When analyzing the ratio of homelessness to state population, New York, Vermont, and Oregon had the highest rates in 2023. However, Washington, D.C. had an estimated ** homeless individuals per 10,000 people, which was significantly higher than any of the 50 states. Homeless people by race The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development performs homeless counts at the end of January each year, which includes people in both sheltered and unsheltered locations. The estimated number of homeless people increased to ******* in 2023 – the highest level since 2007. However, the true figure is likely to be much higher, as some individuals prefer to stay with family or friends - making it challenging to count the actual number of homeless people living in the country. In 2023, nearly half of the people experiencing homelessness were white, while the number of Black homeless people exceeded *******. How many veterans are homeless in America? The  number of homeless veterans in the United States has halved since 2010. The state of California, which is currently suffering a homeless crisis, accounted for the highest number of homeless veterans in 2022. There are many causes of homelessness among veterans of the U.S. military, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse problems, and a lack of affordable housing.

In 2023, there were about ******* homeless people estimated to be living in the United States, the highest number of homeless people recorded within the provided time period. In comparison, the second-highest number of homeless people living in the U.S. within this time period was in 2007, at *******. How is homelessness calculated? Calculating homelessness is complicated for several different reasons. For one, it is challenging to determine how many people are homeless as there is no direct definition for homelessness. Additionally, it is difficult to try and find every single homeless person that exists. Sometimes they cannot be reached, leaving people unaccounted for. In the United States, the Department of Housing and Urban Development calculates the homeless population by counting the number of people on the streets and the number of people in homeless shelters on one night each year. According to this count, Los Angeles City and New York City are the cities with the most homeless people in the United States. Homelessness in the United States Between 2022 and 2023, New Hampshire saw the highest increase in the number of homeless people. However, California was the state with the highest number of homeless people, followed by New York and Florida. The vast amount of homelessness in California is a result of multiple factors, one of them being the extreme high cost of living, as well as opposition to mandatory mental health counseling and drug addiction. However, the District of Columbia had the highest estimated rate of homelessness per 10,000 people in 2023. This was followed by New York, Vermont, and Oregon.

The graph displays the top 15 states by an estimated number of homeless people in the United States for the year 2025. The x-axis represents U.S. states, while the y-axis shows the number of homeless individuals in each state. California has the highest homeless population with 187,084 individuals, followed by New York with 158,019, while Hawaii places last in this dataset with 11,637. This bar graph highlights significant differences across states, with some states like California and New York showing notably higher counts compared to others, indicating regional disparities in homelessness levels across the country.

The graph displays the estimated number of homeless people in the United States from 2007 to 2024. The x-axis represents the years, ranging from 2007 to 2023, while the y-axis indicates the number of homeless individuals. The estimated homeless population varies over this period, ranging from a low of 57,645 in 2014 to a high of 771,000 in 2024. From 2007 to 2013, there is a general decline in numbers from 647,258 to 590,364. In 2014, the number drops significantly to 57,645, followed by an increase to 564,708 in 2015. The data shows fluctuations in subsequent years, with another notable low of 55,283 in 2018. From 2019 onwards, the estimated number of homeless people generally increases, reaching its peak in 2024. This data highlights fluctuations in homelessness estimates over the years, with a recent upward trend in the homeless population.

In 2023, there were an estimated ******* white homeless people in the United States, the most out of any ethnicity. In comparison, there were around ******* Black or African American homeless people in the U.S. How homelessness is counted The actual number of homeless individuals in the U.S. is difficult to measure. The Department of Housing and Urban Development uses point-in-time estimates, where employees and volunteers count both sheltered and unsheltered homeless people during the last 10 days of January. However, it is very likely that the actual number of homeless individuals is much higher than the estimates, which makes it difficult to say just how many homeless there are in the United States. Unsheltered homeless in the United States California is well-known in the U.S. for having a high homeless population, and Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego all have high proportions of unsheltered homeless people. While in many states, the Department of Housing and Urban Development says that there are more sheltered homeless people than unsheltered, this estimate is most likely in relation to the method of estimation.

The Resource Statistics for the homeless provides information on the centres that carry out their activity for this group in the field of social services of the Basque Country. It examines the main characteristics of these centres; both those relating to the benefits offered, capacity, population attended, orientation, schedule, annual period of activity, as well as human resources, expenditure and financing thereof. Likewise, this operation serves as the basis for the sample selection of the homeless survey.

The number of homeless people in Portugal continuously increased from 2018 to 2022. In the latter year, there were ****** homeless individuals in the country. Unsheltered individuals outnumbered the unhoused by more than a thousand homeless persons.

