Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Latest Data: 2022
Release Timing: March
Frequency: Annual
Contact: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

The Veterans Homeless measurement utilizes a point in time (PIT) methodology to provide estimates of homeless veterans in each city or state during the last ten days of the month of January each year.  A point-in-time count is described by the National Alliance to End Homelessness as "an unduplicated count on a single night of the people in a community who are experiencing homelessness that includes both sheltered and unsheltered populations."  Source:  National Alliance to End Homelessness: WHAT IS A POINT-IN-TIME COUNT? 

According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), this data comes from Continuum of Care (CoC) Homeless Assistance Programs Homeless Populations and Subpopulations Reports, which "provide counts for sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons by household type and subpopulation, available at the national and state level, and for each CoC." 

HUD notes the following:  HUD has conducted a limited data quality review but has not independently verified all of the information submitted by each CoC. The reader is therefore cautioned that since compliance with these standards may vary, the reliability and consistency of the homeless counts may also vary among CoCs. Additionally, a shift in the methodology a CoC uses to count the homeless may cause a change in homeless counts between reporting periods. These reports are available starting in 2005."

The data for Veterans Homeless by State are obtained from 2007 - 2022 PIT Veteran Counts by State (XLSX).

The data for Veterans Homeless by City are obtained from 2007 - 2022 PIT Veteran Counts by CoC (XLSX).