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<br /> <br />impacts on school enrollment, as well as demand for childcare, youth services, and <br />recreation. While the number of residents aged 65 to 74 actually declined during the <br />1990s, the number of persons over 75 increased by 32 percent. Other fast growing <br />segments of the city’s population during the 1990s included baby boomers (ages 45 <br />– 54) whose numbers increased from 6,900 residents in 1990 to 10,900 residents in <br />2000. <br />In 2000, the mean household income in San Leandro was estimated to be about <br />$71,400. Although this represents a substantial increase over 1990, it is still about <br />15 percent below the Alameda County median. Many of the city’s elderly residents <br />are on fixed incomes and about 9 percent of those over 75 are classified by the <br />federal government as living below the poverty line. The cost of housing is <br />particularly vexing for lower income households, with some San Leandro families <br />spending more than 50 percent of their monthly incomes on their housing costs. The <br />Housing Element of the General Plan addresses this issue in detail.