Data and reports
Youth Homelessness Key Facts
- 4 million young people, ages 13 to 25, experience a form of homelessness each year in the United States
- 1 in 10 adults ages 18 – 25 and 1 in 30 youth ages 13 – 17 will experience homelessness each year.
- In 2025, nearly 20,000 youth were described as being in a state of crisis at the time they contacted NRS.
State Snapshots
These state snapshots provide a quick look at youth crisis service trends, including how young people seek help and the challenges they face in each state.
If you are looking for specific data for a city, county, state, or region, please contact us at datarequests@1800runaway.org with your request.
2025 Snapshots
Snapshot Archive
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Youth Homeless Prevention Report
National Runaway Safeline (NRS) partnered with the American Institutes for Research to conduct a study analyzing data from over 100,000 people who interacted with NRS’ crisis services staff from 2019 to 2023. The findings illuminate nuanced differences in the characteristics, experiences, and challenges of young people who are in crisis, at imminent risk of homelessness, or homeless, revealing valuable opportunities for prevention in both the practice and policy realms.Â
2024 Crisis services & Prevention Report
This report has two primary aims. First, we wanted to understand who contacted NRS for crisis intervention services, what their needs were, and what support they received.Â
Second, we investigated the occurrence of specific challenges in why contacts reached out to determine if the reason, for youth under the age of 18, could be characterized as an Adverse Child Experiences (ACE).