The 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress: Part 1, Point in Time Estimates

On a single night in 2019, roughly 568,000 people were experiencing homelessness in the United States. Nearly two-thirds (63%) were staying in sheltered locationsemergency shelters or transitional housing programsand more than one-third (37%) were in unsheltered locations such as on the street, in abandoned buildings, or in other places not suitable for human habitation.