There are about 3,000 homeless people in Hennepin County and more than 9,200 in Minnesota, a third of them children

More than half of the homeless people said they'd been homeless more than once in the past three years.

About 28 percent of homeless adults have a job.

Nearly 40 percent of homeless people said they lost their housing because they couldn't afford rent. Mental health issues, chemical dependency, lack of education and incarceration were also cited

One-third of homeless military veterans in Minnesota have served in combat; about 625 veterans are homeless on any given night

Nearly half of all homeless people in the Twin Cities are black

Joshua Lang, director of human rights at St. Stephen's, said he believes that a form of institutional racism exists because the United States has enough resources to give everyone some form of housing.