The data below is incredibly useful, but we encourage you to keep in mind that each number represents a human being with hobbies, ambitions, friends, and families. Homelessness is an experience, not an identity.

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The overall number at a glance:

1,867 people experiencing homelessness were counted during the 2026 Point in Time Count. The PIT Count is an annual, one-day census of people experiencing homelessness. It’s meant to be just a snapshot of the scope of homelessness in our community — it's not meant to represent a full picture.

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​The overall number (1,867) represents a 1% decrease when compared to 1,882 in 2025. While this sounds modest, it signifies a significant milestone for our community. It's the first time the overall homelessness number has decreased since 2022. 

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While the Point in Time Count data provides valuable information, there is a tool shared by all service providers in our community that tracks numbers on an ongoing basis. Throughout all of 2025, there were 20,944 people served by programs that record data in this Homeless Management Information System. This is a 5% decrease from 21,972 in 2024.
 

Why and how does our community do the PIT Count?

The PIT Count is a joint project of the City of Oklahoma City and various service provider partners, including the Homeless Alliance. ​The count helps our community gather vital data about homelessness in OKC to identify trends and gaps in services, and it helps the city receive and disburse federal funding for various homelessness programs. 

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The count groups people into several categories including the number of people staying in overnight shelters, transitional housing, and people who are unsheltered. This survey does not attempt to count people who are staying in hotels, treatment facilities, emergency rooms, jails or people who are considered “couch homeless,” people who are homeless but temporarily staying with a friend, relative or acquaintance.

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Subpopulation data from the PIT Count

Demographic data is collected from everybody surveyed through the PIT Count.​

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• 108 were veterans | 10% decrease from 2025 

• 120 were families | 5% increase from 2025

• 440 were considered chronically homeless | 2% increase from 2025

  • Chronically homeless refers to individuals experiencing homelessness with a disabling condition, families with a disabled adult head-of-household​.

• 181 were unaccompanied youth (under 25 years old) | 11% increase from 2025

  • Youth are particularly difficult to count because they often try not to be located. This year, they make up 10% of the 1,867 figure.​

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The survey also asks respondents about their experience with things like domestic violence, substance use, and their health.​

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• 139 were fleeing domestic violence | 39% decrease from 2025

• 375 were living with a serious mental illness | 19% decrease from 2025

• 192 said they had a substance use disorder | 10% increase from 2025

• 16 were living with HIV/AIDS | 14% increase from 2025

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Unsheltered homelessness

This year, there were 412 people who were unsheltered, or sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation (like outdoors, in tents, cars, or abandoned buildings).

 

These 412 people were asked an additional set of questions. Here is the data from those individuals:

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• 55% were experiencing homelessness for the first time ever

• 87% of them became homeless in Oklahoma

• 18% said the main cause of their homelessness were money issues

• 11% said the main cause of their homelessness was due to issues in a personal relationship​