2008 One Night Count

On January 25th volunteers walked areas of Seattle, Kent, North King County, East KiIng County, White Center, Federal Way, Renton, night owl Metro buses, and Auburn looking for people who were trying to survive outside without shelter.

A total of 2,631 people were witnessed outside between 2:30 am and 5:30 am. This number represents a 15% increase when comparing similar areas that were counted in 2007.

Street Count Summary Results
Seattle PI article about the Street Count

Download the 2007 One Night Report
To request a hardcopy of the One Night Count report,
please send your contact information via email.

Watch the ONC video on YouTube
Video produced by Amy Benson and Scott Squire of Nonfiction Media

The annual One Night Count of people who are homeless has two main components - The Street Count and the Shelter &Transitional Housing Survey.

Street Count

The annual Seattle-King County Homeless Street Count was first conducted over 20 years ago and consists of a ‘moment in time’ unduplicated tally of people living ‘on the street’ in Seattle, north King County, East King County, Kent, White Center and Federal Way. The purpose of the street count is to foster an understanding of the patterns of survival for people who sleep in publicly accessible areas, rather than to identify the exact number of people unsheltered in our city.

Shelter and Transitional Housing Survey

On the same night as the Street Count, a survey of Seattle-King County’s sheltered homeless community is conducted by King County Housing and Community Development. The staff of homeless programs complete a survey which offers a profile of homeless people staying in emergency shelters, transitional housing, Safe Havens as well as those utilizing motel voucher programs throughout King County on that particular night.

The survey produces unduplicated data that serves to identify trends in homelessness service use and provision.

complete reports

You need Acrobat Reader in order to view and print the One Night Count reports.

One Night Count 2006* - 149 KB One Night Count 2004 - 272 KB One Night Count 2003 - 560 KB One Night Count 2002 - 560 KB One NIght Count 2001 - 1.02 MB One NIght Count 2000 - 711 KB * The gap in years is due to the change in the month in which the ONC was held. It was conducted in october 2004 and then in January 2006

For more information please contact Email the count organizers.

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