SAN JOSE’S UNHOUSED population is not as big as initially reported, but the number of chronically homeless people continues to grow, new county data shows.
A report released last month shows San Jose with 6,650 homeless people in 2022 — a drop of roughly 100 people from when preliminary data was released in May. Despite the drop, the current homeless population in the city is still the largest San Jose has seen in 13 years. The change in San Jose didn’t impact the overall count for Santa Clara County, which is at 10,028 homeless people — the region’s highest number since 2007.
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