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Tracking NYC's Family Homelessness Crisis

The family homelessness crisis in New York City is persistent with far-reaching and multi-generational impacts on families with children. Below is a dashboard tracking child population data from the city’s daily and monthly homeless shelter census.

Note: The data displayed in this dashboard is from NYC’s Department of Homeless Services (DHS), which comprises a large majority of the city’s homeless population but does not include children living in non-DHS shelter settings.

Children Living in NYC Shelters

Daily census from Oct 04, 2024 to Apr 01, 2025

Source
33K33K32K32K32K32K31K31K30K30KOct 04, 2024Oct 04, 2024Oct 13, 2024Oct 13, 2024Oct 22, 2024Oct 22, 2024Oct 31, 2024Oct 31, 2024Nov 09, 2024Nov 09, 2024Nov 18, 2024Nov 18, 2024Nov 27, 2024Nov 27, 2024Dec 06, 2024Dec 06, 2024Dec 15, 2024Dec 15, 2024Dec 24, 2024Dec 24, 2024Jan 02, 2025Jan 02, 2025Jan 11, 2025Jan 11, 2025Jan 20, 2025Jan 20, 2025Jan 29, 2025Jan 29, 2025Feb 07, 2025Feb 07, 2025Feb 16, 2025Feb 16, 2025Feb 25, 2025Feb 25, 2025Mar 06, 2025Mar 06, 2025Mar 15, 2025Mar 15, 2025Mar 24, 2025Mar 24, 2025

Household Types in NYC Shelter

Daily census from Oct 04, 2024 to Apr 01, 2025

Source
87K87K65K65K43K43K21K21K0K0KOct 04, 2024Oct 04, 2024Oct 18, 2024Oct 18, 2024Nov 01, 2024Nov 01, 2024Nov 15, 2024Nov 15, 2024Nov 29, 2024Nov 29, 2024Dec 13, 2024Dec 13, 2024Dec 27, 2024Dec 27, 2024Jan 10, 2025Jan 10, 2025Jan 24, 2025Jan 24, 2025Feb 07, 2025Feb 07, 2025Feb 21, 2025Feb 21, 2025Mar 07, 2025Mar 07, 2025Mar 21, 2025Mar 21, 2025
Total population
Individuals in families w/ children
Single adults
Individuals in adult families

Children Living in NYC Shelter by Age

Average daily census from Sep 2023

Source
15K14K4K
Ages 0 to 5
6 to 13
14 to 17

NYC Residential Evictions

Monthly data from Jan 2017 to Mar 2025

Source
2K2K1K1K70070000Jan 2017Jan 2017Jun 2017Jun 2017Nov 2017Nov 2017Apr 2018Apr 2018Sep 2018Sep 2018Feb 2019Feb 2019Jul 2019Jul 2019Dec 2019Dec 2019May 2020May 2020Oct 2020Oct 2020Mar 2021Mar 2021Aug 2021Aug 2021Jan 2022Jan 2022Jun 2022Jun 2022Nov 2022Nov 2022Apr 2023Apr 2023Sep 2023Sep 2023Feb 2024Feb 2024Jul 2024Jul 2024Dec 2024Dec 2024

Learn more about the NYC family homelessness crisis by reading the FHC fact sheet.

Download the 2023 Fact Sheet