane (the portion located in the County) had a population of 3 , 675 .
<br /> The following table presents per capita personal income figures for the County, the State and the
<br /> United States :
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<br /> Year Coup State U . S .
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<br /> 2018 61 , 803 $ 46 , 040 $ 53 , 309
<br /> 2019 65 , 941 48 , 366 55 , 547
<br /> 2020 72 , 271 51 , 781 5 % 153
<br /> 2021 75 , 349 56 , 705 64 , 430
<br /> 2022 77 , 568 58 , 109 65 , 470
<br /> Source : United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis (most recent data available) .
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<br /> The County ' s economy is characterized by a high degree of institutional and public- sector activity, r
<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 educational services (28 . 7 % ),
<br /> health care and social assistance (25 . 2 % ) and service occupations ( 16 . 4% ) . Professional and scientific
<br /> services and 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 , 2023 , they employed
<br /> approximately 13 , 108 and 13 , 536 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 31 , 705
<br /> undergraduate, graduate and professional students for the 2022 -2023 academic year . UNC Health Care
<br /> System opened in 1952 and occupies over 2 million square feet of leased and owned floor space . UNC
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