Despite a decrease in overall homelessness from 2013 to 2014 by 2.3 percent, on a single night in January 2014, nearly 580,000 people were experiencing homelessness in the U.S.
This means more than half a million people nationwide were either sleeping outside, in an emergency shelter or in transitional housing programs, according to a report by the National Alliance to End Homelessness released this week.
There is good news though: Every major subpopulation saw a decrease in homelessness from 2013 to 2014: unsheltered persons (10 percent), chronically homeless individuals (2.5 percent) and veterans (10.5 percent).
Though 34 states had a decrease in overall homeless, 17 states saw increases over the year period, such as Nevada (25 percent), Idaho (18.1 percent) and Massachusetts (11.6 percent).
The District of Columbia, for example, saw an increase of 12.9 percent in overall homelessness and had a rate of 120 homeless people per 10,000 people in its general population.
Below is a map depicting the current state of homeless in the United States.
