Recent Homeless Count Reports from California Continuums of Care Reveal a Significant Increase in the Number of Homeless Persons Counted in 2019
–U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Will Post Official Results in the Fall—
–Estimated Number is Noted in the Table Below–
–More Than Three-fourths of California Continuums of Care
Counted More People in 2019 Than in 2017 as Noted on the Map Below–
While we await the official homeless count results from HUD, recent reports made available by California Continuums of Care (CoCs) provide an estimate of the number of persons counted by the CoCs earlier this year, which is approximately 150,000 or nearly 14% more persons than those counted in 2017 as noted in the table below.
The reason for comparing the 2019 count results to 2017 instead of 2018 is because HUD requires CoCs to conduct unsheltered counts every other year or odd-number years. Only half (48.8%) or 21 of the 43 California CoCs conducted an unsheltered count in 2018. All CoCs are required by HUD to conduct a sheltered count every year.
The following map and related table are based on the recent reports made available by the California CoCs. The map and table reveal a significant increase in the number of homeless persons counted and reported by the CoCs in 2019 when compared to the number of persons counted in 2017.
The map immediately below shows that 10 or nearly one-fourth (23.3%) of the CoCs reported a decrease of persons counted in 2019 when compared to 2017 and 33 or more than three-fourths (76.7%) reported an increase. Of the 33 CoCs, 12 or more than one-third (36.4%) reported an increase of more than 40%. Nine (9) or an additional 25% reported an increase between 20% and 40% and four (4) more (12%) reported an increase of more than 10% but less than 20%. The remaining eight (8) of the 33 CoCs reported an increase of less than 10%.
Table
The table below shows that approximately 130,000 persons were counted as homeless in 2017 by all CoCs and approximately 150,000 in 2019, which represents a collective increase of 13.7%.
Table 1. Comparison of 2017 and 2019 Homeless Counts
|
California CoCs |
2017 Homeless Count | 2019 Homeless Count |
Difference |
||
| # | % | ||||
| CA-500 | San Jose/Santa Clara City & County CoC | 7,394 | 9,706 | +2,312 | +31.3 |
| CA-501 | San Francisco CoC | 6,858 | 8,011 | +1,153 | +16.8 |
| CA-502 | Oakland, Berkeley/Alameda County CoC | 5,629 | 8,022 | +2,393 | +42.5 |
| CA-503 | Sacramento City & County CoC | 4,692 | 5,570 | +878 | +18.7 |
| CA-504 | Santa Rosa, Petaluma/Sonoma County CoC | 2,835 | 2,951 | +116 | +4.1 |
| CA-505 | Richmond/Contra Costa County CoC | 1,607 | 2,295 | +688 | +42.8 |
| CA-506 | Salinas/Monterey, San Benito Counties CoC | 3,364 | 2,704 | -660 | -19.6 |
| CA-507 | Marin County CoC | 1,117 | 1,034 | -83 | -7.4 |
| CA-508 | Watsonville/Santa Cruz City & County CoC | 2,249 | 2,167 | -82 | -3.6 |
| CA-509 | Mendocino County CoC | 1,238 | 645 | -593 | -91.9 |
| CA-510 | Turlock, Modesto/Stanislaus County CoC | 1,661 | 1,923 | +262 | +15.8 |
| CA-511 | Stockton/San Joaquin County CoC | 1,542 | 2,629 | +1,087 | +70.5 |
| CA-512 | Daly City/San Mateo County CoC | 1,253 | 1,512 | +259 | +20.7 |
| CA-513 | Visalia/Kings, Tulare Counties CoC | 853 | 1,069 | +216 | +25.3 |
| CA-514 | Fresno City & County/Madera County CoC | 2,016 | 2,508 | +492 | +24.4 |
| CA-515 | Roseville, Rocklin/Placer, Nevada Counties | 979 | 1,021 | +42 | +4.3 |
| CA-516 | Redding/Shasta County CoC | 934 | 1,249 | +315 | +33.7 |
| CA-517 | Napa City & County CoC | 315 | 323 | +8 | +0.3 |
| CA-518 | Vallejo/Solano County CoC | 1,232 | 1,151 | -81 | -6.6 |
| CA-519 | Chico, Paradise/Butte County CoC | 1,195 | 1,311 | +116 | +9.7 |
| CA-520 | Merced City & County CoC | 454 | 608 | +154 | +33.9 |
| CA-521 | Davis, Woodland/Yolo County CoC | 459 | 655 | +196 | +42.7 |
| CA-522 | Humboldt County CoC | 759 | 1,473 | +714 | +94.1 |
| CA-523 | Colusa, Glen, Trinity Counties CoC | 176 | 192 | +16 | +9.1 |
| CA-524 | Yuba City/Sutter County CoC | 760 | 706 | -54 | -7.1 |
| CA-525 | El Dorado County CoC | 602 | 613 | +11 | +1.8 |
| CA-526 | Tuolumne, Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa Counties CoC | 367 | 845 | +478 | +130 |
| CA-527 | Tehama County CoC | 124 | 281 | +157 | +127 |
| CA-529 | Lake County CoC | 401 | 372 | -29 | -7.2 |
| CA-530 | Alpine, Inyo, Mono Counties CoC | 121 | 214 | +93 | +76.9 |
| CA-600 | Los Angeles City and County | 52,442 | 56,257 | +3,815 | +7.3 |
| CA-601 | San Diego City and County CoC | 9,160 | 8,102 | -1,058 | -11.5 |
| CA-602 | Santa Ana, Anaheim/Orange County CoC | 4,792 | 6,860 | +2,068 | +43.1 |
| CA-603 | Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County CoC | 1,860 | 1,803 | -57 | -3.0 |
| CA-604 | Bakersfield/Kern County CoC | 810 | 1,330 | +520 | +64.2 |
| CA-606 | Long Beach CoC | 1,863 | 1,894 | +31 | +1.7% |
| CA-607 | Pasadena CoC | 575 | 542 | -33 | -5.7 |
| CA-608 | Riverside City & County CoC | 2,406 | 2,811 | +405 | +16.8 |
| CA-609 | San Bernardino City & County CoC | 1,866 | 2,607 | +741 | +39.7 |
| CA-611 | Oxnard, San Buenaventura/ Ventura County CoC | 1,152 | 1,669 | +517 | +44.9 |
| CA-612 | Glendale CoC | 168 | 243 | 75 | +44.6 |
| CA-613 | Imperial County CoC | 1,154 | 1,413 | 259 | +22.4 |
| CA-614 | San Luis Obispo County CoC | 1,125 | 1,483 | +358 | +31.8 |
| Totals: | 132,559 | 150,774 | +18,215 | +13.7 | |
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