How to stop Deaths on the road’s

George
Miller

Sept,
13, 2019

Carlos
Rovelo

Federal
government 2302

Homeless
Statistics in America and the world

Homelessness
in New York is a big issue and a problem for the state of New York.
Over 63,000 people that are homeless that include men, women, and
even children sleeping on the streets and sidewalk, and in parks. New
York is home to 8.5 million people and more, nearly 1 in every New
Yorkers10, 000 are currently homeless. May 2019, there are 61,729
homeless people including 14,674 homeless families with 21,372
homeless children, sleeping under a bridge, sidewalk, or municipal
shelters system.

Families
that are homeless make -up nearly three quarters of the homeless
shelter population, New York’s rate of homeless is 76,767 and that
is causing New York the problem keeps rising that are turned away
from shelters and forced to sleep on the streets. Since the Great
Depression in the 1930s.as of June 2019, there are over 60,849
homeless people, including 14,589 every night thousands of
unsheltered homeless people are sleeping on the streets, in subway
system, at train stations, airports, and in the park when it’s cold
and snowing.

A
study has been found and reported that the majority of homeless new
Yorkers that live on the streets mental illness or serve health
problems such as depression, and anxiety. There are 11,352 homeless
that are black, 19,551 adults in families, 22,712 children. There are
760 homeless people that are veterans in the city, down from 3,689
six years ago.

Dozens
of people form an encampment in Central Park, about 95% of more than
78,000 people who qualify as homeless in New York actually have
temporary shelter, and others are not lucky at all and are still
sleeping and cold on the streets. 11% of adult’s homeless
population are veterans, roughly 45 %of all homeless veterans are
African Americans or Hispanic, and homeless veterans are younger on
average than the total veteran population.

Homelessness
in California, the biggest and most expensive state in the United
States an important topic. It is really good to live there but it
depends on if you can afford it some people cannot. 33 per 10, 00
residents are homeless. This is the highest rate in the country after
14% from 2016 and 2017. California is ranked the second state besides
New York being the number 1 of homelessness California is ranked
second with the most homeless in the United States.

California
has the highest homeless percentage in the world and it’s going to
go higher and rise up in the future if we don’t fix it and have a
solution and resolution. In California 31 % of homeless are sheltered
and 69 % are unsheltered. Nationwide 65 % of homeless are sheltered
and 35 % are unsheltered, 34 in every 10,000 people are experiencing
homelessness 68.20 % are unsheltered (91,642) and 31% were sheltered
(42,636) Estimates of homeless is that it includes 112,522
individuals 21,522 people in families and children.

There
are 15,458 unaccompanied homeless youth, 11,472 veterans, 35,798
chronically homeless individuals, The real reason for homelessness
in California is 31% job loss or people getting laid off, 20% drugs
or alcohol use and abuse , 15% divorce or separation, 13% an argument
with a family member who asked them to leave, 7% domestic violence,
10% eviction without telling the people that you are kicking them out
for no reason , 7% mental health , 7% physical health or medical
condition , 12% incarceration ,and 1% housing restriction due to
probation or parole.

34%
of homeless receive employment assistance, 31% receiving rental
assistance, 28% receiving drugs or alcohol counseling, 19% receiving
mental health services.

Homelessness
in Texas is an issue also in the county called Tarrant County 2,015
people have experienced homelessness, an increase of 91 people or 5%.
Homeless populations continue to shrink as a percentage and remains
below 1 % of total Tarrant County population. Northeast Tarrant 13
percent, down from 66 %.

County
rate is 2,015 people experiencing homelessness, that’s an increase
of people from 2017. Fort Worth has 17,878 homeless up from 1,594,
Arlington has 207 homeless down from 252, Parker County 8 down from
12. This is according to a January census.

As
of January 2019 in Tarrant county:

54
percent were male

44
percent were female

14
percent were children

20
percent were families

8
percent were military veterans

14
percent were suffer from chronic homelessness

18
percent suffer from mental illness and substance abuse

5
percent were the victims of domestic violence

In
San Antonio as we continue in Texas heading down to south Texas
homeless in 2019, 2,892 were counted as homeless including 523
unsheltered . The previous year, the count showed more than 3,000
people were homeless in Bexar County, 500 of whom were children,
while the overall number of homeless decreased.

