Content Type: Publications

Youth and Young Adults

Updated January 2025. How Many Youth Are Homeless? On a single night in 2024: 38,170 unaccompanied youth were counted as homeless. Of those, nearly all were between the ages of 18 to 24. 33.3 percent of homeless youth are unsheltered […]

Veterans

Updated January 2025. How Many Veterans Experience Homelessness? On a single night in January 2024: 32,882 veterans were experiencing homelessness. 19,031 veterans were sheltered, while 13,851 veterans were unsheltered. 88.8 percent (29,189 veterans) were men, while 10.1 percent (3,329 veterans) […]

Chronically Homeless

Updated January 2025. How Many People Experience Chronic Homelessness? On a single night in January 2024: There were 152,585 homeless individuals with chronic patterns of homelessness. That is nearly 20 percent of the total population of homeless individuals. Nearly 65 […]

Children and Families

Updated January 2025. How Many Children and Families Experience Homelessness? On a single night in January 2024: An estimated 259,473 people in families were identified as homeless. Approximately 18,557 people in families were living on the street, in a car, […]

FAQs

Updated January 2025.   Q: How many people are homeless? A: On a given night in 2024, at least 771,480 people experienced homelessness in the U.S. Throughout the calendar year 2022, an estimated 1,388,425 million people occupied emergency shelters, transitional […]