Barrier islands like the Chandeleur Islands are constantly building, eroding, and shifting under the normal actions of wind and waves. A powerful storm like Katrina can produce changes that otherwise may have taken many years, and most of the changes seen here are probably the result of Katrina.
California experienced the largest decline in the number of people experiencing homelessness, 25,034 fewer since 2007. Other states with large declines included Texas (11,293 fewer people), Florida (6,527), New Jersey (5,643), and Oregon (5,426).
The majority of homeless people (71%) were over the age of 24, while 19% were under 18 and 9% were 18-24.3 Men made up 60% of the homeless population, women represented 38% of all homeless people, and transgender people made up 0.4% of the homeless population. The remaining 1.6% had missing gender information.