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<br />° Chapter 9: Transpora~ation Elemeni` <br />k„ <br />1 <br />2 fn 2000, approximately 40% of the County's workforce commuted to work in other counties. <br />3 Likewise, 40% of the County's workforce commuted in from other areas. Cross-county <br />4 commute data illustrate where residents of Orange County that worked outside of the County <br />5 traveled to each day, and where Orange County workers that lived outside the County <br />6 commuted from. In 2000, a large proportion of these residents were commuting to Durham <br />7 (16,470), while a smaller proportion was commuting from Durham to Orange County (9,262). <br />8 In 2000, the commutes between Orange County and Wake were fairly similar. 3,552 persons <br />9 commuted to Orange from Wake and 4,212 commuted from Orange to Wake. More commuters <br />10 came from Alamance to Orange (3,589) than from Orange to Alamance (2,038). See Figure 9-4. <br />FIGURE 9-4: COUNTY TO COUNTY COM'MUTES'(2 <br />i <br />t ' ' ~I <br />y~ _-~~. <br />g -, 3;d ~Rn~h <br />~ '~_ <br />! h;s rtui i <br />~, ,~ r <br />-w- ~ ~ ~.:. A .ate <br />- y; <br />i --~e~:: <br />'7;3ra.7~ ^'. b"X11" .a L.KW;l~~. ~u,9 <br />_~..ry YY Ate{ 1~ <br />~~yyw 1 • t - _ ~tii6U ;~fN _ <br />r*~ Ir-t, Vn 3~c <br />t ,. sr. S:~S ~t v 1 ..w a w~ <br />..,t~a-z..~ """'""'"1111 i ~r,~ ~~ <a? <br />~- <br />i_ <br />H~~ ,t.Y.. 5 <br />'.. kF [' Fti!`~f' <br />....~fa.~. *z~ <br />+r.uu?xr. _ ~w <br />fepllp6Se ,. ;aaxs <br />Y~ir.:n: -:awc <br />~w{.' <br />,,.,.,~,~.. ,f ! <br />_! <br />n <br />' <br />.~;n ta7 <br />~ tR <br />;9 r H3 .ct 1?3 <br />J00) <br />Notes and Sources: <br />The width of the line indicates the volume of commuters between counties. Values <br />are provided within the yellow boxes. <br />_ Source: Appendix A: County Profile (Data) Element <br />4Ya.~u~e.Couvity Carnpre~~,~i~ve-~T.aw Public Hearing Draft 5-6-08 Page 9-24 <br />