Homeless

Infographic about homelessness in King County.

Every year King County's homeless population continues to rise. This report highlights general statistics of King County's homeless population and recommends ways to help those in need. Data is heavily based upon the 2016 One Night Count. 

The count is calculated by volunteers who spend one day counting visibly homeless people and checking canvas shelters to get a count of how many people are inside. In the past, teams scoured largely urban areas looking for people sleeping out in the open or in cars and tents. They recorded each individual found and some qualitative observations before moving on. Volunteers were instructed to count cars and tents as two people.

For the past 37 years the  One Night Count was coordinated by the Seattle King County Coalition on Homelessness (SKCCH) but this year it was done by Applied Survey Research (ASR), a California-based firm. To reflect this change, for 2017 the name has changed to Count Us In. 

Additional information and how to be involved can be found here: http://www.homelessinfo.org/what_you_can_do/