2005 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count

The 2005 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, the largest homeless count ever conducted, was performed by using HUD-recommended practices. This comprehensive study included a field enumeration, field surveys, telephone surveys, and a sophisticated statistical analysis used to project homelessness in non-enumerated areas. For this study, the HUD definition of an unsheltered homeless person was used: someone who is either living on the streets, or in a vehicle, encampment, abandoned building, garage, or any other place not normally used or meant for human habitation. The estimated total of 88,345 homeless people in Los Angeles County is the result of a combination of a physical enumeration and statistical estimations.