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Statewide

people homeless on a given night

9

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

GA

states/GA.topo.json

coc_number,coc_name,rate,total
GA-500,Atlanta Continuum of Care,65.1,3076
GA-501,Georgia Balance of State CoC,5.3,3730
GA-502,Fulton County Continuum of Care,3.8,222
GA-503,Athens/Clarke County CoC,17.0,212
GA-504,Augusta CoC,13.3,269
GA-505,Columbus-Muscogee/Russell County CoC,10.8,276
GA-506,Marietta/Cobb County CoC,5.1,384
GA-507,Savannah/Chatham County CoC,34.9,1009
GA-508,DeKalb County Continuum of Care,4.5,321

group,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018
total,19639,19095,20360,19836,20975,20516,16971,16521,13790,12909,10174,9499
sheltered,8341,8865,9419,8746,8723,8320,8510,8214,7987,7543,6651,5900
unsheltered ,11298,10230,10941,11090,12252,12196,8461,8307,5803,5366,3523,3599
individuals,12521,13728,14365,14377,15975,15363,12880,12403,9702,9265,7422,6943
people-in-families,7118,5367,5995,5459,5000,5153,4091,4118,4088,3644,2752,2556
chronically-homeless-individuals,2484,2671,3771,3635,3879,3016,2713,2645,1994,1658,963,1080
veterans,2243,3336,2760,2766,2243,2297,1805,1443,1548,1055,712,705
unaccompanied-children-and-youth,,,,,,,,,,725,526,494

group,value
sheltered-individuals,3557
unsheltered-individuals,3386
sheltered-families,2343
unsheltered-families,213