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from the washington post article:
"The fourth annual point-in-time survey counted 14,537 homeless men, women and children -- up 1.8 percent from last year's <2001> survey by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.
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The tally includes 11,386 people considered "literally homeless": living outdoors, in precarious housing or in transitional programs, or relying upon the area's patchwork of emergency shelters and services for help. An additional 3,151 are considered "permanently supported homeless," depending upon homeless services but in a stable setting."