Last data pull: April, 2025
Last updated: June, 2025


Screening funnel

Overall

Six Month Retention by recruitment year

Sociodemographic characteristics

Characteristic LA County Homeless Demographic Survey 2023, N = 3,202 All baselines
N = 2,156
Completed monthly in last 6 months
N = 1,060
Age
18-24 6% 8% 8%
25-39 33% 43% 43%
40-49 23% 26% 27%
50-59 21% 17% 15%
60+ 16% 7% 7%
Sex
Male 68% 55% 53%
Female 29% 42% 45%
Other 3% 2% 1%
Race/ethnicity
White (NH) 23% 27% 27%
Black/African American (NH) 33% 24% 22%
Asian American (NH) 2% 2% 2%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (NH) 0% 1% 0%
American Indian/Alaskan Native (NH) 2% 1% 1%
Any Hispanic/Latino 35% 37% 40%
Multiracial (NH) or another race 5% 8% 8%
Last night housing status at prescreen
Unsheltered ??% 80% 80%
Outside ??% 24% 21%
Tent/makeshift shelter ??% 21% 19%
Bus/train station, airport ??% 1% 1%
Abandoned building ??% 2% 1%
Vehicle ??% 32% 38%
Shelter, temporary housing, hotel provided by agency ??% 15% 16%
Doubled up/Hotel I paid for ??% 3% 3%
Someone else apt/home ??% 3% 3%
Hotel I paid for ??% 1% 0%
Own apartment/home ??% 0% 0%

Baseline health indicators

Baseline health characteristics stratified by race/ethnicity

Characteristic White (NH)
N = 447
1
Black/African American (NH)
N = 383
1
Any Hispanic/Latino
N = 603
1
p-value Overall
N = 1,433
1
Any physical health condition 206 (46.1%) 173 (45.2%) 272 (45.1%)
651 (45.4%)
Any mental health condition 193 (68.7%) 137 (64.0%) 241 (58.2%)
571 (62.8%)
Any substance use disorder 120 (42.9%) 68 (31.8%) 142 (34.4%)
330 (36.4%)
Any functional limitations 179 (63.9%) 104 (48.6%) 244 (59.1%)
527 (58.1%)
Ever experienced traumatic event 199 (71.1%) 120 (56.1%) 255 (61.7%)
574 (63.3%)
1 n (%)