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 following statistics are quite discouraging: 1  Statewide, 12-15,000 people are homeless at some point of the year. 2  At least 6,000 are homeless at any given day. 3  Children make up 23.5-39% of the homeless. 4  17-42% of Hawaii's homeless are employed full-time. 5  37% of the homeless are of Native Hawaiian ethnicity.