How many people are homeless in Denver?
The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative conducts a point-in-time survey every two years to assess the demographics of homelessness in our community. The last survey was taken on Tuesday, January 27, 2009, and found that 11,061 people were homeless in Denver. Of those individuals: 42% were women, 27% were children under age 18 living in families, 7% were single youth on their own, and 4% were youth-headed families ages 16-24.
