BLEAK PROFILE: The county’s Homeless Issues Task...

BLEAK PROFILE: The county’s Homeless Issues Task Force gives this rough description of our homeless population: Most are between 25 and 49, the largest segment in their 30s. Two-thirds are male, and nearly two-thirds are white. . . . More than a quarter have children, and 18% have more than one. Half the children are 5 years or younger. Eleven percent are working; 67% are looking for work. . . . Almost half have been homeless for more than a year, almost a quarter for more than three years. Four in 10 have been county residents for more than 10 years.

THE EDUCATED HOMELESS Though below the country norm, many homeless have graduated from high school and many went to college. High school Graduate Homeless: 63% County at Large: 80% Attended College Homeless: 37% County at Large: 48% Source: OC Homeless Issues Task Force and U.S. Census