Statistics about Homelessness

MINNESOTA ESTIMATES OF HOMELESSNESS

In Minnesota, we are very fortunate to have more current and complete information about homelessness than is available for any other state. Wilder Research, part of the Wilder Foundation in St. Paul, conducts a statewide survey of homelessness every three years, in October. The most recent survey was conducted in October 2009. In addition to the actual count of individuals and families found in shelters, outside and in short-term housing, Wilder Research applies evidence-based formulas to round up the actual counts, to adjust for the inevitable persons who were not found, and therefore were not counted.

About one-third of the 13,000 people estimated to be homeless on any given night in Minnesota are children and their parents.

For more information and to download Wilder summaries of their research, click on this link:

Wilder Foundation Research