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Some more numbers: US 578,424 318.9M 0.18% LA County 44,359 10.02M 0.44% LA City 25,686 3.88M 0.66% https://ww

by cgrubb 11y ago

Some more numbers: US 578,424 318.9M 0.18% LA County 44,359 10.02M 0.44% LA City 25,686 3.88M 0.66% https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2014-AHAR-Part1.pdf https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2014-AHAR-P... http://www.lahsa.org/homelesscount_results http://www.lahsa.org/homelesscount_results

hackuser 11y ago
There are only 578,424 homeless in the U.S.? That number seems much too low.
- joshuagross 11y ago
  Why? If California is your norm, keep in mind that California has 20% of the U.S.'s homeless population (California, Texas, and Florida have 58% of the under-18 homeless population). It's really not a universal problem.
  - omegaham 11y ago
    Yep. It's hard to be homeless in Michigan.
    - hackuser 11y ago
      I can understand the reasoning, but in fact there are many homeless in northern cities. New York, for example, has a large number. Perhaps migration isn't common among the homeless.
- cgrubb 11y ago
  That number is the result of the massive, largely volunteer effort led by HUD to count the homeless that is done every January. There are other numbers, but they tend to involve a lot more guesstimating and a lot less data.