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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

NC

states/NC.topo.json

coc_number,coc_name,rate,total
NC-500,Winston Salem/Forsyth County CoC,11.7,440
NC-501,Asheville/Buncombe County CoC,21.5,554
NC-502,Durham City & County CoC,10.8,338
NC-503,North Carolina Balance of State CoC,5.8,2991
NC-504,Greensboro/High Point CoC,12.5,657
NC-505,Charlotte/Mecklenberg CoC,15.5,1668
NC-506,"Wilmington/Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender Counties CoC",7.9,333
NC-507,Raleigh/Wake County CoC,9.2,983
NC-509,"Gastonia/Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln Counties CoC",8.3,331
NC-511,Fayetteville/Cumberland County CoC,11.2,372
NC-513,Chapel Hill/Orange County CoC,10.5,152
NC-516,Northwest North Carolina CoC,21.2,449

group,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018
total,11802,12411,12918,12191,12896,13524,12168,11491,10685,9559,8962,9268
sheltered,7879,8025,8473,9173,9245,8809,9013,8874,8260,7250,6511,6818
unsheltered ,3923,4386,4445,3018,3651,4715,3155,2617,2425,2309,2451,2450
individuals,8391,8749,9159,8361,8303,8480,7530,7498,7156,6396,6044,6451
people-in-families,3411,3662,3759,3830,4593,5044,4638,3993,3529,3163,2918,2817
chronically-homeless-individuals,1645,1827,1490,1479,1365,1465,1451,1284,1253,999,994,1293
veterans,992,1096,1118,1084,1248,1413,1123,1164,1092,888,931,884
unaccompanied-children-and-youth,,,,,,,,,,497,434,478

group,value
sheltered-individuals,4521
unsheltered-individuals,1930
sheltered-families,2297
unsheltered-families,520