Long Beach’s unhoused population rose by 6.5% in the past year, with 3,595 people identified as experiencing homelessness during the City’s 2025 Point in Time (PIT) Count on Jan. 23.
The City of Long Beach usually holds a virtual and in-person press conference going over the details of the annual PIT Count, but this year’s findings were held in a media roundtable and were not streamed to the public.
People identified during the count experiencing homelessness for the first time rose from 53.6% in 2024 to 57.6% in 2025, accounting for 2,067 people. Those who have been homeless for a year or longer dropped from 48.8% of people identified in the count in 2024 to 46.8% in 2025, making up a total of 1,678 people. Of the individuals found in the count, 16% said they became homeless within the last year, a slight increase from last year’s 14.3%…