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Homelessness among veterans appears to be on the decline in the majority of states, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. There were an estimated 39,471 sheltered and unsheltered homeless veterans in 2016, down 17.3 percent from 2015 when the estimated number of homeless veterans totaled 47,725.

More from the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans:

"Roughly 45 percent of all homeless veterans are African American or Hispanic, despite only accounting for 10.4 percent and 3.4 percent of the U.S. veteran population, respectively.

Homeless veterans are younger on average than the total veteran population. Approximately 9 percent are between the ages of 18 and 30, and 41 percent are between the ages of 31 and 50. Conversely, only 5 percent of all veterans are between the ages of 18 and 30, and less than 23 percent are between 31 and 50."