Unsheltered Point in Time (PIT) Count Phoenix Metro Area
citydata.mesaaz.gov | Last Updated 1 May 2023Aggregated and summarized information collected from the Point in Time count of the number of persons experiencing homelessness in the Phoenix-Mesa metro area as of the survey date. Detailed results for Mesa Only at https://data.mesaaz.gov/Community-Services/Unsheltered-Point-In-Time-PIT-Count-Details-Mesa-O/efjd-c5mi Due to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved the Maricopa Regional Continuum of Care to opt out of the unsheltered Point In Time (PIT) Homeless Count for 2021. Every January, volunteers and outreach teams from local communities collaborate to survey and count the number of homeless. persons in their respective locations. With the information provided by the PIT Count, the Maricopa Regional Continuum of Care and local communities can determine how best to address homelessness. For more information see https://www.azmag.gov/Programs/Homelessness/Point-In-Time-Homeless-Count. NOTE: The HUD definition of chronic homelessness is: (1) a person who lives in a place not meant for human habitation, Safe Haven, or Emergency Shelter, (2) has a disability, and (3) has been homeless continuously for one year OR four or more times homeless in the last three years, where the combined length of time homeless is at least 12 months.
This dataset has the following 17 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RowID | rowid | number | Unique row identifier | 2747 2482 4042 1893 3635 view top 100 |
| Survey Method | survey_method | text | How the information was collected | Observation Tool Interview Observation <Null> view top 100 |
| Survey Type | survey_type | text | How the information was entered (for year 2020 only) | App Paper view top 100 |
| Reporting Date | reporting_date | calendar_date | Date of survey | 2020-01-27T00:00:00.000 2019-01-21T00:00:00.000 2018-01-23T00:00:00.000 2017-01-24T00:00:00.000 2023-01-24T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| Reporting Year | reporting_year | text | Year of survey | 2020 2019 2018 2017 2022 view top 100 |
| City | city | text | Muncipality where individual was at the time of the survey | Phoenix Mesa Tempe Scottsdale Chandler view top 100 |
| Age | age | text | Age reported of person surveyed | 25-54 <Null> DK/REF 25-61 55-61 view top 100 |
| Age Group | age_group | text | Grouping of age reported for person surveyed. (Children 0-17; Youth 18-24; Adult 25+) | 25+ 18-24 0-17 DK/REF view top 100 |
| Gender | gender | text | Gender reported for person surveyed | male female DK/REF Transgender or Non-Conforming Transgender or non-conforming view top 100 |
| Race | race | text | Race of inidividual surveyed | White DK/REF Black or African American American Indian or Alaska Native Multiple Races view top 100 |
| Ethnicity | ethnicity | text | Whether the individual reported to be of hispanic/latino or not | No DK/REF Yes view top 100 |
| Hispanic | hispanic | text | White DK/REF Black or African American American Indian or Alaska Native Multiple Races view top 100 | |
| Veteran Status | veteran_status | text | Individual reported whether they are a Military Veteran | No Yes DK_REF view top 100 |
| Chronic | chronic | checkbox | Whether the person surveyed met the defintion of chronic homelessness. See dataset description for definition | true false view top 100 |
| Latitude | latitude | number | Latitude where inidividual was at the time survey | 33.5712498252 33.4460063131 33.445167 33.5676145701 33.445939 view top 100 |
| Longitude | longitude | number | Longitude where inidividual was at the time survey | -111.931277 -112.085369821 -112.089213276 -112.084664 -112.099611824 view top 100 |
| Geolocation | geolocation | point | Geolocation where inidividual was at the time survey | {"coordinates":[-112.085369821,33.5712498252],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-112.089213276,33.4460063131],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-112.099611824,33.5676145701],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-112.084664,33.445167],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-112.088022,33.445939],"type":"Point"} view top 100 |