About 653,104 Americans were experiencing homelessness in January 2023, according to Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) data.
HUD divides the US into 381 Continuums of Care (CoC), which are responsible for coordinating homelessness services in their area. These regions can be a city, a city and county (such as Spokane County in Washington, which includes the city of Spokane), or a group of rural areas. In 2023, 49 CoCs included major cities, 58 were largely urban but without a major city, 165 were largely suburban, and 109 were largely rural. About 53% of the nation’s homeless people lived in the CoCs containing the 50 biggest cities.
