Homeless box

MAHONING COUNTY

Who are the homeless?

An estimated 1,400 people were homeless in Youngstown and Mahoning County in 2009, including 387 children, 29 percent of whom were under age 6. Here are more 2009 homeless statistics.

25 percent were 51 or older.

534 people were members of a family.

58 percent were female.

49 percent were white.

49 percent were black.

11 percent were veterans.

20 percent were domestic-violence victims.

17 percent were chronically homeless. A chronically homeless person is an unaccompanied disabled individual who has been continuously homeless for more than one year or experienced three episodes of being homeless within the last four years.

Source: Youngstown/Mahoning County Homeless Management Information System