According to a report by the National Center on Family
Homelessness in 2014, nearly 2.5 million American children were homeless at
some point in 2013.[1]
The U.S. Department of Education had reported that 1.3 million homeless
children were going to school. California, which accounted for one-eighth of
the U.S. population at the time, had one-fifth of the 2.5 million, which comes
out to nearly 527,000. The relatively high cost of living and shortage of
low-income housing, along with a largely stagnant minimum wage, are the more
visible factors behind the gap.
The full essay is at "Homelessness in the U.S."
1. David
Crary and Lisa Leff, “Number
of Homeless Children in America Surges to All-Time High: Report,” The
Associated Press, November 17, 2014.
