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PAGE 24 <br />Figure 8. Historic and Projected Population Growth <br />Sources: US Census Bureau, US Census Bureau ACS 5-year <br />Livermore, CA Pleasanton, CA Dublin, CA <br />To <br />t <br />a <br />l <br /> <br />P <br />o <br />p <br />u <br />l <br />a <br />t <br />i <br />o <br />n <br />younger than the state and the county. Pleasanton <br />is the oldest municipality in the region, where the <br />median age is 41 years, 4 years older than California’s <br />median age (37 years). People over age 65 account <br />for just under 15% of Pleasanton’s population, and <br />people over age 85 account for just under 2%. <br />As seen in Table 8, the total number of children in <br />Dublin is projected to increase over the next 5 to 7 <br />years, while the number of children in Livermore and <br />Pleasanton is projected to increase only slightly and <br />level off. By contrast, over this same time period, the <br />number of seniors is projected to steadily increase <br />in Livermore and Pleasanton, but level off and only <br />slightly increase in Dublin over the same period <br />(Figure 11). The current median age mix across the <br />Tri-Valley is well illustrated by Figure 12, which shows <br />where the youngest census block groups (dark green) <br />and oldest census block groups (dark purple) are <br />located. Again, Dublin stands out as being significantly <br />younger than the other two municipalities. <br />The total population in all three municipalities is <br />projected to continue to climb over the next 5 to 7 <br />years, with Dublin’s growth outpacing the other two. <br />By 2030, given these projected growth rates, it is like- <br />ly that Dublin’s total population will be roughly the <br />same as Pleasanton’s (Figure 8). <br />Age <br />The median age in the Tri-Valley region (40.5 years) <br />is 3.5 years older than in California overall (37 years) <br />and nearly 3 years older than in Alameda County <br />(38 years). All three municipalities in the Tri-Valley <br />have approximately the same number of children <br />(between 18,000 and 20,000) as of 2021 (Table 8). <br />Dublin is the youngest municipality in the region, <br />where children make up more than one-quarter of <br />the population (27%), a fact that is reflected by the <br />geographic distribution of children in Map 2. It is the <br />only municipality whose median age (36.5 years) is <br />EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES NEEDS ASSESSMENTSS Page 82 of 554