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California had 181,399 homeless people, which accounted for 28% of the nation’s homeless population. California also had the highest rate of unsheltered people at 68% (123,423 were unsheltered). Roughly half of all unsheltered people in the country were in California (49%).
New data shows nearly 186,000 people now live on the streets and in homeless shelters in California, proving the crisis continues to grow despite increasing state and local efforts to stem the tide.
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development estimated that more than 181,399 people were experiencing homelessness in California in January 2023. [1]: 8 This is one of the highest per capita rates in the nation, with 0.46% of residents estimated as being homeless. [1]: 10 More than two-thirds of homeless people in California ar...
Last year, the department tallied 181,399 unhoused Californians — 28% of the nation’s total homeless population. That’s up nearly 40% from five years ago.
California has spent a stunning $17.5 billion trying to combat homelessness over just four years. But, in the same time frame, from 2018 to 2022, the state’s homeless population actually grew.
California had 171,521 homeless people, which accounted for 30% of the nation’s homeless population. California also had the highest rate of unsheltered people at 67.3% (115,491 were unsheltered).
California's homeless population may have increased as much as 7.5% between 2022 and 2023. We look at what the latest data say about people experiencing homelessness in our state, including the wide variation across regions.
An estimated 172,000 people are homeless in California, the largest homeless population of any state in the U.S. and 30% of the nation’s total, even though California has just 12% of the population.
California population. Thirty-five percent of participants identified as Latino/x. People experiencing homelessness in California are Californians. Nine out of ten participants lost their last housing in California; 75% of participants lived in the same county as their last housing. Participants have been homeless for prolonged periods.
California had 25,777 families with children experiencing homelessness, which accounts for 15% of the nation’s homeless family population. California experienced the largest increase in homeless families from 2018-2019, which was 3,276 people (a 14.6% increase).