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Statewide

people homeless on a given night

27

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

AK

states/AK.topo.json

coc_number,coc_name,rate,total
AK-500,Anchorage CoC,37.2,1094
AK-501,Alaska Balance of State CoC,20.7,922

group,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018
total,1642,1646,1992,1863,2128,1913,1946,1784,1956,1940,1845,2016
sheltered,1387,1452,1665,1671,1760,1716,1741,1639,1639,1498,1551,1707
unsheltered ,255,194,327,192,368,197,205,145,317,442,294,309
individuals,1062,1067,1239,1118,1286,1298,1362,1209,1342,1527,1354,1434
people-in-families,580,579,753,745,842,615,584,575,614,413,491,582
chronically-homeless-individuals,278,439,323,164,226,273,166,182,182,112,216,357
veterans,203,218,259,300,288,256,210,178,180,168,124,132
unaccompanied-children-and-youth,,,,,,,,,,173,162,163

group,value
sheltered-individuals,1173
unsheltered-individuals,261
sheltered-families,534
unsheltered-families,48