Content Type: Publications

Veterans

Updated December 2023. How Many Veterans Experience Homelessness? On a single night in January 2023: 35,574 veterans were experiencing homelessness. 20,076 veterans were sheltered, while 15,507 veterans were unsheltered. Most veterans (98 percent) experience homelessness as individuals. Of those individuals, […]

Chronically Homeless

Updated December 2023. How Many People Experience Chronic Homelessness? On a single night in January 2023: There were 143,105 homeless individuals with chronic patterns of homelessness. That is nearly 22 percent of the total population of homeless individuals. Nearly 65 percent […]

Children and Families

Updated December 2023. How Many Children and Families Experience Homelessness? On a single night in January 2023: An estimated 186,084 people in families — or 57,563 family households — were identified as homeless. Approximately 17,385 people in families were living […]

FAQs

Updated December 2023.   Q: How many people are homeless? A: On a given night in 2023, at least 653,104 people experienced homelessness in the U.S. Throughout the calendar year 2020, an estimated 1,253,000 people occupied emergency shelters, transitional housing […]

Income

Updated December 2023. Low-Income, High Risk Low-income households are typically unemployed or underemployed due to a number of factors, such as a challenging labor market; limited education; a gap in work history; a criminal record; unreliable transportation or unstable housing; […]