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Hate Crimes & Violence

Illinois: Fact Sheet

Illinois’s Homeless Population

Total homeless population	14055
Percent of state’s population that is homeless	.11%
State’s rank	39th

Hate Crimes Against the Homeless in Illinois, 1999-2009

Number of cities where crimes occurred	11
Total number of deaths	13
Total number of non-lethal attacks	29

Hate Crimes & Violence Against the Homeless in Illinois, 1999-2009

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	11 Year Total
Deaths	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	13
Non-lethal	1	0	1	3	10	3	2	0	2	4	3	29
Total	2	4	1	4	10	4	2	0	6	4	5	42

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. “Point-in-Time Estimates from January 2009 of Homeless Population by State.” 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report.

Based on percent of total population that is homeless.

National Coalition for the Homeless. Hate Crimes Against the Homeless: America’s Growing Epidemic of Violence. 2010.