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61.6%37.8%0.6%
Unsheltered Sheltered
Emergency Shelter Transitional Housing Safe Haven
73.1%26.6%0.4%
Every 2 years, communities conduct counts of people experiencing both sheltered and unsheltered homelessness. The 2024 Alameda
County Point-in-Time (PIT) Count was a community-wide effort conducted on January 25, 2024. The snapshot below includes people
enrolled in shelter projects in Oakland on the night of January 24th and those interviewed or observed as experiencing unsheltered
homelessness in the early morning hours of 1/25/24.
OAKLAND ALAMEDA COUNTY
OAKLAND UNSHELTERED SLEEPING LOCATIONS
2019 2022 2024
TYPE OF SHELTER
4,071
3,210
861
5,055
3,337
1,718
5,485
3,659
1,826
CITY OF OAKLAND ALAMEDA COUNTY
58% of Alameda County’s Homeless
Population lives in Oakland
Sheltered UnshelteredSHELTERED/UNSHELTEREDPOPULATION 33%67%
Sheltered UnshelteredSHELTERED/UNSHELTEREDPOPULATION 33%67%
OAKLAND ALAMEDA COUNTY
15%6%
STREETORSIDEWALKOTHERTENT/MAKESHIFTSHELTER
VEHICLE /RV
21%58%
Age 35-44
26%
Age 45-54
24%
Age 55-64
18.6%Age 25-34
17.1%
Age 65+
6.6%Age 18-24
4.4%
AGE 65+
6.6%
UNDER 18
3.4%AGE 18-24
4.4%
AGE 55-64
18.6%
AGE 35-44
26.1%
AGE 25-34
17.1%
AGE 45-54
24%
CITY OF OAKLAND
HOMELESS CENSUS & SURVEY 2024 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Within AlamedaCounty Outside of AlamedaCountyRESIDENCEPRIOR TOBECOMINGHOMELESS 80%20%
AGE RANGES
Unsheltered Sheltered
2019 2022 2024
8,022
6,312
1,710
9,747
7,135
2,612
9,450
6,343
3,107
< 1 Year 1-4 Yrs 5-9 Yrs 10+ Yrs
6.1%8.5%7.6%77.9%
LENGTH OF TIME LIVING IN ALAMEDA COUNTY
CITY OF OAKLAND
HOMELESS CENSUS & SURVEY 2024 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
Veterans
9%
Survivors of Domestic
Violence
7%
HIV/Aids
Related Illness
2%
Serious Mental
Illness
31%
Substance Use
Disorder
25%
Chronic
Homelessness
44%
Pregnant orExpecting aChild
2%
Interaction withCriminal Justicein Past Year
32%
UnshelteredPeople withEmployment
10%32%
ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
UnshelteredPeople with aPet
Housing LossRelated Job Loss/IncomeRelated
HealthRelatedIssues
PRIMARY CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS
34%19%18%
HouseholdLoss/ BreakupRelated
17%
*Census data does not currently differentiate between Hispanic/Latino/a/e status for Multiple Races
RACE IDENTITIES COMPARED TO GENERAL POPULATION
PIT General Population
2.7%1.2%5.0%15.9%
52.5%
21.8%19.7%
26.6%
0.4%3.8%10.0%1.5%0.5%
21.3%
32.3%
American Indian
/ Native Alaskan
Asian or Asian
American
Black / African
American
Hispanic &
Latino/e/a
Middle Eastern or
North African
Multiple Races-
Not Latino/e/a*
Native Hawaiian /
Pacific Islander White
0%
Gender Groups
(*Please note the US Census only provides data for Male
and Female categories)
PIT General Population
Man
Man
Woman
Woman
*Additional Gender Identities 1.8%
49.2%
67.9%
50.8%
30.3%