The Economic Consequences of Homelessness in The US

4Estimates 1National Estimates by CoC
Homelessness Unaccompanied in the Homeless United Youth States
Balance of State and Statewide CoCs
Smaller Cities, Counties, and Regional CoCs
Major Cities
Data source: PIT 2017; Excludes Puerto Rico and U.S. territories
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EXHIBIT 4.6: Unaccompanied Youth
Experiencing Homelessness
By CoC Category and Sheltered Status, 2017
All Unaccompanied
Homeless Youth
Sheltered
Unaccompanied
Youth
Unsheltered
Unaccompanied
Youth
0% 100%
Major Cities
43.4
54.9
33.0 12.1
41.3
64.4 26.1
Smaller City, County, and Regional CoCs
Balance of State and Statewide CoCs
15.3
On a Single Night in January 2017
• More than half (55%) of all unaccompanied
homeless youth were counted in the nation’s
major cities. Major cities accounted for a much
larger share of the unsheltered population
(64%) than the sheltered population (43%).
• Smaller cities, counties, and regional CoCs
had one-third of all unaccompanied homeless
youth. These CoCs accounted for a smaller
share of unsheltered youth (26%) than of
sheltered youth (41%).
• BoS and statewide CoCs account for 12
percent of all unaccompanied homeless youth,
nine percent of unsheltered youth and 15
percent of sheltered youth.
• Five major cities (Los Angeles, San Jose, Las
Vegas, New York City, and Seattle) accounted
for one-third of all unaccompanied homeless
youth in the country. Los Angeles had the
largest number (5,163 or 13%), followed by San
Jose (2,530 or 6%).
• Los Angeles had the largest number of
unaccompanied homeless youth, more than
double the number in the next largest city, San
Jose. When Los Angeles is removed from the
major cities category, major cities account for
only 27 percent of sheltered unaccompanied
youth, and smaller cities, counties and regional
9.4
CoCs account for 53 percent. Removing
Los Angeles has only a slight effect on the
percentage of unsheltered unaccompanied
youth located in major cities (64% with Los
Angeles, 62% without Los Angeles).
• Major cities account for a higher percentage of
unsheltered unaccompanied youth than they
do all unsheltered individuals (64% compared
to 56%) and a lower percentage of sheltered
unaccompanied youth compared to sheltered
individuals (43% compared to 48%).
• In four major cities, more than 80 percent of
unaccompanied youth were unsheltered. The
highest rate was in San Jose, where 96 percent
of unaccompanied youth were unsheltered. In
Las Vegas, 93 percent of unaccompanied youth
were unsheltered, in San Francisco, 88 percent,
and in Los Angeles, 80 percent were staying in
unsheltered locations.
Continuums of Care (CoC) Were
Divided into Three Geographic
Categories
Major city CoCs (n=48) cover the 50 largest
cities in the United States. In two cases
(Phoenix and Mesa, AZ, and Arlington and
Fort Worth, TX), two large cities were located
in the same CoC.
Smaller city, county, and regional CoCs
(n=306) are jurisdictions that are neither one
of the 50 largest cities in the United States nor
Balance of State and Statewide CoCs.
Balance of State (BoS) and statewide CoCs
(n=40) are typically composed of multiple
rural counties or represent an entire state.
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