In 2019, an estimated 568,000 Americans experienced homelessness, with African Americans making up about 40% of that total, according to the annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress. The disparity was starker when looking at the number of homeless people with children: African Americans accounted
African Americans, despite making up just 13% of the U.S. population, account for a staggeringly disproportionate chunk of the nation's homeless population, according to a government report.
The disparity was starker when looking at the number of homeless people with children: African Americans accounted for about 52% of that population, with whites accounting for about 35%, the report said. The U.S. Housing and Urban Development report, which came out earlier this month, was based on"Point-In-Time Estimates of Homelessness" taken on a single night in January 2019.
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