Summary and analysis of homelessness in the city of Seattle
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Alaskan Way Viaduct homeless
A shelter for picnicking in Woodland Park which has been repurposed by homeless people as a place to live
Homeless shanty in the snow
In the Seattle King County area, there were estimated to be 11,751 homeless people living on the streets or in shelters.[1] On January 24, 2020, the count of unsheltered homeless individuals was 5,578. The number of individuals without homes in emergency shelters was 4,085 and the number of homeless individuals in transitional housing was 2,088, for a total count of 11,751 unsheltered people.[1]
The percentages of individuals experiencing homelessness by race was: White 48%, African American 25%, Asian 2%, Native American 15%, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 4%, Multi-racial 6%.[1] In a survey conducted in 2019, 84% of homeless people in Seattle/King County lived in Seattle/King County prior to losing their housing, 11% lived in another county in Washington prior to losing their housing, and 5% lived out of state prior to losing their housing.[2] Homelessness in Seattle is considered to be a crisis.[3] It has been proposed that to address the crisis Seattle needs more permanent supportive housing.[4]
A 2022 study found that differences in per capita homelessness rates across the country are not due to mental illness, drug addiction, or poverty, but to differences in the cost of housing, with West Coast cities like Seattle having homelessness rates five times that of areas with much lower housing costs like Arkansas, West Virginia, Detroit, and Chicago even though the latter locations have high burdens of opioid addiction and poverty.[5][6]: 1
^ abc"Count Us In 2020" (PDF). regionalhomelesssystem.org. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
^"Count Us In 2019" (PDF). allhomekc.org. May 2, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2021.
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