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Statewide

people homeless on a given night

46

homeless per 10,000 people in the general population

Number of People Experiencing Homelessness, by Type, 2007-2018

Total
Sheltered
Unsheltered
Individuals
People in Families
Chronically Homeless Individuals
Veterans
Unaccompanied Children and Youth

Share of Homeless Population Living Sheltered or Unsheltered, 2018

All

People in Families

Individuals

: Sheltered Individuals
: Unsheltered Individuals
: Sheltered People in Families
: Unsheltered People in Families

NY

states/NY.topo.json

coc_number,coc_name,rate,total
NY-500,Rochester/Irondequoit/Greece/Monroe County CoC,11.2,835
NY-501,"Elmira/Steuben, Allegany, Livingston, Chemung, Schuyler Counties CoC",7.5,233
NY-503,Albany City & County CoC,27.0,835
NY-504,Cattaragus County CoC,4.3,33
NY-505,"Syracuse, Auburn/Onondaga, Oswego, Cayuga Counties CoC",10.9,722
NY-507,Schenectady City & County CoC,25.3,393
NY-508,"Buffalo, Niagara Falls/Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming Counties CoC",7.5,957
NY-510,Ithaca/Tompkins County CoC,8.7,91
NY-511,"Binghamton, Union/Broome, Otsego, Chenango, Delaware, Cortland, Tioga Counties C",5.5,244
NY-512,Troy/Rensselaer County CoC,11.1,178
NY-513,"Wayne, Ontario, Seneca, Yates Counties CoC",7.0,182
NY-514,Jamestown/Dunkirk/Chautauqua County CoC,11.2,145
NY-516,Clinton County CoC,24.3,197
NY-518,"Utica/Rome/Oneida, Madison Counties CoC",5.9,178
NY-519,Columbia/Greene County CoC,18.1,196
NY-520,Franklin County CoC,4.7,42
NY-522,Jefferson/Lewis/St. Lawrence Counties CoC,3.8,96
NY-523,"Glens Falls/Saratoga Springs/Saratoga, Washington, Warren, Hamilton Counties CoC",7.1,257
NY-600,New York City CoC,91.2,78676
NY-601,Poughkeepsie/Dutchess County CoC,13.5,399
NY-602,Newburgh/Middletown/Orange County CoC,12.6,480
NY-603,"Nassau, Suffolk Counties/Babylon/Islip/ Huntington CoC",13.5,3868
NY-604,Yonkers/Mount Vernon/New Rochelle/Westchester CoC,18.6,1827
NY-606,Rockland County CoC,5.5,180
NY-607,Sullivan County CoC,25.0,189
NY-608,Kingston/Ulster County CoC,25.9,464

group,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018
total,62601,61125,61067,65606,63445,69566,77430,80590,88250,86352,89503,91897
sheltered,57281,56516,57454,61467,59778,65482,73273,76487,84228,82761,84948,87603
unsheltered ,5320,4609,3613,4139,3667,4084,4157,4103,4022,3591,4555,4294
individuals,28056,25771,24557,26293,27338,30133,31235,32643,36135,35315,37390,39827
people-in-families,34545,35354,36510,39313,36107,39433,46195,47947,52115,51037,52113,52070
chronically-homeless-individuals,6476,5089,4280,4259,3840,4324,4045,4350,4327,4112,5087,7195
veterans,4742,4234,5879,5857,5765,4961,4659,2542,2399,1248,1244,1224
unaccompanied-children-and-youth,,,,,,,,,,2889,2829,2941

group,value
sheltered-individuals,35562
unsheltered-individuals,4265
sheltered-families,52041
unsheltered-families,29