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Table 204.75c. | Number and percentage of homeless students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: 2009-10 through 2016-17 |
State or jurisdiction | Number of homeless students1 | Homeless students as percent of total public school enrollment | ||||||||||||||
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2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
United States | 910,439 | 1,047,397 | 1,128,503 | 1,216,117 | 1,285,641 | 1,260,721 | 1,301,238 | 1,351,120 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
Alabama | 16,254 | 18,910 | 17,670 | 29,749 | 19,266 | 19,373 | 14,112 | 15,931 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
Alaska | 3,804 | 4,451 | 4,459 | 3,972 | 3,934 | 4,018 | 3,784 | 4,041 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
Arizona | 30,223 | 23,399 | 30,091 | 29,895 | 28,777 | 28,393 | 24,770 | 25,454 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
Arkansas | 8,130 | 9,160 | 9,550 | 10,851 | 11,180 | 10,756 | 11,984 | 13,104 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
California2 | 193,818 | 220,708 | 239,061 | 251,984 | 284,086 | 235,983 | 246,296 | 262,935 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
Colorado | 18,408 | 20,624 | 23,680 | 22,958 | 23,681 | 24,146 | 23,014 | 21,062 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
Connecticut | 2,371 | 2,440 | 2,805 | 2,826 | 2,964 | 3,192 | 3,759 | 4,293 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
Delaware | 3,224 | 3,556 | 3,729 | 3,857 | 4,351 | 3,098 | 3,227 | 3,018 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
District of Columbia | 2,477 | 3,059 | 2,947 | 3,756 | 3,772 | 3,551 | 6,260 | 6,415 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
Florida | 48,695 | 55,953 | 63,414 | 69,956 | 67,402 | 73,117 | 72,042 | 75,106 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
Georgia | 26,338 | 29,922 | 33,234 | 35,922 | 36,845 | 37,791 | 38,474 | 38,336 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
Hawaii | 2,966 | 2,320 | 2,465 | 2,312 | 2,634 | 3,526 | 3,790 | 2,958 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
Idaho | 4,342 | 4,774 | 6,076 | 6,118 | 6,447 | 7,162 | 7,143 | 7,512 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
Illinois | 33,367 | 38,900 | 43,032 | 49,623 | 54,452 | 52,333 | 50,949 | 51,617 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
Indiana | 12,124 | 13,313 | 14,654 | 15,777 | 17,926 | 19,205 | 17,863 | 18,431 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
Iowa | 6,628 | 7,046 | 7,242 | 6,809 | 6,828 | 6,936 | 6,774 | 6,789 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
Kansas3 | 8,452 | 8,995 | 8,904 | 9,330 | 10,378 | 9,715 | 9,265 | 9,297 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
Kentucky | 23,075 | 33,194 | 35,658 | 31,179 | 27,227 | 27,836 | 27,603 | 26,826 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
Louisiana | 24,891 | 23,211 | 20,762 | 20,476 | 20,402 | 20,277 | 20,254 | 30,481 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 4.3 |
Maine | --- | 1,248 | 1,594 | 2,070 | 1,986 | 1,934 | 2,271 | 2,515 | --- | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
Maryland | 13,140 | 13,920 | 14,468 | 15,663 | 16,239 | 16,096 | 16,267 | 17,122 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
Massachusetts | 13,090 | 14,247 | 15,066 | 15,774 | 17,538 | 19,353 | 20,929 | 20,872 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
Michigan | 22,180 | 30,671 | 36,571 | 37,738 | 38,117 | 40,861 | 39,092 | 36,811 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
Minnesota | 9,366 | 11,076 | 11,567 | 11,874 | 14,343 | 15,196 | 16,550 | 17,750 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
Mississippi | 7,324 | 8,848 | 11,448 | 12,845 | 9,680 | 10,309 | 9,284 | 9,979 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
Missouri | 15,466 | 19,719 | 24,549 | 26,506 | 29,784 | 30,650 | 32,133 | 33,857 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
Montana | 1,445 | 1,490 | 1,762 | 2,551 | 2,640 | 3,075 | 3,003 | 3,606 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
Nebraska | 2,188 | 2,674 | 3,057 | 3,247 | 3,449 | 3,317 | 3,422 | 3,592 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
Nevada | 8,841 | 9,321 | 10,363 | 12,054 | 14,865 | 17,178 | 20,696 | 16,765 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
