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Homelessness Data & Demographics: Selected Results


Listed below are selected results from the 2005 and 2007 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Counts.

Please visit our Full Reports section for access to the complete results of these studies, including additional data on chronic homelessness, ethnicity, gender, age, veterans, mental illness, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, survivors of domestic violence, and people with disabilities.

Please contact us at 213.683.3333 if you have questions about how to interpret and cite these data.

Overview

Study Components

Selected Results

Homeless Count Publications

 

City & County

2005

2007

2009

City of Los Angeles

48,103

40,144

24,915

Los Angeles Continuum of Care (includes all of LA County excluding the cities of Glendale, Long Beach & Pasadena

82,291

68,608

42,694

Los Angeles County (including all cities)

88,345

73,702

48,053

Service Planning Areas (SPAs)

2005

2007

2009

Antelope Valley (SPA 1)

3,544

1,815

2,419

San Fernando Valley (SPA 2)

11,275

6,411

3,312

San Gabriel Valley (SPA 3)

9,254

9,942

2,780

Metro Los Angeles (SPA 4)

20,023

22,030

11,093

West Los Angeles (SPA 5)

6,860

6,703

5,538

South Los Angeles (SPA 6)

16,787

11,670

8,514

East Los Angeles (SPA 7)

7,178

5,580

4,517

South Bay / Harbor (SPA 8)

7,369

4,457

3,954

 

Selected Populations in Los Angeles continuum of Care

2005

2007

2009

Homeless Individuals

61,015

50,677

37,809

Homeless Families

19,882

16,643

4,885

Unaccompanied Youth (persons less that 18 years old)

1,394

1,888

638

 

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