hitchhikers in san leandro, 1940 2010 the 2010 united states census reported san leandro had population of 84,950. population density 5,423.8 people per square mile (2,094.1/km²). racial makeup of san leandro 31,946 (37.6%) white, 10,437 (12.3%) african american, 669 (0.8%) native american, 25,206 (29.7%) asian, 642 (0.8%) pacific islander, 11,295 (13.3%) other races, , 4,755 (5.6%) 2 or more races. hispanic or latino of race 23,237 persons (27.4%). non-hispanic whites numbered 20,004 (23.5%). the census reported 84,300 people (99.2% of population) lived in households, 282 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, , 368 (0.4%) institutionalized. there 30,717 households, out of 10,503 (34.2%) had children under age of 18 living in them, 14,142 (46.0%) married couples, 4,509 (14.7%) had female householder no husband present, 1,863 (6.1%) had male householder no wife present. there 1,706 (5.6%) unmarried couples, , 326 (1.1%) same-sex couples. 8,228 households (26.8%) made of ...