An estimated 582,462 people experienced homelessness on a single night in January 2022, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The agency notes that the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic could have led to a far higher number, but with government outreach and programs to prevent eviction through rental assistance, the national homelessness rate rose only by 0.3% from 2020 to 2022.

The number of unhoused people declined by 8.6%, or 54,615, since 2010, but more persons experience unsheltered homelessness. Two out of every five people without a home were living in an unsheltered setting, with the number of unsheltered homeless persons increasing by 3.4% from 2020 to 233,832 in 2022. As HUD points out, the rise in unsheltered homelessness outpaced the decrease in sheltered homeless persons.

A reported 25,959 people were experiencing homelessness in Florida in January 2022, and an estimated 45.2% of them were unsheltered, the 11th largest share among the 50 states.

The number of people experiencing homelessness in Florida has declined by 5.6% since 2020 and is down by 54.9% since 2010.

All data in this story is from the Office of Policy Development and Research.

 

Rank	State	Homeless individuals w/o shelter, 2022 (%)	Total homeless population, 2022	Change in homelessness, 2020-2022 (%)	Change in homelessness, 2010-2022 (%)
1	California	67.3	171,521	6.2	38.9
2	Mississippi	63.6	1,196	8.0	-56.4
3	Hawaii	62.7	5,967	-7.6	2.3
4	Oregon	61.7	17,959	22.5	-7.9
5	Arizona	59.2	13,553	23.4	-1.2
6	Tennessee	58.0	10,567	45.6	2.8
7	Arkansas	52.7	2,459	3.9	-11.0
8	Georgia	51.8	10,689	4.4	-46.1
9	Washington	50.2	25,211	10.0	10.2
10	Nevada	46.8	7,618	10.4	-32.0
11	Florida	45.2	25,959	-5.6	-54.9
12	Texas	44.9	24,432	-10.3	-30.4
13	Idaho	44.4	1,998	-13.7	-14.8
14	Alabama	42.1	3,752	12.0	-37.9
15	North Carolina	38.6	9,382	1.1	-23.0
16	Oklahoma	35.1	3,754	-4.5	-28.2
17	South Carolina	34.2	3,608	-15.8	-19.3
18	Colorado	30.4	10,397	5.6	-32.8
19	Kansas	29.1	2,397	-2.1	18.4
20	West Virginia	29.0	1,375	2.5	-39.3
21	Kentucky	27.2	3,984	-0.7	-39.8
22	Missouri	26.7	5,992	-8.2	-26.2
23	South Dakota	24.6	1,389	31.3	90.0
24	Utah	24.5	3,557	13.6	8.3
25	Minnesota	22.3	7,917	-0.3	0.6
26	New Mexico	21.6	2,560	-23.2	-26.3
27	New Hampshire	20.6	1,605	-4.2	2.0
28	Illinois	20.6	9,212	-11.7	-36.0
29	Montana	18.5	1,585	2.6	-1.9
30	Ohio	18.3	10,654	0.0	-15.2
31	Louisiana	16.8	7,373	132.4	-40.9
32	Iowa	16.8	2,419	-8.6	-19.7
33	Maryland	16.7	5,349	-15.9	-50.7
34	Rhode Island	15.7	1,577	42.8	23.0
35	Alaska	15.4	2,320	19.0	24.5
36	Indiana	14.7	5,449	-3.1	-15.5
37	North Dakota	13.6	610	12.8	-23.7
38	Pennsylvania	12.7	12,691	-5.1	-12.6
39	New Jersey	11.2	8,752	-9.4	-36.3
40	Michigan	11.0	8,206	-5.0	-37.2
41	Virginia	10.5	6,529	9.6	-28.1
42	Connecticut	10.0	2,930	0.9	-32.1
43	Wyoming	9.9	648	5.9	11.9
44	Nebraska	9.6	2,246	-6.6	-42.1
45	Massachusetts	7.3	15,507	-13.7	-6.8
46	Delaware	6.5	2,369	103.3	141.2
47	Wisconsin	6.3	4,775	5.8	-24.6
48	New York	5.4	74,178	-18.7	13.1
49	Maine	3.7	4,411	110.3	85.4
50	Vermont	1.6	2,780	150.5	127.9

 

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