A record number of 653,104 people experienced homelessness in the U.S. in 2023, a 12 percent increase over 2022. 111,620 children were without homes in America last year. Every ethnic group endured an increase in homelessness last year. However, the Asian community experienced the most significant percentage increase (64 percent), while Hispanics/Latinos saw the most significant surge in raw numbers (an additional 39,106 people).
Homelessness increased in 41 states between 2022 and 2023, with New Hampshire, New Mexico, and New York having the highest percentage increases.
New York, Vermont, and Oregon had the highest per-capita rates of homelessness in 2023. More than one-half of America’s homeless individuals reside in the nation’s 50 largest cities. New York City and Los Angeles alone contain one-quarter of the country’s unhoused people.
See “Homelessness in America: Statistics, Analysis, and Trends” (June 7, 2024)
