More than 771,000 Americans experienced homelessness in 2024, and a new state-by-state map shows how unevenly distributed the crisis is across the country.
Visual Capitalist gathered data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) 2024 report to map out the country’s homeless population by state.
In 2024, about 771,480 individuals experienced homelessness in shelters, transitional housing programs, or in unsheltered locations — representing 23 out of every 10,000 Americans and marking an 18% increase from the previous year…