2011GreaterLosAngeles

HomelessCount
WithDetailedSPA4GeographicData

Agenda
Briefly Review Highlights from 2011 Greater
Los Angeles Homeless Count
Present Detailed SPA 4 Metro LA Data from
2011 Homeless Count
Present Skid Row Data from 2011 Homeless
Count
Feedback from You!

Key Findings from 2011 Homeless Count

51,340 Counted Homeless People in LA County
34% Experience Substance Abuse
33% Suffer from Mental Illness
22% Have a Physical Disability*

23,539 Counted Homeless People in City of Los

Angeles

* Some homeless persons experience multiple disabling factors

PercentageofTotalHomelessPopulation
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount
100%
90%
80%
70%

79%

60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%

20%

1%

Families

Unaccompanied
Youth

0%

SingleAdults

ShelteredHomelessCount,20092011
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount
20,000
18,000

11%

2009Sheltered
2011Sheltered

16,000
14,000
12,000

.03%

10,000

17%

8,000
6,000
4,000

75%

2,000

ContinuumofCare

SingleAdults

FamilyMembers

UnaccompaniedYouth
>18

UnshelteredHomelessCount,20092011
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount
35,000

30,000

.36%

3.8%

2009Unsheltered
2011Unsheltered

25,000

20,000

15,000

10,000

94%

5,000

6%

ContinuumofCare

SingleAdults

FamilyMembers

UnaccompaniedYouth>18

DemographicEthnicity,20092011
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount
50%
45%

46.6%
43.7%

2009Ethnicity%
2011Ethnicity%

40%
35%

29.6%
27.7%

30%

24.9%
20.9%

25%
20%
15%
10%
5%

1.8% 1.4%

1.1% 2.3%

0%
African
American/Black

Asian/Pacific
Islander

Hispanic/Latino

Indigenous/Alaskan
Native

White/Caucasian

VeteranHomelessness,20092011
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount
70%
61.2%

2009

2011

60%
50.5%

50%
40%
30%

26.3% 24.6%
21.0%

20%
9.5%

10%
0%

0.5% 0.0%

Age:018

2.5% 3.9%

Age:1824

Age:2554

Age:5561

Age:62+

SPA4HomelessPopulationTotals
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount
MetroLA
11,600

2009

11,571

2011

11,550
11,500
11,450

11,381
11,400
11,350
11,300
11,250
2009

2011

SPAHomelessPopulationTotals
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount
14,000

2009Final

11,571
11,381

12,000

2011
10,000

8,735

8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
SPA1
(Antelope
Valley)

SPA2
SPA3
SPA4
(San
(SanGabriel) (MetroLA)
Fernando)

SPA5
(WestLA)

SPA6
(SouthLA)

SPA7
(EastLA
County)

SPA8
(SouthBay)

SPA4HomelessAgeTotals,2011
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount
SPA4
(MetroLA)
8,000

7,033

7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000

1,230

1,391

1,303

614

1,000
0
Under18

1824

2554

5561

62&Older

SPAHomelessAgeTotals,2011
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount
8,000

Under18

7,033

7,000

1824

6,000

2554

5,000

5561
62&Older

4,000
3,000

2,374

2,000
1,000
0
SPA1
(Antelope
Valley)

SPA2
SPA3
SPA4
(San
(SanGabriel) (MetroLA)
Fernando)

SPA5
(WestLA)

SPA6
(SouthLA)

SPA7
(EastLA
County)

SPA8
(SouthBay)

SPA4HomelessSubpopulationTotals
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount
6,000

2009

5,095

5,000

2011

4,419

4,000

3,691
3,153
2,902

3,000

2,198

2,176

2,000

1,6521,656
1,290

1,000

1,0471,078
633

578
278

Chronically Chronically
Homeless
Homeless
Individuals
Family
Members

Substance
Abusers

MentallyIll

Veterans

Individuals Survivorsof
with
Domestic
HIV/AIDS
Violence

Physical
Disability

SPA4SingleAdultHomelessPopulation
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount
12,000

2009SingleAdults

9,803 9,655

10,000

2011SingleAdults
8,000

6,000

4,000

2,000

SPA1
(Antelope
Valley)

SPA2
(San
Fernando)

SPA3
(San
Gabriel)

SPA4
SPA5
(MetroLA) (WestLA)

SPA6
(SouthLA)

SPA7
(EastLA
County)

SPA8
(SouthBay)

SPAFamilyMemberHomelessPopulation
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount
3,500

3,017 2009FamilyMembers

3,000

2011FamilyMembers
2,500
2,000

1,781

1,500

1,290

1,000

605
500

SPA1
(Antelope
Valley)

SPA2
SPA3
SPA4
(San
(SanGabriel) (MetroLA)
Fernando)

SPA5
(WestLA)

SPA6
(SouthLA)

SPA7
(EastLA
County)

SPA8
(SouthBay)

SPAUnaccompaniedYouth>18Homelessness
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount
180

170

2009UnaccompaniedYouth>18

160
140

134

2011UnaccompaniedYouth>18
136

135

115

120
100

78

80
60
40
20

47

40

38
27

33

23

12

0
SPA1
(Antelope
Valley)

SPA2
SPA3
SPA4
(San
(SanGabriel) (MetroLA)
Fernando)

SPA5
(WestLA)

SPA6
(SouthLA)

SPA7
(EastLA
County)

SPA8
(SouthBay)

SkidRowHomelessCount
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount

SkidRowShelteredPopulation,200511
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount
SkidRow
ShelteredHomelessPopulation,200511
4,000

3,377

3,334

3,500

2,973

3,000
2,500
2,000

1,944

1,500
1,000
500

2005

2007

2009

2011

SkidRowUnshelteredPopulation,200511
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount
SkidRow
UnshelteredHomelessPopulation200511
2,000
1,800

1,797
1,674

1,600
1,400
1,200
1,000

829

939

800
600
400
200

2005

2007

2009

2011

LACountySupervisorialDistricts

SupervisorialDistrictsHomelessPopulationTotals
2011GreaterLosAngelesHomelessCount
25,000

MetroLA
20,000

15,000

2009

19,267 19,380

2011
SanGabriel
Valley

WestLA

10,000

South
LA/Harbor

5,000

Antelope
Valley

0
SD1
(GloriaMolina)

SD2
(MarkRidley
Thomas)

SD3
(ZevYaroslavsky)

SD4
(DonKnabe)

SD5
(Michael
Antonovich)

SPA 4 Opt-In Partners

2011 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count

Thanks Boyle Heights/Placita Olvera!

SPA4Summary
Nearly2%IncreaseinSPA4Homelessness
SignificantHomelessnessDecreasesAmong
ChronicallyHomeless
ChronicallyHomelessFamilyMembers
SubstanceAbusers

SignificantIncreasesAmong
MentallyIll
HIV/AIDS

SkidRow
SignificantIncreaseinShelteredPopulationsince2005
SignificantIncreaseinUnshelteredPopulationsince2005

Contact Info

Clementina Verjan
Mgr. Policy and Planning
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
cverjan@lahsa.org