New Hampshire | 2,573 | 3,164 | 3,304 | 3,319 | 3,276 | 3,335 | 3,349 | 3,913 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
New Jersey | 6,637 | 4,444 | 4,897 | 8,660 | 10,303 | 10,150 | 10,391 | 10,994 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
New Mexico | 9,432 | 11,449 | 12,681 | 11,661 | 11,949 | 10,279 | 10,071 | 11,625 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
New York | 82,446 | 115,238 | 96,881 | 108,603 | 116,700 | 118,435 | 140,373 | 148,418 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
North Carolina | 20,925 | 24,974 | 27,233 | 27,050 | 24,509 | 26,636 | 26,361 | 29,332 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
North Dakota | 740 | 870 | 2,713 | 2,122 | 2,395 | 2,715 | 2,230 | 2,153 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
Ohio | 19,113 | 21,849 | 24,236 | 23,748 | 28,632 | 27,939 | 29,403 | 30,385 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
Oklahoma | --- | --- | 21,337 | 22,805 | 25,008 | 26,979 | 26,268 | 27,096 | --- | --- | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
Oregon | 19,040 | 21,632 | 21,345 | 19,189 | 21,058 | 22,637 | 22,958 | 24,322 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
Pennsylvania | 18,206 | 18,531 | 18,050 | 19,349 | 21,309 | 22,014 | 23,164 | 25,109 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
Rhode Island | 996 | 977 | 961 | 907 | 997 | 1,004 | 1,049 | 1,231 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
South Carolina | 10,820 | 10,530 | 10,495 | 11,436 | 12,809 | 13,353 | 14,140 | 11,767 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
South Dakota | 1,512 | 1,883 | 2,450 | 1,839 | 1,835 | 2,156 | 1,958 | 2,018 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Tennessee | 11,458 | 13,958 | 14,586 | 14,319 | 17,272 | 13,259 | 15,404 | 16,851 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
Texas | 74,664 | 83,626 | 83,626 | 101,088 | 111,759 | 113,063 | 115,676 | 111,177 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
Utah | 15,203 | 13,473 | 13,597 | 15,321 | 14,579 | 14,999 | 15,094 | 15,438 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
Vermont | 784 | 915 | 1,202 | 1,055 | 1,145 | 1,124 | 1,098 | 1,097 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Virginia | 13,883 | 16,081 | 17,518 | 17,538 | 18,026 | 17,876 | 18,577 | 20,593 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
Washington | 21,826 | 26,048 | 27,390 | 30,609 | 32,539 | 35,511 | 39,127 | 40,930 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
West Virginia | 4,506 | 6,399 | 7,459 | 8,168 | 7,430 | 8,958 | 9,320 | 9,024 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
Wisconsin | 12,027 | 13,370 | 15,491 | 18,637 | 19,471 | 18,366 | 18,592 | 19,264 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
Wyoming | 1,021 | 837 | 1,173 | 1,022 | 1,447 | 1,556 | 1,625 | 1,908 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
Bureau of Indian Education |
1,867 | 1,857 | 2,015 | --- | --- | --- | 2,853 | 2,256 | 4.5 | 4.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 5.0 |
Puerto Rico | 4,533 | 4,727 | 4,350 | 3,701 | 3,224 | 3,628 | 4,001 | 4,736 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
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1 Represents the sum of counts by grade. | ||||||||||||||||
2 California's 2014-15 homeless count decreased in part because of changes to the state's data collection systems. For more information, see section 1.9.1.1 of California's 2014-15 Consolidated State Performance Report, available at https://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/consolidated/sy14-15part1/ca.pdf. | ||||||||||||||||
3 2016-17 data for Kansas are imputed. | ||||||||||||||||
NOTE: Homeless students are defined as children/youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. For more information, see "C118 - Homeless Students Enrolled" at https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/sy-16-17-nonxml.html. Data are reported at the state level and include all homeless students enrolled at any time during the school year. | ||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, EDFacts file 118, Data Group 655, extracted June 5, 2019, from the EDFacts Data Warehouse (internal U.S. Department of Education Source); and Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 2009-10 through 2016-17. (This table was prepared June 2019.) |