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On a single night in January 2023, more than half a million people (653,104 people) were experiencing homelessness across the United States. Behind this number is another set of numbers pointing to alarming growths in homelessness, especially since the previous year (2022):
State of Homelessness. Homelessness in the United States is an urgent public health issue and humanitarian crisis. It impacts cities, suburbs, and rural towns in every state. Housing is a social determinant of health, meaning lack of it has a negative impact on overall health and life expectancy.
According to the January 2022 PIT Count, 582,462 people were experiencing homelessness across America. This amounts to roughly 18 out of every 10,000 people 1 . The vast majority (72 percent) were individual adults, but a notable share (28 percent) were people living in families with children.
The national rate of Americans experiencing homelessness in 2023 was approximately 19.4 people per 10,000. Mississippi had the lowest rate of homelessness, at 3.3 people per 10,000, while in other states — namely New York and Vermont — the rate jumps to more than 50 per 10,000.
In 2023, states in the West and South had the highest rates of unsheltered homelessness, including California (68%), Oregon (65%) and Florida (50%). About 95% of the homeless populations in ...
Of the approximately 360 communities that conducted unsheltered counts in both 2022 and 2023, a startling 70 percent reported increases in the number of individuals staying outdoors. Nationally, sheltered homelessness also increased, by seven percent or about 15,000 more individuals.
According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), who perform an annual count of the nation’s homeless population by individually counting the homeless in shelters and on the...