Point in Time Count

The Point in Time (PIT) count is conducted in communities across the country each year to better understand the depth and breadth of homeless in their community. Conducting the PIT count gives a “snapshot” of homelessness from one year to the next. This year the count took place on January 25, 2023. The results of the 2023 PIT count will be released in the spring.

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Hennepin County PIT Count

The 2023 Point in Time count took place on January 25, 2023. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allows communities to count for 14 days past the kickoff date to ensure that anyone who experienced homelessness on January 25 is counted. Hennepin County partnered with the Wilder Foundation to conduct the Point in Time Count. Wilder, as the lead convener, will oversee the planning and operations of the PIT count.

The goals of the PIT count are to:

Identify how many individuals and households are homeless in a community, including those living on the street or in other unsheltered locations
Monitor how homelessness changes from year to year
Assist with local planning efforts
Meet HUD’s requirements

Media inquiries

For information about the count, contact Maria Elena Baca by email at maria.baca@hennepin.us or by phone at 612-348-7865.

2022 PIT count results

PIT count shows decrease in total number of people experiencing homelessness

2,191 people were staying in shelters and transitional housing programs and 487 people were living unsheltered in Hennepin County according to the 2022 PIT Count. That compares to 2,407 and 642 in 2020, the last time the count was taken, and 3,058 and 357 when the count started in 2005.

The decrease in the number of people experiencing homelessness was seen across all household types, with the biggest decrease occurring in family households. Family households experiencing homelessness decreased by 68 (a 9% decrease from 2020) and 244 people (a 22% decrease from 2020) down to 940 people in 268 families across Hennepin. Single adults also saw a decrease, down to 1720 people in 2022 from 1794 in 2020, a 4% decrease.

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Hennepin CoC 2022 Point In Time (PIT) Count (PDF)

PIT and HIC Data since 2007 – HUD Exchange

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