Homelessness by State

Which states have the highest levels of homelessness? By Steven Rich, August 8, 2014, Washington Post: “On a given day in 2013, more than 600,000 Americans were homeless. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development provides state-level estimations of homelessness every year and also collects data on many metropolitan areas. By official measures, the U.S. has seen a 9 percent decline in homeless population since 2007, from about 672,000 to 610,000 last year. In the U.S., about 195 of every 100,000 people were homeless in 2013. Colorado, with a rate of 193 per 100,000, is the closest to that average…”