2015 State of Family Homelessness in Hawai‘i
50% of the homeless population are families*
1 out of every 4 homeless individuals is a child under the age of 18
* “Family” is defined as one adult and one child under the age of 18.
How many face homelessness?
800 families are homeless statewide.
On O‘ahu, the number of homeless families remains unchanged.
Homeless Families and Singles in Hawai'i 2011‐2015 5000 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0
4307 3130
2563
2750 2196
3750 3178
Homeless Families and Singles on O'ahu 2011‐2015
2250
3355
2356
1999
2009
558
575
568
578
556
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
1750 1250 775
792
736
790
798
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
750 250
Families
Singles
Families
Singles
Who are they?
The average family is made up of 4 individuals with 2 being parents.
1 in 3 families are Native Hawaiian. 1 in 3 families are Micronesian. 1 in 3 families have lived in Hawai‘i for less than one year. 1 in 3 families have lived in Hawai‘i for over 20 years.
Where are they?
Nearly 3 out of 4 homeless families are on 4 out of 5 families are in shelters. O‘ahu.
State Homeless Point in Time Count
Homeless Families in Hawai'i 2011‐2015
2015: 798 Family Households 103, 13% 29, 3% 110, 14% 556, 70%
Hawai‘i Island
O‘ahu
Maui
Kaua‘i
900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0
775
792
650
681
125
111
2011
2012 Unsheltered
790
798
663
613
93
127
185
2013
2014
2015
736
643
Sheltered
Total
On any given night in
1 in 200
Hawai‘i, people are homeless. There are over 7,600 homeless individuals.
But, nearly
1 in 100 or over 14,200 people access homeless services sometime during the year. Resources
C. Peraro Consulting, LLC (2015). State of Hawai‘i,
Homeless Point-in-Time Count, 2015. C. Peraro Consulting, LLC (2015). City and County of Honolulu, Homeless Point-in-Time Count, 2015. SMS Consulting, LLC (2015). Family Homelessness Baseline
Report, 2015. University of Hawai“i Center on the Family (2014). Homeless
Service Utilization Report, Hawai‘i, 2014.
December 2015