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"Many cities in the United States take an annual census of their homeless population, and use this data for decision making and also report it to the federal agency, HUD, as it is required for any city receiving federal monies for the homeless, especially for housing. The methods used for counting the number of homeless may vary from city to city.[18]
December 2005 homeless estimates from major U.S. cities (single day estimate):[19]
* Boston - 5,819 (total area population 569,165)~1.0%
* Chicago - 6,715 (total area population 2,862,244)~0.2%
* Denver - 5,000 (total population 580,000)~0.8%
* Detroit - 14,827 (total area population 900,198)~1.6%
* Los Angeles - 91,000 (total area population 3,300,000)~2.7%
* New York - 48,155 (total area population 8,104,179)~0.5%
* San Francisco - 6,248 (total area population 744,230)~0.8%
* Seattle - 8,000 (total population 560,000)~1.4%
* Washington DC - 5,518 (total area population 553,523)~0.9%"
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