Number
of homeless families increased 18 %to 274 families up from 232 in
2018. Number of people at the court yard declined from last year 681
to 648. The number of sheltered and unsheltered homeless people
increased last year, growing from 2,743 to 3,066. The number of
homeless families went up to 18 % over the prior year, Because of
rising rent and a need for more funding for programs that prevent
families from being displaced.

Homeless
in San Antonio Live under bridges, in alleys ways and alleys, parks,
airports, park benches, sidewalks and are ignored by others. 1,700
people are living in haven, but the number of homeless people living
on the streets jumped from 441 last year to 705 this year.

As
for Homelessness in Oklahoma, in the state of Oklahoma alone, there
are over 26,000 homeless children. Last year, 21 percent of students
were couch homeless upon enrollment. They were sleeping in models,
cars, on floors, with friends but did not have a home of their own,
while 62 percent stayed homeless on any given day.

8
% increase of people experiencing homelessness in Oklahoma City in
2019, Jan 24 earlier this year there was 1,273 individuals counted in
shelters and transitional housing, at meals sites on the streets.

Last
year 1,183 individual were counted in total, second straight year
there was a decrease in families experiencing homelessness 75
families (208 people count) were counted. Last year there were 82
families (243 people total). Unaccompanied homeless youth in Oklahoma
City increased from 53 to 85 caused two youth shelters that opened
seven days a week in the last year and erased focus on coordinating
youth efforts, Jerrod shaded, senior city planner for Oklahoma City
focus on homelessness.

Homeless
veterans still make up about 10 % of the total of the homeless
population. Percentage of adults who self-reported serve mental
illness, substance abuse, HIV/aids or being exposed to domestic
violence stayed consistent. Males make up 69 % of the population
while females make up 30%, one % is comprised of transgender
nonconforming individuals.

58
% are white, 27%are black, and 8 % are Native American. Majority of
them are between the ages of 35 to 64 yrs. old.

Homelessness
in Florida, Florida one-day homeless estimates fell 7% from 35,900 in
2015 to 33,466 in 2015, unsheltered homeless estimates fell 10 %from
17,017 to 15,361 while sheltered estimate’s fell 4 %from 18,883 to
18,105.

One-day
estimates of veteran homelessness fell 35 % from 3,926 in 2015 to
2,902 in 2016. Total homeless population in the state of Florida
31,030, total family household’s experiencing homelessness 2,757.
Veterans experiencing homelessness 2,543, there are still 5,300
homeless veterans in Florida about 17% of the national population of
almost 31,000.

Roughly
1,400 people in Miami Beach identified themselves as homeless during
last fiscal year city offered services, such as shelter placement
help finding a job to 1,200 people. 50,000 vets’ times $10,000
equals a cost of us $15, 00,000,000. That half billion dollars figure
is the cost to provide housing and services for every currently
homeless veteran in for one year.

Homelessness
in Nevada the real reason why people are homeless in this state is
gambling don’t do it all the time, gamble only once on a month so,
2017 estimate for homeless people in southern Nevada is near 25,000
people, 5,000 fewer than last year estimate.

The
amount of unsheltered homeless people in southern Nevada a rose at a
much faster rate. By 14 %to 4,353 homeless people living outside
shelters, on streets, in parks or vehicles. Las Vegas is the smallest
American city, a January point in time count in Las Vegas, Clark
County found 6,490 homeless people, make it the region with the eight
– largest homeless population tis year.

Marked
an increase of 282 people, or 4 %over the 2016 point -in-time
homeless population count. 2017 estimate for homeless in southern
Nevada is near 25,000 people, 5,000 less than last year estimate.
Jan 2018, Nevada had an estimated 7,544 experiencing homelessness on
any giving day.

