The population of Orange county is estimated at 142,723. In 2017 there were 1,188 births and 798 deaths in Orange county. Orange county has 22,685 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 8,245 that are owned free and clear and 20,527 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Orange County filed 61,340 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.4% of all North Carolina filings and 0.041% of the entire nation. Orange had a combined total federal tax liability of $1,052,343,000 on earned income of $5,807,390,000. Other notable statistics from Orange County were 690 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,068,000 and 21,060 charitable contributions valued at $142,089,000. 22,010 filings from Orange County paid a combined total of $131,407,000 in property taxes and 18,030 filings paid $157,600,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Orange county had 160 religious congregations with an estimated 58,863 members.
57.6% of the Orange population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 56% of Orange County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 3,982 votes.
At $69,422 the median income is 131.5% of the North Carolina average. An estimated 2,921 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Orange, the equivalant of around 3.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Orange County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
12,581	Health care and social assistance
5,621	Retail trade
5,585	Accommodation and food services
4,956	Food services and drinking places
2,308	Full-service restaurants
2,246	Finance and insurance
2,132	Professional, scientific, and technical services
1,699	Other services (except public administration)
1,590	Limited-service restaurants
1,586	Food and beverage stores
1,345	Grocery stores
1,325	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
1,040	Nonstore retailers
993	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
978	Administrative and support services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 1.97% in Orange County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 27278, 27516 and 27517).

In 2018 9.95% of listings in Orange County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 27517, 27514, 27278 and 27516) dropped their price.

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