This indicator presents available data at national level on the number of people reported by public authorities as homeless. Data are drawn from the OECD Questionnaire on Affordable and Social Housing (QuASH 2021, QuASH 2019, QuASH 2016) and other available sources. Overall, homelessness data are available for 36 countries (Table HC 3.1.1 in Annex I). Further discussion of homelessness can be found in the 2020 OECD Policy Brief, “Better data and policies to fight homelessness in the OECD”, available online (and in French). Discussion of national strategies to combat homelessness can be found in indicator HC3.2 National Strategies for combating homelessness. Comparing homeless estimates across countries is difficult, as countries do not define or count the homeless population in the same way. There is no internationally agreed definition of homelessness. Therefore, this indicator presents a collection of available statistics on homelessness in OECD, EU and key partner countries in line with definitions used in national surveys (comparability issues on the data are discussed below). Even within countries, different definitions of homelessness may co-exist. In this indicator, we refer only to the statistical definition used for data collection purposes. Detail on who is included in the number of homeless in each country, i.e. the definition used for statistical purposes, is presented in Table HC 3.1.2 at the end of this indicator. To facilitate comparison of the content of homeless statistics across countries, it is also indicated whether the definition includes the categories outlined in Box HC3.1, based on “ETHOS Light” (FEANTSA, 2018). Homelessness data from 2020, which are available for a handful of countries and cover at least part of the COVID-19 pandemic, add an additional layer of complexity to cross-country comparison. The homeless population estimate in this case depends heavily on the point in time at which the count took place in the year, the method to estimate the homeless (through a point-in-time count or administrative data, as discussed below), the existence, extent and duration of emergency supports introduced in different countries to provide shelter to the homeless and/or to prevent vulnerable households from becoming homeless (such as eviction bans). Where they are available, homeless data for 2020 are thus compared to data from the previous year in order to facilitate comparison with other countries.

In 2011, about ** percent of the total population in India was homeless. Urban areas witnessed more homelessness in comparison to the rural areas of the country. Homelessness is a growing issue in India that leads to various other problems like violence and drug addiction among others.

Number of people made homeless by natural disasasters disaggregated by country and year

The Survey on the Homeless operation (EPSH) gives information on the situation of homeless people aged 18 and over living in the municipalities of the Basque Country and who attend centres that offer accommodation and/or catering services; this group, objective of social intervention policies, is the centre of statistical information in this section.

The Homeless Survey (EPSH) reports on the situation of homeless people aged 18 and over who live in the municipalities of the Basque Country and who go to centres that offer accommodation or catering services; this group, the object of social intervention policies, is the center of the statistical information of this operation.

Analysis of ‘Natural Disasters Data Explorer’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/mathurinache/natural-disasters-data-explorer on 28 January 2022.

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Context

Disasters include all geophysical, meteorological and climate events including earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, drought, wildfires, storms, and flooding. Decadal figures are measured as the annual average over the subsequent ten-year period.

Content

Thanks to Our World in Data, you can explore death from natural disasters by country and by date.

