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Hawaii: Third Highest Proportion of Unsheltered Homeless
By Selected News Articles @ 11:48 AM :: 3514 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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How Hawaii’s Homelessness Problem Compares to the Nation
by Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Feb 9, 2023
An estimated 582,462 people experienced homelessness on a single night in January 2022, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The agency notes that the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic could have led to a far higher number, but with government outreach and programs to prevent eviction through rental assistance, the national homelessness rate rose only by 0.3% from 2020 to 2022.
The number of unhoused people declined by 8.6%, or 54,615, since 2010, but more persons experience unsheltered homelessness. Two out of every five people without a home were living in an unsheltered setting, with the number of unsheltered homeless persons increasing by 3.4% from 2020 to 233,832 in 2022. As HUD points out, the rise in unsheltered homelessness outpaced the decrease in sheltered homeless persons.
A reported 5,967 people were experiencing homelessness in Hawaii in January 2022, and an estimated 62.7% of them were unsheltered, the third largest share among the 50 states.
The number of people experiencing homelessness in Hawaii has declined by 7.6% since 2020, but is up by 2.3% since 2010.
All data in this story is from the Office of Policy Development and Research.
| Rank |
State |
Homeless individuals w/o shelter, 2022 (%) |
Total homeless population, 2022 |
Change in homelessness, 2020-2022 (%) |
Change in homelessness, 2010-2022 (%) |
| 1 |
California |
67.3 |
171,521 |
6.2 |
38.9 |
| 2 |
Mississippi |
63.6 |
1,196 |
8 |
-56.4 |
| 3 |
Hawaii |
62.7 |
5,967 |
-7.6 |
2.3 |
| 4 |
Oregon |
61.7 |
17,959 |
22.5 |
-7.9 |
| 5 |
Arizona |
59.2 |
13,553 |
23.4 |
-1.2 |
| 6 |
Tennessee |
58 |
10,567 |
45.6 |
2.8 |
| 7 |
Arkansas |
52.7 |
2,459 |
3.9 |
-11 |
| 8 |
Georgia |
51.8 |
10,689 |
4.4 |
-46.1 |
| 9 |
Washington |
50.2 |
25,211 |
10 |
10.2 |
| 10 |
Nevada |
46.8 |
7,618 |
10.4 |
-32 |
| 11 |
Florida |
45.2 |
25,959 |
-5.6 |
-54.9 |
| 12 |
Texas |
44.9 |
24,432 |
-10.3 |
-30.4 |
| 13 |
Idaho |
44.4 |
1,998 |
-13.7 |
-14.8 |
| 14 |
Alabama |
42.1 |
3,752 |
12 |
-37.9 |
| 15 |
North Carolina |
38.6 |
9,382 |
1.1 |
-23 |
| 16 |
Oklahoma |
35.1 |
3,754 |
-4.5 |
-28.2 |
| 17 |
South Carolina |
34.2 |
3,608 |
-15.8 |
-19.3 |
| 18 |
Colorado |
30.4 |
10,397 |
5.6 |
-32.8 |
| 19 |
Kansas |
29.1 |
2,397 |
-2.1 |
18.4 |
| 20 |
West Virginia |
29 |
1,375 |
2.5 |
-39.3 |
| 21 |
Kentucky |
27.2 |
3,984 |
-0.7 |
-39.8 |
| 22 |
Missouri |
26.7 |
5,992 |
-8.2 |
-26.2 |
| 23 |
South Dakota |
24.6 |
1,389 |
31.3 |
90 |
| 24 |
Utah |
24.5 |
3,557 |
13.6 |
8.3 |
| 25 |
Minnesota |
22.3 |
7,917 |
-0.3 |
0.6 |
| 26 |
New Mexico |
21.6 |
2,560 |
-23.2 |
-26.3 |
| 27 |
New Hampshire |
20.6 |
1,605 |
-4.2 |
2 |
| 28 |
Illinois |
20.6 |
9,212 |
-11.7 |
-36 |
| 29 |
Montana |
18.5 |
1,585 |
2.6 |
-1.9 |
| 30 |
Ohio |
18.3 |
10,654 |
0 |
-15.2 |
| 31 |
Louisiana |
16.8 |
7,373 |
132.4 |
-40.9 |
| 32 |
Iowa |
16.8 |
2,419 |
-8.6 |
-19.7 |
| 33 |
Maryland |
16.7 |
5,349 |
-15.9 |
-50.7 |
| 34 |
Rhode Island |
15.7 |
1,577 |
42.8 |
23 |
| 35 |
Alaska |
15.4 |
2,320 |
19 |
24.5 |
| 36 |
Indiana |
14.7 |
5,449 |
-3.1 |
-15.5 |
| 37 |
North Dakota |
13.6 |
610 |
12.8 |
-23.7 |
| 38 |
Pennsylvania |
12.7 |
12,691 |
-5.1 |
-12.6 |
| 39 |
New Jersey |
11.2 |
8,752 |
-9.4 |
-36.3 |
| 40 |
Michigan |
11 |
8,206 |
-5 |
-37.2 |
| 41 |
Virginia |
10.5 |
6,529 |
9.6 |
-28.1 |
| 42 |
Connecticut |
10 |
2,930 |
0.9 |
-32.1 |
| 43 |
Wyoming |
9.9 |
648 |
5.9 |
11.9 |
| 44 |
Nebraska |
9.6 |
2,246 |
-6.6 |
-42.1 |
| 45 |
Massachusetts |
7.3 |
15,507 |
-13.7 |
-6.8 |
| 46 |
Delaware |
6.5 |
2,369 |
103.3 |
141.2 |
| 47 |
Wisconsin |
6.3 |
4,775 |
5.8 |
-24.6 |
| 48 |
New York |
5.4 |
74,178 |
-18.7 |
13.1 |
| 49 |
Maine |
3.7 |
4,411 |
110.3 |
85.4 |
| 50 |
Vermont |
1.6 |
2,780 |
150.5 |
127.9 |
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