TABLE 16         (PATH FY 2002) 
Number and Percentage of PATH Clients by Length of Time Homeless (most recent episode)
                 
State Up to 31 to 90 Days 91 Days Over 1 Year Total
  30 days   to 1 year    
Alabama 905 (67.0%) 371 (27.5%) 55 (4.1%) 20 (1.5%) 1,351
Alaska 20 (33.3%) 29 (48.3%) 5 (8.3%) 6 (10.0%) 60
American Samoa 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2
Arizona 821 (28.0%) 545 (18.6%) 476 (16.2%) 1,090 (37.2%) 2,932
Arkansas 55 (83.3%) 5 (7.6%) 4 (6.1%) 2 (3.0%) 66
California 1,534 (33.2%) 1,901 (41.2%) 830 (18.0%) 350 (7.6%) 4,615
Colorado 125 (74.0%) 24 (14.2%) 15 (8.9%) 5 (3.0%) 169
Connecticut 401 (74.1%) 66 (12.2%) 50 (9.2%) 24 (4.4%) 541
Delaware 2 (66.7%) 1 (33.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 3
District of Columbia 67 (14.3%) 57 (12.2%) 68 (14.5%) 277 (59.1%) 469
Florida 691 (54.4%) 329 (25.9%) 127 (10.0%) 123 (9.7%) 1,270
Georgia 134 (45.1%) 132 (44.4%) 24 (8.1%) 7 (2.4%) 297
Guam 1 (14.3%) 4 (57.1%) 1 (14.3%) 1 (14.3%) 7
Hawaii 255 (51.2%) 103 (20.7%) 86 (17.3%) 54 (10.8%) 498
Idaho 112 (48.1%) 41 (17.6%) 71 (30.5%) 9 (3.9%) 233
Illinois 306 (48.1%) 110 (17.3%) 130 (20.4%) 90 (14.2%) 636
Indiana 206 (43.4%) 138 (29.1%) 110 (23.2%) 21 (4.4%) 475
Iowa 212 (77.9%) 30 (11.0%) 18 (6.6%) 12 (4.4%) 272
Kansas 252 (72.0%) 56 (16.0%) 20 (5.7%) 22 (6.3%) 350
Kentucky 134 (79.3%) 28 (16.6%) 6 (3.6%) 1 (0.6%) 169
Louisiana 1,308 (66.8%) 226 (11.5%) 278 (14.2%) 146 (7.5%) 1,958
Maine 172 (67.2%) 77 (30.1%) 6 (2.3%) 1 (0.4%) 256
Maryland 524 (73.8%) 119 (16.8%) 41 (5.8%) 26 (3.7%) 710
Massachusetts 1,829 (63.3%) 590 (20.4%) 354 (12.2%) 117 (4.0%) 2,890
Michigan 399 (66.2%) 117 (19.4%) 43 (7.1%) 44 (7.3%) 603
Minnesota 306 (57.2%) 124 (23.2%) 80 (15.0%) 25 (4.7%) 535
Mississippi 79 (54.1%) 52 (35.6%) 10 (6.8%) 5 (3.4%) 146
Missouri 219 (37.4%) 130 (22.2%) 146 (24.9%) 91 (15.5%) 586
Montana 243 (71.5%) 45 (13.2%) 19 (5.6%) 33 (9.7%) 340
Nebraska 134 (66.0%) 37 (18.2%) 21 (10.3%) 11 (5.4%) 203
Nevada 207 (46.5%) 69 (15.5%) 76 (17.1%) 93 (20.9%) 445
New Hampshire 199 (69.6%) 48 (16.8%) 25 (8.7%) 14 (4.9%) 286
New Jersey 331 (56.1%) 114 (19.3%) 110 (18.6%) 35 (5.9%) 590
New Mexico 178 (39.5%) 153 (33.9%) 113 (25.1%) 7 (1.6%) 451
New York 322 (28.2%) 171 (15.0%) 115 (10.1%) 534 (46.8%) 1,142
North Carolina 207 (66.6%) 47 (15.1%) 20 (6.4%) 37 (11.9%) 311
North Dakota 149 (89.2%) 13 (7.8%) 1 (0.6%) 4 (2.4%) 167
Northern Mariana Islands 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0
Ohio 533 (46.3%) 245 (21.3%) 205 (17.8%) 169 (14.7%) 1,152
Oklahoma 101 (61.2%) 4 (2.4%) 45 (27.3%) 15 (9.1%) 165
Oregon 24 (44.4%) 22 (40.7%) 3 (5.6%) 5 (9.3%) 54
Pennsylvania 594 (67.6%) 155 (17.6%) 75 (8.5%) 55 (6.3%) 879
Puerto Rico 73 (30.0%) 65 (26.7%) 41 (16.9%) 64 (26.3%) 243
Rhode Island 28 (84.8%) 5 (15.2%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 33
South Carolina 81 (81.8%) 17 (17.2%) 1 (1.0%) 0 (0.0%) 99
South Dakota 73 (90.1%) 8 (9.9%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 81
Tennessee 152 (39.4%) 70 (18.1%) 73 (18.9%) 91 (23.6%) 386
Texas 1,151 (45.2%) 697 (27.4%) 296 (11.6%) 402 (15.8%) 2,546
Utah 206 (76.9%) 62 (23.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 268
Vermont 75 (29.3%) 116 (45.3%) 38 (14.8%) 27 (10.5%) 256
Virgin Islands 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 23 (57.5%) 17 (42.5%) 40
Virginia 619 (49.9%) 336 (27.1%) 143 (11.5%) 143 (11.5%) 1,241
Washington 100 (14.1%) 155 (21.9%) 199 (28.1%) 255 (36.0%) 709
West Virginia 316 (89.5%) 30 (8.5%) 5 (1.4%) 2 (0.6%) 353
Wisconsin 352 (64.4%) 109 (19.9%) 27 (4.9%) 59 (10.8%) 547
Wyoming 18 (32.1%) 30 (53.6%) 6 (10.7%) 2 (3.6%) 56
U.S. Totals 17,535 (49.9%) 8,228 (23.4%) 4,736 (13.5%) 4,643 (13.2%) 35,142
The percentages and totals presented in this table do not include cases which could not be categorized (i.e., unknown).  
This table was prepared for the Center for Mental Health Services by Policy Research  Associates, Inc., 
under contract with Advocates for Human Potential. These data were collected for fiscal year 2002.