Of
that total, 167 were family households, 723 were veterans, and 10,404
were unaccompanied young adults (aged 18-24). 20,696 public school
students experienced homeless over the course year. 483 students were
unsheltered, 2,292 were in shelter 2,771 in hotels, motels 15,150
double cup.

Homelessness
in Hawaii how could a good state like this have homelessness total
population of the state of Hawaii is 6,530people homeless, Total
family households experiencing homelessness 623 homeless people.
Veterans experiencing homeless is 523 people.

Peron’s
experiencing chronic homelessness is 1,714 people that have been
homeless, Hawaii leads the nation in its rate of homelessness which
affects about 50,504 of every 100,000 people there is a major toll on
its health care system. Lack of affordable housing, synthetic drugs,
insufficient support for the mentally, physically ill.

More
than 300 homeless kids living in Hawaii, it’s found more than half
are living on the street by themselves. Most common reason is
victims of abuse, while homeless, many of them said they had sex for
money, food, drugs or a place to stay.

Some
149,000 Hawaii residents are considered to living in poverty, 229,000
falls below the poverty line in the islands. Jan 2018 Hawaii had an
estimated 6,530 experiencing homelessness on any given day. 623 were
family households, 532 were veterans, 189 were unaccompanied young
adults (age 18-24) and 1,714 were individuals experiencing chronic
homelessness.

During
2016-2017 school year public schools show an estimated 3,790 students
experience homelessness over the course of the year. Of that total
430 students were unsheltered 1,247 were in shelters, 5 in hotels,
motels and 2,100 were double up.

Homelessness
in Chicago crime is up and so is murder and homeless, over 80,000
people are considered homeless in Chicago, around 80 percent of them
live double up in the homes of other due to hardship. The remainder
are in shelters or sleep outside, it says.

According
to the 2018 count, 5,540 people in the city are homeless, down from
roughly 5,560 the year before and just under 5,890 in 2016. Living in
shelters or on the streets, riding in public transportation, and in
parks or on the streets and other locations not meant for sleeping.

Homeless
population counted

2005,
sheltered 4,988, unsheltered, 1,727, total, 6,715

2007,
sheltered, 4,346, unsheltered, 1,576, total, 5,922

2009,
sheltered l 5,356, unsheltered, 5,356, total, 884

2011,
sheltered, 4,873, unsheltered, 1,725, total, 6,598

2012,
sheltered, 4,988, total 4,988

2013,
sheltered, 5,260, unsheltered, 1,219, total, 6,279

2014,
sheltered, 5,329, unsheltered, 965, total, 6,294

2015,
sheltered, 4,731, unsheltered, 2,055, total, 6,786

2016,
sheltered, 4,646, unsheltered, 1,243, total, 5,889

2017,
sheltered, 4,096, unsheltered, 1,561, total, 5,657

17
years and under are 29 %sheltered

18-24
yrs. old are 11% sheltered and 4 % is unsheltered

24-40
yrs. old, 20% are sheltered, 38% unsheltered

41-60
yrs. old 30 % sheltered, 47 % unsheltered

60
yrs. or more 10 % sheltered, 11% unsheltered

Sheltered
homeless
unsheltered homeless

Family/friends
35.4%
27.3%

Placed
your rent, 28.7%
33.3%

Lease

Jail/prison
3.9%
13.6%

Treatment
facility 2.4%
0.0%

Hotel/motel
1.9%
0.5%

Hospital/medical
1.5%
1.5%

Facility

Outside/not
1.1%
1.5%

Habitation

Foster
home/ 0.2%
1.5%

Nursing
home

Other/abandon
0.0%
1.0%

Building

Anywhere
39.7%

On
the CTA 18.8%

Staying
with friends 10.9%

Family

Hospital/

Emergency
room 5.7%

Abounded
building 4.4%

Vacant/garage

24-hour
restaurant/

Laundromat/

Police
station 3.5%

Car/vehicle
1.7%

Hotel/motel
1.3%

Airport
0.9%

Refused
to 0.9%

Answer

Church
/ 0.4%

Charitable/

Organization