Share of unaccompanied homeless youth U.S. 2023, by race

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Veera Korhonen,
Dec 4, 2024

In 2023, about 49 percent of the estimated number of unaccompanied homeless youth in the United States were white. In comparison, 35.8 percent of unaccompanied homeless youth were Black or African American in that year. 

Estimated share of unaccompanied homeless youth in the United States in 2023, by race

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Release date

November 2023

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United States

Survey time period

2023

Number of respondents

34,703 respondents

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unaccompanied youth under the age of 25

Supplementary notes

The number of homeless people is based on point in time estimates, unduplicated one-night estimates of sheltered and unsheltered homeless populations. They are carried out nationwide during the last 10 days of January of each year by Continuums of Care (CoC).

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