How Do I Found Out Homeless Statistics on My City?

Question by Lukas F: How do I found out homeless statistics on my city?
I am doing a project on homelessness in St. Cloud, MN. I am looking for ANY statistics backing this up. How do I find these, and if you can find any, please let me know what they are and where you found them. Thanks!

Best answer:

Answer by Jimmy Whispers
Citydata.com is a good source.

People in group quarters in St. Cloud:

2,489 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
800 people in state prisons
506 people in nursing homes
247 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
116 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
112 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
109 people in religious group quarters
106 people in homes for the mentally retarded
73 people in unknown juvenile institutions
60 people in other nonhousehold living situations
28 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
22 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
17 people in homes for the mentally ill
12 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
10 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
10 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
10 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
7 people in other group homes

Read more: http://www.city-data.com/city/St.-Cloud-Minnesota.html#ixzz1pmnGX1qU

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