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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

AR

states/AR.topo.json

coc_number,coc_name,rate,total
AR-500,Little Rock/Central Arkansas CoC,18.2,1081
AR-501,Fayetteville/Northwest Arkansas CoC,8.7,474
AR-503,Arkansas  Balance of State  CoC,9.0,768
AR-505,Southeast Arkansas,3.4,101
AR-508,Old Fort Homeless Coalition,8.8,231

group,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018
total,3836,3255,2852,2762,3424,4214,3812,2936,2560,2463,2467,2712
sheltered,2285,2020,1730,1728,1802,1602,1664,1503,1678,1616,1273,1455
unsheltered ,1551,1235,1122,1034,1622,2612,2148,1433,882,847,1194,1257
individuals,2987,2625,2181,2120,2505,3428,3174,2303,1833,1838,2068,2280
people-in-families,849,630,671,642,919,786,638,633,727,625,399,432
chronically-homeless-individuals,852,893,406,395,500,361,565,516,524,417,450,466
veterans,287,235,249,362,411,362,462,361,456,222,239,251
unaccompanied-children-and-youth,,,,,,,,,,201,208,240

group,value
sheltered-individuals,1081
unsheltered-individuals,1199
sheltered-families,374
unsheltered-families,58