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CalMatters examines the state of California's homeless population in 2024.
In 2007–2023, California experienced higher increases in the number of people experiencing homelessness than any other state. [1]: 9 Between 2010 and 2020, the number of people experiencing homelessness in California increased by 31%, while nationwide the number fell by 18%. [9]
With a population of about 110,000 people, about 9.7% of the total population of the Contra Costa County, Richmond is a 55.4% contributor to Contra Costa County homeless shelter beds. Homeless people from across the Bay Area are sent to Richmond shelters, making it hard for the City of Richmond to deal with the city's own homeless population.
In 2017, California had an oversized share of the nation's homeless: 22%, for a state whose residents make up only 12% of the country's total population. The California State Auditor found in their April 2018 report Homelessness in California, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development noted that "California had about 134,000 ...
Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass vowed to house thousands of people in her first year in office to reverse the city’s homelessness epidemic. She’s gotten thousands off the street, but unhoused ...
Roughly 1% of the unhoused population lived in rural Madera County. Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig added at the news conference that there had been a 9% reduction in homelessness in rural ...
Affordable housing and Homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area represents an ongoing part of public discourse, especially as the Bay Area population has increased to house about 20% of the State of California's population – the regional population is expected to increase from 7.2 million to 9.3 million by 2040. [60]
California continues to have the highest number — 1.9 million — of unauthorized residents among the states. California's population of unauthorized immigrants has dropped, report says Skip to ...