Orange County
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- Population
- 149,678
- Area
- 397.55 sq mi (1,029.65 km²), 3.41 sq mi water
- Median age
- 36.1
- Households
- 57,342
- Persons per household
- 2.4
- Median household income
- $90,089
- Median house value
- $459,500
Demographics: 2020–2024 ACS
Today
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Tonight
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Cities & Towns in Orange County
Local News
The Alamance News
Published September 10
Democratic critics accuse Republican commissioners of politicizing county’s library advisory committee
Commissioners have recently overridden two nominees from Mebane, one from Burlington A number of area residents have thrown the proverbial book at the county’s elected leaders over their alleged poli-ticization […]
The Alamance News
Published September 10
Mebane city council plans to give Orange County $381K to build larger gym at new school
Mebane’s city council took an unprecedented step Tuesday night in voting to start down the path of approving $381,547 toward the cost of a new elementary school planned by Orange […]
Coastal Review
Published July 31‘Peering into the black box of nutrition’: Study tracks diets
Dr. Rachel Noble of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences and colleagues used technology developed to track COVID-19 in municipal wastewater to now track populations’ dietary habits so their nutritional health may be studied and improved.