Oregon Hits 4th Highest Homelessness Rate In Country

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Saturday, August 30, 2014

Kirsten Nicolaisen, GoLocalPDX Digital Producer

In 2013, 360 out of every 100,000 people in Oregon were homeless, making it the state with the fourth-highest homelessness rate in the U.S., according to a report by the Washington Post. 

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The data is gathered from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which provides state-level estimations of homelessness every year.

In 2013, 195 out of every 100,000 people in the U.S. were homeless, placing Oregon well above the national level.

A government street count in 2013 showed that in Portland there were 1,895 unsheltered individuals, a 10 percent increase since 2011.

Hawaii has the highest homelessness rate of any state, with 465 out of every 100,000 people homeless in 2013. 

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