California Homeless Population 2024. California's homeless population may have increased as much as 7.5% between 2022 and 2023. California has spent a stunning $17.5 billion trying to combat homelessness over just four years.

The latest federal estimates show more than 181,000 californians were unhoused in 2023, with. But a new study out tuesday — the largest and most comprehensive investigation of california’s homeless population in decades — found another cause.