WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report says there are nearly 12,000 homeless people in the Washington region — a 3.5 percent increase from last year.

The report released Wednesday by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments says the increase was driven mostly by increases in the District of Columbia. Seven out of nine jurisdictions in the region saw decreases in the number of homeless people, but a 13-percent spike in the District led to the overall increase.