Facts About Homelessness In Hillsborough County

From www.homelessofhc.org
Click here to read 2005 to 2007 Comparison Homelessness in the Tampa Bay Area.

Homelessness in Hillsborough County

The 2007 Hillsborough County Homeless Coalition Homeless Census, conducted on January 25, 2007, a cold and rainy day in Hillsborough County, found:

9,532 men, women and children are homeless in Hillsborough County. 

16 percent are children (a 48% increase in 2 years)

63 percent are male; 37 percent are female

47 percent are Caucasian

32 percent are African-American

12 percent are Hispanic

18 percent are veterans

56 percent have a source of income

Of the 56 percent with income, 37 percent are employed

23 percent have drug and alcohol addictions

18 percent suffer from mental illness

1 percent have the HIV/AIDS virus

28 percent have a physical disability

91 percent became homeless in Florida

43 percent are experiencing homelessness for the first time

25 percent have been homeless at least 4 times

There are enough services in Hillsborough County to help ONLY 15 percent of homeless men, women and children living in the Count.  This means 8,000 homeless people can not find shelter on any given night.

More than 1,500 children attending Hillsborough County Public Schools were homeless on the day of the homeless census.