A small group of volunteers walks through alleys in downtown Albuquerque in search of unhoused people to survey on Jan. 28, 2025. The New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness on Nov. 17, 2025 released the latest results of its “point in time” count detailing demographic and other information about the state’s unhoused population. (Patrick Lohmann /Source NM)
A coalition of advocates for New Mexico’s growing unhoused population on Monday released the results of its “point in time” count, an annual survey of hundreds of unhoused people across the state, both sheltered and unsheltered.
The New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness enlists volunteers to fan out across the state to count the number of people living on New Mexico streets. They also count the number of people staying in shelters on a given night, and draw from other sources in hopes of detecting demographic trends and other factors contributing to homelessness…