Albuquerque’s unsheltered homeless population jumped 40% over two years, outpacing increases in shelter bed usage, up 18% over the same period, by two-to-one, according to the latest Point-in-Time count from the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness.
By the numbers
The annual statewide and local census of homeless persons, conducted each January but released just this month shows that Albuquerque’s total homeless population rose from 2,394 people in 2023 to 2,960 in 2025…