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Business Insider: Map shows how many homeless Americans there are in every state
Posted on 11/11/19 at 10:06 pm
Posted on 11/11/19 at 10:06 pm
Every year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development publishes a report to Congress on the state of the homeless population in the US. One of the core elements of the report is a “point in time estimate,” or an annual count of the homeless population across the country taken on a single night in late January.
The above map shows the number of homeless people in the HUD’s count in January 2018, the most recent year for which data is available, per 10,000 residents of each state in that year.
The report noted that there were about 553,000 homeless people nationwide in the January 2018 count, slightly up from the 2017 count but much lower than the estimate a decade earlier of about 640,000 in 2008.
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Posted on 11/11/19 at 10:08 pm to MrLSU
The south may have lots of problems, but one area these states have been really really good at is housing policy. Those homeless numbers compared to coastal and northeastern states are very impressive.
Posted on 11/11/19 at 10:09 pm to MrLSU
Progressive Utopias gonna Progressive Utopia
Posted on 11/11/19 at 10:11 pm to MrLSU
Quickly viewing it it appears La is #2 fewest, behind...Mississippi. Weird.
Posted on 11/11/19 at 10:12 pm to MrLSU
I'm shocked ND is so high. 
Posted on 11/11/19 at 10:12 pm to MrLSU
Good Lord Hawaii get your shite together
Posted on 11/11/19 at 10:13 pm to MrLSU
Most of the high ones on the list correspond with high cost of living states and/or temperate climates where being homeless isn’t necessarily a death sentence due to inclement weather.
Posted on 11/11/19 at 10:19 pm to MrLSU
You sure that’s not a 2016 election map?
Posted on 11/11/19 at 10:22 pm to RockyMtnTigerWDE
quote:
I'm shocked ND is so high
It's just because they only have 500k residents...and 8 homeless shelters that house 100 people+ each...they have openings...
That place is so cold it kills people that sleep outside...
I lived there short of a decade, hence the handle
Posted on 11/11/19 at 10:23 pm to teke184
quote:
temperate climates where being homeless isn’t necessarily a death sentence due to inclement weather.
Washington and Oregon have at least double Florida’s rate, and NY is over three times Florida’s rate. Climate probably is A factor but it’s not driving the bus.
Posted on 11/11/19 at 10:25 pm to MrLSU
Holy shite, DC at 98.
Posted on 11/11/19 at 11:02 pm to MrLSU
quote:If you ever are around the David L. Moss/Downtown Tulsa area, you're surprised to see that number so low for Oklahoma.
OK 10
90% of the transients here in the Sooner state must live right there in that little area. It's bad.
Posted on 11/11/19 at 11:07 pm to RockyMtnTigerWDE
quote:7 homeless per 10,000 people in ND
I'm shocked ND is so high
Which means there are 2 homeless people in North Dakota
Posted on 11/11/19 at 11:10 pm to RockyMtnTigerWDE
quote:
I'm shocked ND is so high
Alaska says hello
Posted on 11/11/19 at 11:11 pm to Roaad
How can you survive being homeless in Alaska ??
Posted on 11/11/19 at 11:25 pm to Tiger Roux
quote:
How can you survive being homeless in Alaska ??
an igloo, duh
Posted on 11/11/19 at 11:35 pm to MrLSU
Colorado trying to distinguish itself from the rest of flyover country I see.
Posted on 11/11/19 at 11:44 pm to MrLSU
They are not homeless. They are either sick or bums. Bums have a choice and be put in jail. The sick need to be in rehab. Neither belong in the fricking street.
Posted on 11/11/19 at 11:56 pm to Tiger Roux
quote:
How can you survive being homeless in Alaska ??
It is much easier than ND, I lived both places for years...
I went to Air Force's Cool School outside of Fairbanks...as long as the winter doesn't dip too cold, its possible to survive outdoors without a ton of issues
Posted on 11/11/19 at 11:59 pm to IceTiger
quote:
as long as the winter doesn't dip too cold, its possible to survive outdoors without a ton of issues
People have been doing it for millenniums, it is just our modern candy asses that have an issue with it.
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