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Statewide

people homeless on a given night

7

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

WV

states/WV.topo.json

coc_number,coc_name,rate,total
WV-500,Wheeling/Weirton Area CoC,7.7,108
WV-501,"Huntington/Cabell, Wayne Counties CoC",14.1,190
WV-503,"Charleston/Kanawha, Putnam, Boone, Clay Counties CoC",11.7,317
WV-508,West Virginia Balance of State CoC,4.9,628

group,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018
total,2409,2016,1667,2264,2211,2410,2240,2013,1835,1387,1309,1243
sheltered,2147,1422,1278,1524,1405,1533,1612,1583,1403,1252,1121,1060
unsheltered ,262,594,389,740,806,877,628,430,432,135,188,183
individuals,1915,1435,1101,1527,1662,1742,1544,1488,1414,1039,1032,1021
people-in-families,494,581,566,737,549,668,696,525,421,348,277,222
chronically-homeless-individuals,1151,387,337,516,287,346,390,424,352,161,188,154
veterans,787,104,271,576,302,268,329,333,305,143,137,131
unaccompanied-children-and-youth,,,,,,,,,,95,79,61

group,value
sheltered-individuals,842
unsheltered-individuals,179
sheltered-families,218
unsheltered-families,4