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Demographic Study I Student Membership Forecast 16 <br /> to decline till 2038 and then grow marginally till 2060. OSBM estimates that there were 18,369 people ages 5-17 in <br /> Orange county in 2025; by 2036, this is forecast to decline to 17,766, or about 603 fewer school-age residents. <br /> The figure below shows this change in proportion by age even more starkly. As we can see, by 2036 nearly 45% of <br /> the population and by 2060 nearly 50% of the population of Orange county will be over the age of 45 and school age <br /> population will comprise only 10% of the county population which is a decline of 1 percentage point from 2025. <br /> Orange County Estimates and Forecast: Population Percent by Age <br /> 2010 to 2060 <br /> 100% <br /> 75% <br /> 50% <br /> 25% <br /> 0% <br /> 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 <br /> ■ 65&Over ■ 35 to 44 ■ 18 to 24 ■ Under 5 years <br /> Age Group <br /> ■ 45 to 64 ■ 25 to 34 ■ 5 to 17 <br /> Source:NC OSBM Population Projections;vintage 2025 <br /> Enrollment and ADM <br /> Orange County's school age population (5-17 years), enrollment, and Month 2 ADM followed each other closely <br /> through 2019, but both declined after 2020. ADM and Enrollment shown here are the combined totals for OCS and <br /> CHCCS, and both follow the county under-18 population downward through 2025, converging in the post-pandemic <br /> period. <br /> CAR 0 L I N A II T CAROLINA Demographic 13 <br /> DEMOGR PHY JNC <br /> POPULATION CENTER Analytics Advisors <br />