A brand new federal report on homelessness in America has bad news for San Diego County. Our County now has the fourth largest homeless population in the country, according to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). San Diego County is the fifth largest county in America.
Here are some of the numbers:
- 9,160 homeless people in the county; compared with New York City (76,501), Los Angeles County (55,188) and Seattle/King County (11,643).
- 3rd in the number of homeless veterans, with 1,067. Number of homeless veterans went down about 10 percent and now is 12 percent of the total homeless population. Forty-three percent are unsheltered.
- 4th in the number of homeless individuals (as opposed to those in families), 7,571.
- 4th in the percentage of people in homeless families who are unsheltered, 18.4 percent.
- 5th in the percentage of homeless individuals who are unsheltered, 61.6 percent.
- 5th in the number of chronically homeless, 2,088.
- 7th in the number of unaccompanied youth (younger than 25 living alone), 1,160.
- 10th in the number of people in homeless families, 1,589.
- In San Diego, the homeless population increased 5 percent.
- 61.6 % of San Diego’s homeless are living in tents, cars and on the street – compared with 35% nation-wide.
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