In 2022, 582,462 individuals in the United States experienced homelessness on a single night, marking a concerning upward trend. Since 2017, there has been a 6% surge in homelessness, with a notably disproportionate number identifying as Black or indigenous, including Native Americans and Pacific Islanders. Encouragingly, there was an 11% decline in homelessness among veterans between 2020 and 2022.
Approximately six in 10 people facing homelessness in 2022 had access to emergency shelters, transitional housing programs, or safe havens, while the rest were unsheltered. Rates of unsheltered homelessness, encompassing those sleeping on the streets, in abandoned structures, and in wooded areas, are also on the rise.
While homelessness rates have decreased in nearly two dozen states in recent years, partly attributed to pandemic-related funding for housing support and human services, other states have witnessed significant increases. Vermont’s homeless population has soared by 150.5% since 2020, marking the highest increase among all states, followed by Louisiana and Maine.
District of Columbia:
– Homelessness rate: 65.8 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 4,410
– Change from 2020: -30.9%
– Number sheltered: 3,720 or 84.4%
– Number unsheltered: 690 or 15.6%
California:
– Homelessness rate: 43.7 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 171,521
– Change from 2020: +6.2%
– Number sheltered: 56,030 or 32.7%
– Number unsheltered: 115,491 or 67.3%
Vermont:
– Homelessness rate: 43.1 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 2,780
– Change from 2020: +150.5%
– Number sheltered: 2,735 or 1.6%
– Number unsheltered: 45 or 98.4%
Oregon:
– Homelessness rate: 42.3 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 17,959
– Change from 2020: +22.5%
– Number sheltered: 6,871 or 38.3%
– Number unsheltered: 11,088 or 61.7%
Hawaii:
– Homelessness rate: 41.4 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 5,967
– Change from 2020: -7.6%
– Number sheltered: 2,224 or 37.3%
– Number unsheltered: 3,743 or 62.7%
New York:
– Homelessness rate: 37.4 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 74,178
– Change from 2020: -18.7%
– Number sheltered: 70,140 or 94.6%
– Number unsheltered: 4,038 or 5.4%
Washington:
– Homelessness rate: 32.6 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 25,211
– Change from 2020: +10.0%
– Number sheltered: 12,543 or 49.8%
– Number unsheltered: 12,668 or 50.2%
Maine:
– Homelessness rate: 32.1 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 4,411
– Change from 2020: +110.3%
– Number sheltered: 4,247 or 96.3%
– Number unsheltered: 164 or 3.7%
Alaska:
– Homelessness rate: 31.7 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 2,320
– Change from 2020: +19.0%
– Number sheltered: 1,963 or 84.6%
– Number unsheltered: 357 or 15.4%
Nevada:
– Homelessness rate: 24.2 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 7,618
– Change from 2020: +10.4%
– Number sheltered: 4,051 or 53.2%
– Number unsheltered: 3,567 or 46.8%
Delaware:
– Homelessness rate: 23.6 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 2,369
– Change from 2020: +103.3%
– Number sheltered: 2,215 or 93.5%
– Number unsheltered: 154 or 6.5%
Massachusetts:
– Homelessness rate: 22.2 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 15,507
– Change from 2020: -13.7%
– Number sheltered: 14,372 or 92.7%
– Number unsheltered: 1,135 or 7.3%
Arizona:
– Homelessness rate: 18.6 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 13,553
– Change from 2020: +23.4%
– Number sheltered: 5,526 or 59.2%
– Number unsheltered: 8,027 or 40.8%
Colorado:
– Homelessness rate: 17.9 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 10,397
– Change from 2020: +5.6%
– Number sheltered: 7,241 or 30.4%
– Number unsheltered: 3,156 or 69.6%
Louisiana:
– Homelessness rate: 15.9 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 7,373
– Change from 2020: +132.4%
– Number sheltered: 6,138 or 83.2%
– Number unsheltered: 1,235 or 16.8%
South Dakota:
– Homelessness rate: 15.5 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 1,389
– Change from 2020: +31.3%
– Number sheltered: 1,047 or 75.4%
– Number unsheltered: 342 or 24.6%
Tennessee:
– Homelessness rate: 15.1 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 10,567
– Change from 2020: +45.6%
– Number sheltered: 4,434 or 42.0%
– Number unsheltered: 6,133 or 58.0%
Rhode Island:
– Homelessness rate: 14.4 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 1,577
– Change from 2020: +42.8%
– Number sheltered: 1,329 or 84.3%
– Number unsheltered: 248 or 15.7%
Montana:
– Homelessness rate: 14.4 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 1,585
– Change from 2020: +2.6%
– Number sheltered: 1,292 or 81.5%
– Number unsheltered: 293 or 18.5%
Minnesota:
– Homelessness rate: 13.9 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 7,917
– Change from 2020: -0.3%
– Number sheltered: 6,148 or 77.7%
– Number unsheltered: 1,769 or 22.3%
New Mexico:
– Homelessness rate: 12.1 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 2,560
– Change from 2020: -23.2%
– Number sheltered: 2,006 or 78.4%
– Number unsheltered: 554 or 21.6%
Florida:
– Homelessness rate: 11.9 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 25,959
– Change from 2020: -5.6%
– Number sheltered: 14,213 or 54.8%
– Number unsheltered: 11,746 or 45.2%
New Hampshire:
– Homelessness rate: 11.6 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 1,605
– Change from 2020: -4.2%
– Number sheltered: 1,274 or 79.4%
– Number unsheltered: 331 or 20.6%
Nebraska:
– Homelessness rate: 11.4 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 2,246
– Change from 2020: -6.6%
– Number sheltered: 2,030 or 90.4%
– Number unsheltered: 216 or 9.6%
Wyoming:
– Homelessness rate: 11.2 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 648
– Change from 2020: +5.9%
– Number sheltered: 584 or 9.9%
– Number unsheltered: 64 or 90.1%
Utah:
– Homelessness rate: 10.7 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 3,557
– Change from 2020: +13.6%
– Number sheltered: 2,684 or 75.5%
– Number unsheltered: 873 or 24.5%
Idaho:
– Homelessness rate: 10.5 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 1,998
– Change from 2020: -13.7%
– Number sheltered: 1,110 or 55.6%
– Number unsheltered: 888 or 44.4%
Georgia:
– Homelessness rate: 9.9 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 10,689
– Change from 2020: +4.4%
– Number sheltered: 5,154 or 51.8%
– Number unsheltered: 5,535 or 48.2%
Pennsylvania:
– Homelessness rate: 9.8 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 12,691
– Change from 2020: -5.1%
– Number sheltered: 11,085 or 87.3%
– Number unsheltered: 1,606 or 12.7%
Missouri:
– Homelessness rate: 9.7 per 10,000 people
– Estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in 2022: 5,992
– Change from 2020: -8.2%
– Number sheltered: 4,391 or 26.7%
– Number unsheltered: 1,601 or 73.3%
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