Acknowledgements

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List of variables for inspiration: Number of deaths from drought Number of people injured from drought Number of people affected from drought Number of people left homeless from drought Number of total people affected by drought Reconstruction costs from drought Insured damages against drought Total economic damages from drought Death rates from drought Injury rates from drought Number of people affected by drought per 100,000 Homelessness rate from drought Total number of people affected by drought per 100,000 Number of deaths from earthquakes Number of people injured from earthquakes Number of people affected by earthquakes Number of people left homeless from earthquakes Number of total people affected by earthquakes Reconstruction costs from earthquakes Insured damages against earthquakes Total economic damages from earthquakes Death rates from earthquakes Injury rates from earthquakes Number of people affected by earthquakes per 100,000 Homelessness rate from earthquakes Total number of people affected by earthquakes per 100,000 Number of deaths from disasters Number of people injured from disasters Number of people affected by disasters Number of people left homeless from disasters Number of total people affected by disasters Reconstruction costs from disasters Insured damages against disasters Total economic damages from disasters Death rates from disasters Injury rates from disasters Number of people affected by disasters per 100,000 Homelessness rate from disasters Total number of people affected by disasters per 100,000 Number of deaths from volcanic activity Number of people injured from volcanic activity Number of people affected by volcanic activity Number of people left homeless from volcanic activity Number of total people affected by volcanic activity Reconstruction costs from volcanic activity Insured damages against volcanic activity Total economic damages from volcanic activity Death rates from volcanic activity Injury rates from volcanic activity Number of people affected by volcanic activity per 100,000 Homelessness rate from volcanic activity Total number of people affected by volcanic activity per 100,000 Number of deaths from floods Number of people injured from floods Number of people affected by floods Number of people left homeless from floods Number of total people affected by floods Reconstruction costs from floods Insured damages against floods Total economic damages from floods Death rates from floods Injury rates from floods Number of people affected by floods per 100,000 Homelessness rate from floods Total number of people affected by floods per 100,000 Number of deaths from mass movements Number of people injured from mass movements Number of people affected by mass movements Number of people left homeless from mass movements Number of total people affected by mass movements Reconstruction costs from mass movements Insured damages against mass movements Total economic damages from mass movements Death rates from mass movements Injury rates from mass movements Number of people affected by mass movements per 100,000 Homelessness rate from mass movements Total number of people affected by mass movements per 100,000 Number of deaths from storms Number of people injured from storms Number of people affected by storms Number of people left homeless from storms Number of total people affected by storms Reconstruction costs from storms Insured damages against storms Total economic damages from storms Death rates from storms Injury rates from storms Number of people affected by storms per 100,000 Homelessness rate from storms Total number of people affected by storms per 100,000 Number of deaths from landslides Number of people injured from landslides Number of people affected by landslides Number of people left homeless from landslides Number of total people affected by landslides Reconstruction costs from landslides Insured damages against landslides Total economic damages from landslides Death rates from landslides Injury rates from landslides Number of people affected by landslides per 100,000 Homelessness rate from landslides Total number of people affected by landslides per 100,000 Number of deaths from fog Number of people injured from fog Number of people affected by fog Number of people left homeless from fog Number of total people affected by fog Reconstruction costs from fog Insured damages against fog Total economic damages from fog Death rates from fog Injury rates from fog Number of people affected by fog per 100,000 Homelessness rate from fog Total number of people affected by fog per 100,000 Number of deaths from wildfires Number of people injured from wildfires Number of people affected by wildfires Number of people left homeless from wildfires Number of total people affected by wildfires Reconstruction costs from wildfires Insured damages against wildfires Total economic damages from wildfires Death rates from wildfires Injury rates from wildfires Number of people affected by wildfires per 100,000 Homelessness rate from wildfires Total number of people affected by wildfires per 100,000 Number of deaths from extreme temperatures Number of people injured from extreme temperatures Number of people affected by extreme temperatures Number of people left homeless from extreme temperatures Number of total people affected by extreme temperatures Reconstruction costs from extreme temperatures Insured damages against extreme temperatures Total economic damages from extreme temperatures Death rates from extreme temperatures Injury rates from extreme temperatures Number of people affected by extreme temperatures per 100,000 Homelessness rate from extreme temperatures Total number of people affected by extreme temperatures per 100,000 Number of deaths from glacial lake outbursts Number of people injured from glacial lake outbursts Number of people affected by glacial lake outbursts Number of people left homeless from glacial lake outbursts Number of total people affected by glacial lake outbursts Reconstruction costs from glacial lake outbursts Insured damages against glacial lake outbursts Total economic damages from glacial lake outbursts Death rates from glacial lake outbursts Injury rates from glacial lake outbursts Number of people affected by glacial lake outbursts per 100,000 Homelessness rate from glacial lake outbursts Total number of people affected by glacial lake outbursts per 100,000 Total economic damages from disasters as a share of GDP Total economic damages from drought as a share of GDP Total economic damages from earthquakes as a share of GDP Total economic damages from extreme temperatures as a share of GDP Total economic damages from floods as a share of GDP Total economic damages from landslides as a share of GDP Total economic damages from mass movements as a share of GDP Total economic damages from storms as a share of GDP Total economic damages from volcanic activity as a share of GDP Total economic damages from volcanic activity as a share of GDP Entity Year deaths_rate_per_100k_storm injured_rate_per_100k_storm total_affected_rate_per_100k_all_disasters

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Nearly 11.3 thousand people in Russia were homeless, based on the population census data from 2021. The number of homeless residents decreased by 82 percent compared to 2010. The largest share of homeless people in the country lived in urban areas, at around 95 percent in 2021.

In financial year 2023, the number of people who received assistance from a homelessness agency in Australia was around 274 thousand. This represented an increase from financial year 2014, when about 254 thousand people received services from a homelessness agency in the country.

According to a survey on regional homelessness conducted in September 2018, at around 43 percent, the majority of people living without a shelter in the Auckland region in New Zealand were of Māori ethnicity. In the same year, an estimated 16 percent of the entire population of the country were Māori.

The Resource Statistics for the homeless provides information on the centres that carry out their activity for this group in the field of social services of the Basque Country. It examines the main characteristics of these centres; both those relating to the benefits offered, capacity, population attended, orientation, schedule, annual period of activity, as well as human resources, expenditure and financing thereof. Likewise, this operation serves as the basis for the sample selection of the homeless survey.

In 2022, there were an estimated 196,000 Germans who were homeless. There were significantly more non-Germans who were homeless, at 411,000.

Statistics on resources for the homeless offer information on centres that carry out activity for this collective in the sphere of social services in the Basque Country. They study the main characteristics of these centres, referring to provisions offered, capacity, population attended to, orientation, timetable, annual activity period, as well as human resources, expenditure and funding. Furthermore, this operation serves as a base for the sample selection of the survey on the homeless.

This map shows the unemployment rate in the United States in 2017 in a multiscale map by country, state, county, ZIP Code, tract, and block group.The pop-up is configured to include the following information for each geography level:Unemployment rate (%)Population count of persons over the age of 16 within work forceCount of employed and unemployed civil population (over age 16)The data shown is from Esri's 2017 Updated Demographic estimates using Census 2010 geographies. The map adds increasing level of detail as you zoom in, from state, to county, to ZIP Code, to tract, to block group data. Esri's U.S. Updated Demographic (2017/2022) Data - Population, age, income, sex, race, home value, and marital status are among the variables included in the database. Each year, Esri's Data Development team employs its proven methodologies to update more than 2,000 demographic variables for a variety of U.S. geographies. Additional Esri Resources:Esri DemographicsU.S. 2017/2022 Esri Updated DemographicsEssential demographic vocabulary