Return to the PIE Home PageAccording to the Community Shelter Board, 9,423 homeless people used shelters in Franklin County in 1997. Of these people, 45.9% were single males, 11.9% were single females and 42.2% were persons in families. Of the 9,423 homeless people, 2,242 (26.2%) were children.
Since 1994, there has been a 10.2% increase in the number of people using shelters. There has been a 15.5% increase in the number of persons in families using shelters, while there has been a dramatic 45.8% and 44.5% increase respectively in the number of children age 5-11 and 12-17 using shelters.
% Increase
1994 1995 1996 1997 1994-97
Total #s Using Shelters 8,553 8,890 9,890 9,423 10.17
through CSB
Total Males 3,922 4,013 3,987 4,283 9.20
Total Females 1,021 935 958 970 -5.00
Total Persons in Families 3,610 3,942 4,945 4,170 15.51
Total Families 1,082 1,168 1,098 1,217 12.48
Total Number of Children 2,242 2,438 2,371 2,612 16.50
0-4 1,154 1,218 1,089 1,029 -10.83
5-11 814 922 964 1,187 45.82
12-17 274 298 318 396 44.53
Source: The Community Shelter Board, Service Statistics
Filename: PS-006