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What city in the United States has the most homeless?

New York City City No of homeless people New York City (NY) 78,604 Los Angeles, City & County (CA) 56,257 Seattle with King County (WA) 11,199 San Jose & Santa Clara (CA) 9.706 6 more rows

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February 2020: At the beginning of this year, more than half a million Americans were homeless. After a decade of decline, homelessness in the US started to rise again in 2016. It now stands at 568,000, with 63 per cent of that total living in sheltered accommodation. The national increase is primarily due to a leap in homelessness in California where it grew by 16.4 per cent between 2018 and 2019. In terms of absolute numbers, California has more than half - 53 per cent - of all unsheltered homeless people in the US. In 2019, the West Coast state registered 108,400 people as homeless, nearly nine times as many as Florida, the state with the second highest number of homeless. According to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, nearly a quarter of all people experiencing homelessness live in either New York or Los Angeles. Seattle, San Jose and San Diego. Unlike in New York, most of California's homeless people are sleeping rough. Research found that an estimated 71.7 per cent of the homeless in California are unsheltered, compared to just 4.4 per cent in New York City.

US cities with most homeless people

City No of homeless people New York City (NY) 78,604 Los Angeles, City & County (CA) 56,257 Seattle with King County (WA) 11,199 San Jose & Santa Clara (CA) 9.706 San Diego, City & County (CA) 8,102 San Francisco (CA) 8,035 Oakland & Berkeley (CA) 8,022 Santa Ana & Anaheim (CA) 8,022 Phoenix & Mesa (AZ) 6,614 Washington (DC) 6,521 2019 data

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With 432 homeless people per 100,000 residents, Eugene in Oregon has by far the highest per capita rate of homelessness. The corresponding figures for Los Angeles and New York City are 397 and 394. Of the 32 US cities examined, only Columbus (OH) has a per capita rate of less than 100. Between 2014 and 2018, homelessness increased in Minneapolis / St Paul, Sacramento, Amarillo and Los Angeles. Cities that experienced significant falls of homelessness include Savannah, Fresno, Denver and Battle Creek.

City (State) Homeless people

per 100,000 residents* Rise / Fall between

2014-2018 Eugene (OR) 432 -12.4% Los Angeles (CA) 397 +37.4% New York City (NY) 394 +16.9% San Jose (CA) 363 -6.5% Seattle (WA) 349 +23.0% Anchorage (AK) 274 +6.6% Las Vegas (NV) 273 -24.8% San Francisco (CA) 261 +12.1% Savannah (GA) 259 -26.9% San Diego (CA) 257 -2.0% Reno-Sparks (NV) 254 +45.3% Vallejo (CA) 253 -16.2% Amarillo (TX) 250 +44.6% Tallahassee (FL) 236 +10.0% Napa (CA) 231 +13.9% Stockton (CA) 224 +0.3% Spokane (WA) 217 +1.9% Fresno (CA) 216 -20.0% Colorado Springs (CO) 210 +18.2% Visalia (CA) 208 +23.9% Denver (CO) 181 -24.6% Battle Creek (MI) 175 -16.7% Topeka (KS) 175 -1.4% St Joseph (MO) 161 +2.6% Sacramento (CA) 154 +41.0% Albuquerque (NM) 146 +5.6% Boston (MA) 138 +0.5% Springfield (IL) 131 +2.7% Minneapolis / St Paul (MN) 122 +68.7% Tulsa (OK) 109 +4.7% Manchester (NH) 103 +2.8% Columbus (OH) 86 +6.4% 2018 data

US homelessness by gender Male 60.2% Female 39.1% n/a 0.7% 2018 data

US homelessness by race

White Americans are underrepresented in total homelessness, accounting for just under half of all homeless people but more than 72 per cent of all US residents. Blacks are highly overrepresented among the homeless population, accounting for nearly 40 per cent of all homeless people but only about 13 per cent of the total US population. White 48.9% Black 39.8% Native American 2.8% Pacific Islanders 1.5% Asian 1.2% Multiracial 5.9% 2018 data

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