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Exhibit 2-6: Percentage Change in the Point-in-Time Estimates of Homeless<br />

Persons by State, 2007-2008<br />

Source:<br />

2007 and 2008 Continuum of Care Application: Exhibit 1, CoC Point-in-Time Homeless Population and<br />

Subpopulations Charts<br />

Despite some increases in homelessness in rural areas, urban areas represented a large<br />

percentage of the total homeless population in many states in 2008. For example:<br />

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Arizona: Nearly 6 in 10 homeless persons (58 percent) were located in the<br />

Phoenix/Mesa/Maricopa County CoC.<br />

Arkansas: More than one-half of the total homeless population (56 percent) was<br />

located in the Little Rock/Central Arkansas CoC.<br />

California: The Los Angeles City and County CoC had 44 percent of California’s<br />

total homeless population.<br />

Colorado: Nearly 6 in 10 homeless persons (58 percent) were located in the<br />

Metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative CoC.<br />

Illinois: The Chicago CoC accounted for 41 percent of all homeless persons in Illinois.<br />

Michigan: Almost two-thirds of homeless persons (64 percent) were located in the<br />

Detroit CoC.<br />

14 Chapter 2: National Estimates of All Homeless People, Sheltered and Unsheltered

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