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WORKING DRAFT FOR HCD REVIEW NEEDS ASSESSMENT 3-3 SAN LEANDRO HOUSING ELEMENT Household Type According to 2014 data from the California Department of Finance, 99 percent of San Leandro’s residents live in individual households while less than one percent (650 residents) live in group quarters. The number of residents in group quarters has declined slightly since the 2000 Census but it is still substantially higher than it was in 1990. Between 1990 and 2000, the number of residents in group quarters tripled, largely as a result of new nursing home and congregate care facility construction. The 2010 Census counted 30,717 households in the city, with 84,300 persons. In 2014, the Department of Finance estimated the current number of households at 30,797, an increase of 0.2 percent. Household population in 2014 is estimated to be 87,041. Based on the 2010 Census, about 67 percent (20,514) of San Leandro’s households were families, defined by the Census as “a householder and one or more other persons living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption.” The percentage of households that are families is slightly higher than in Alameda County as a whole and has increased since 2000. San Leandro’s 10,203 “non-family” households included 8,228 persons living alone and 1,975 households with unrelated individuals sharing a home with no children present. The percentage of persons living alone decreased slightly between 2000 and 2010 Chart 3-1 provides additional detail on the types of households in San Leandro. In 1990, about 17 percent of the city’s households consisted of married couples with children under 18 living at home. By 2000, the figure increased to 21 percent, and by 2010 it had increased to 23 percent. In 1990, San Leandro had nearly 10,000 “empty nester” households comprised of married couples with no children living at home. By 2010, this number had dropped to 7,700. A new generation of younger families began moving into the city during the 1990s. This trend continued through 2000-2010. In 2000, about 6 percent of the city’s households (1,828) consisted of single mothers with children under 18 and about 2 percent (577) consisted of single fathers with children under 18. By 2010, single mothers represented 6.6 percent of all households (2,031) and single fathers represented 2.4 percent (731). The 2010 Census also counted 3,608 households in the city consisting of other families with no children present.