how many illegal immigrants are homeless in the u.s. 2026

There isn’t a reliable 2026 count for how many homeless people in the U.S. are undocumented immigrants. The best federal homelessness totals are based on HUD’s annual point-in-time count, and the latest widely cited figure in the material I found is 771,480 homeless people in January 2024, not a 2026 breakdown by immigration status.

What is known

• The U.S. does not publish a standard national homelessness count broken out by “illegal immigrants” or undocumented status. The available homelessness counts are overall totals, not immigration-status totals.

• A New York Times report noted that the 2025 official homelessness figures were not yet released in the source material I found, so there is no verified 2026 number to use here.

• Some commentary and opinion pieces argue that migration has affected homelessness in certain cities, but those are not the same as a measured national count of undocumented homeless people.

Best careful answer

If you want the most accurate short answer: no one can state a verified U.S.-wide number for homeless undocumented immigrants in 2026 from the public data currently available. Any precise figure you see online is likely an estimate, an opinion, or based on a narrow local situation rather than a national census.

Context

The broader homelessness picture is already difficult to measure because point-in-time counts are imperfect and can undercount people who are unsheltered or temporarily doubled up. That makes separating out undocumented people even harder, especially nationwide.

TL;DR: There is no verified national 2026 number for homeless undocumented immigrants in the U.S.; the latest cited national homelessness total in the available sources is 771,480 in January 2024.