Mumbai Among Cities With High Homeless Populations

Los Angeles, U.S.A.:

Los Angeles, the city of angels known for Hollywood glitz and glamor, is also a city with one of the largest concentrations of homeless people. It is considered as the second most populous city in the entire country.

According to the Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty at the Weingart Center, an estimated 254,000 men, women and children experience homelessness in Los Angeles County during some part of the year and approximately 82,000 people are homeless. Unaccompanied youth, especially in the Hollywood area, are estimated to make up from 4,800 to 10,000 of these.

Although, homeless people may be found throughout the county, the largest percentages are in South Los Angeles and Metro Los Angeles.  .

African Americans make up approximately half of the Los Angeles County homeless population - disproportionately high compared to the percentage of African Americans in the county overall (about 9 percent).

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