Homeless Veterans

With all the help the government has given veterans, homeless veterans still represent a large percentage of homeless people in America. There are many civil rights for homeless veterans as well as special homeless veterans shelters and grant programs to help homeless veterans. Stories of homeless veterans are often featured in newspaper articles. Below are some statistics on homeless veterans from the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans to help anyone with their research and contribute to help solving the problem of homeless veterans.

Homeless veterans statistics

Some statistics on homeless veterans

According to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, 23% of all homeless people are homeless veterans in America. If we only look at homeless men, 33% of all homeless men are homeless veterans. 47% of all homeless veterans are Vietnam homeless veterans, whereas 17% of all homeless veterans are post Vietnam homeless veterans and 15% are pre Vietnam homeless veterans. Below is the chart showing statistics of homeless veterans.

Some statistics on homeless veterans