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Urban/Rural Location
The urban/rural location of currently and formerly homeless clients and other service users is dramatically different (table 3.11). Currently homeless clients are more likely than formerly homeless clients to be found in central cities (71 versus 64 percent), but the proportion for both is higher than the proportion of the U.S. population in poverty found in these locations. Currently compared with formerly homeless clients are less likely to be found in rural areas (9 versus 19 percent). Other service users are equally likely to be found in central cities and in rural areas (39 and 40 percent).
| Table 3.11 Urban/Rural Location, by Homeless Status |
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Currently Homeless Clients (N=2938) |
Formerly Homeless Clients (N=677) |
Other Service Users (N=518) |
Poor U. S. Population (1996) |
| Urban/Rural Location |
| Central Cities |
71(%) |
64(%) |
39(%) |
31(%) |
| Suburban/Urban Fringe |
21 |
17 |
21 |
46 |
| Rural |
9 |
19 |
40 |
23 |
Source: Urban Institute analysis of weighted 1996 NSHAPC client data. Geographic distribution of the poor U.S. population taken from Lamison-White (1997), P60-198, table A.
Note: Numbers do not sum to 100 percent due to rounding. |
| Homelessness: Programs and the People They Serve | December 1999 |
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