How many people are homeless in Baltimore/Maryland?
At least 3,000 people will experience homelessness on any given night in Baltimore – more than 30,000 over the course of a year. Statewide, more than 50,000 Marylanders are homeless annually. Most estimates derive from a bi-annual census, emergency and transitional shelter data, and the numbers of those turned away from shelter. The actual numbers most likely are much higher. Maryland’s Office of Transitional Services publishes an annual report of those served in (and turned away from) emergency and transitional shelters by jurisdiction: www.dhr.state.md.us/transit/pdf/ann2007.pdf. Click here for the 2009 Baltimore City Census.
