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Data and Statistics on Homelessness

external webpage icon Adoption and Foster Care Reporting and Analysis System (AFCARS)
Provided through the Children's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, AFCARS collects case level information on all children in foster care for whom State child welfare agencies have responsibility for placement, care or supervision, and on children who are adopted under the auspices of the State's public child welfare agency.
external webpage icon America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007
This annual report by The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics presents a comprehensive look at critical areas of child well-being, including statistical indicators of trends in education, health status, behavior and social environment, and economic security.
pdf file icon Download the report.
external webpage icon Annie E Casey Foundation's CLIKS: County-City-Community Level Information on Kids
This website brings together data on the well-being of children collected by Kids Count grantees from state and local sources. Users can access state-specific inventories of data from local sources, such as health departments, human services agencies, and schools. Users have access to raw data and can generate graphs, maps, rankings, and regional or state profiles.
external webpage icon Child Trends DataBank
Child Trends Databank is the one-stop-shop for the latest national trends and research on over 80 key indicators of child and youth well-being. The DataBank includes statistics and information on such issues as social and emotional development, poverty and income, and education and skills.
external webpage icon Child Welfare League of America: 2008 State Fact Sheets
The Child Welfare League of America’s State Fact Sheets provide descriptive information on the condition of vulnerable children in all fifty states and the District of Columbia, using indicators of child protection, health, child care, education, and income support.
pdf file icon Demographic Trends in the 20th Century: Census 2000 Special Report
This report, published by the U.S. Census Bureau in November 2002, consolidates information from each census, 1900 to 2000, to illustrate the remarkable changes in the American population in the 20th century.
Kids Count 2008 Data Book Online
This website provides data from the 2008 Kids Count Data Book in an easy-to-use online database format. It allows you to generate custom graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles. You can also download the entire data set as delimited text files, read the book online, view the book in PDF format, order a free hard copy of the Data Book, and access Data Books from previous years. The Data Book provides data on a variety of indicators of child well-being.
National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statisics (NCES) is the primary federal entity responsible for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the United States.
external webpage icon National Low Income Housing Coalition
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) is dedicated solely to ending America's affordable housing crisis. NLIHC strives to achieve this goal by working in four program areas: public education, organizing, research, and policy advocacy. One particularly useful area of their website is their Congressional District Profiles page, where they provide housing affordability data for renter households in each congressional district by state.
pdf file icon Voices from the Street: A Survey of Homeless Youth by Their Peers
In 2007, the California Research Bureau conducted a survey in which homeless and formerly homeless youth completed 208 interviews with their currently and formerly homeless peers across the state in order to find out about their experiences, the services they need, and the changes they would like to see happen in policy or law. This report presents the survey responses and findings.

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The National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) is associated with The SERVE Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.


The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. This website was produced with funding from the U.S. Department of Education, on contract no. ED-01-CO-0092/0001.
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