People Receiving Homeless Response Services by Age, Race, Gender, Veteran Status, and Disability Status
Yearly statewide and by-Continuum of Care total counts of individuals receiving homeless response services by age group, race, gender, veteran status, and disability status. This data comes from the Homelessness Data Integration System (HDIS), a statewide data warehouse which compiles and processes data from all 44 California Continuums of Care (CoC)—regional homelessness service coordination and planning bodies. Each CoC collects data about the people it serves through its programs, such as homelessness prevention services, street outreach services, permanent housing interventions and a range of other strategies aligned with California’s Housing First objectives. The dataset uploaded reflects the 2024 HUD Data Standard Changes. Previously, Race and Ethnicity are separate files but are now combined. Information updated as of 2/06/2025.
Data files
| Data title and description | Access data | File details | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
Homelessness Count By Gender Homelessness Count By Gender | Download | CSV 67.85 KB | 04/06/23 |
Homelessness Count By Race Homelessness Count By Race | Download | CSV 236.90 KB | 04/06/23 |
Homelessness Count By Age Homelessness Count By Age | Download | CSV 137.11 KB | 04/06/23 |
Homelessness Count by Veteran Status Calendar year breakout of veterans experiencing homelessness | Download | CSV 5.88 KB | 05/09/25 |
Homelessness Count by Disability Status Calendar Year breakout of homelessness counts using disability status | Download | CSV 6.21 KB | 05/09/25 |
Racial Disparities in Homelessness Race or Ethnicity alone or in combination for CA and CoC general population and population experiencing homelessness | Download | CSV 178.46 KB | 05/14/25 |
Supporting files
| Data title and description | Access data | File details | Last updated |
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Data Dictionary | Download | DOCX 25.76 KB | 03/07/24 |
More details
Definition of Experiencing Homelessness: People are considered to be “experiencing homelessness” at any point in the selected time frame if they: 1) accessed lodging services through Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, and/or Safe Haven projects: 2) entered into a permanent housing project from homelessness (i.e., Permanent Supportive Housing, Housing Only, Housing with Services, Rapid Re-Housing); or 3) reported living in a homeless situation (e.g., they are living in a place not meant for habitation, such as a vehicle) at the time they accessed other services. This is an expanded version of the definition employed by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). When determining the number of people experiencing homelessness in the homelessness response system for the Annual Point-in-Time Count, HUD only counts people accessing Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, and/or Safe Haven services.
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