The Homeless Prevention Coalition of Guilford County has released totals from January’s annual Point in Time Count of the Homeless. A total of 1,269 homeless persons were counted on January 24, 2007. This is an increase from the 2006 total of 1,108. The 2005 total was 834.
Update: Details of the 2007 count.
| Emergency Shelter | Transitional Housing | Unsheltered | TOTAL | |
| Persons in Families | 147 | 141 | 21 | 309 |
| Single Persons | 355 | 419 | 186 | 960 |
| Total | 502 | 560 | 207 | 1269 |
| Chronically Homeless (included above) | 142 | n/a | 70 | 212 |
