or juvenile detention 0.2% were in a foster care home Total Other: 7.9% were in a hotel or motel (no voucher) Stability of Previous Night’s Living Arrangement 20.6% stayed 1 week or less 15.4% stayed more than 1 week, but less than a month 21.6% stayed 1 to 3 months 16.0% stayed more than 3 months, but less than a year 26.4% stayed 1 year or longer ZIP Code of Last Permanent Address 62.5% came from the same jurisdiction as program location 37.6% came from a different jurisdiction than program location The 2008 AHAR also reports the following counts and household information of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons nationwide on a single night in January 2008, based on the Point-In-Time data collected as part of the 2008 Continuum of Care Application: Total Number On a single night in January 2008, there were 664,414 sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons nationwide. Nearly 6 in 10 people who were homeless at a single point-in-time were in emergency shelters or transitional housing programs, while 42 percent were unsheltered on the “street” or in other places not meant for human habitation. Homeless Individuals 415,202 total individuals 49.3% are sheltered 50.7% are unsheltered Homeless Persons in Families 249,212 total persons in families 72.8% are sheltered 27.2% are unsheltered Chronically Homeless 124,135 total chronically homeless persons 37% are sheltered 63% are unsheltered Other Sheltered Subpopulations 34.7% are chronic substance abusers 26.2% are severely mentally ill 15.1% are veterans 12.3% are victims of domestic violence 3.9% are persons with HIV/AIDS (adults only) 1.1% are unaccompanied youth References Further reading Karash, Robert L., "Who is Homeless? The HUD Annual Report to Congress and Homelessness Pulse Project", Spare Change News, Boston, June 18, 2010 External links HUD, "5th Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress (2009)", June 2010. HUD, "6th Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress (2010)", June 2011. Homelessness in the United States