The Granite State experienced the highest percentage increase in homelessness of any state in 2023, according to a Point-In-Time (PIT) count collected during a single 24-hour period at the end of January. The number of Granite Staters experiencing homelessness surged between 2022 and 2023, increasing from 1,605 to 2,441 people.
That was the sobering news from the 2024 edition of The State of Homelessness in New Hampshire released in December by the NH Coalition to End Homelessness. “This year’s report, based on available data from 2023, shows that, sadly, the growth in homelessness in New Hampshire continues, despite the passion and hard work that homeless service providers and other advocates expend every day to stem this tide,” says Jennifer Chisholm, executive director of the NH Coalition to End Homelessness.
"It will take a lot of continued work to reverse these trends, but we know that homelessness is a solvable issue when the systems addressing it have ample resources and support."
10th
increase in people experincing chronic homelessness (unhoused for over 12 months) since 2019.
2X
the risk for people who are Hispanic and Latinx has nearly doubled in recent years.
52.1%
increase of people in families experiencing homelessness in 2023. The national PIT count grew by 12%.
Amost 40%
increase of youths experiencing homelessness
21.3%
decrease in the 2023 PIT Count of Veteran homelessness in NH
4X
Black or African American residents are nearly four times more likely to experience homelessness.
1 out of 5
people who were homeless on the night of the PIT count in January 2023 were children under the age of 18.
Download the full report at: nhceh.org/home/research/state-of-homelessness-in-nh-annual-report
