THE NUMBERS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE
(2003, March)
Pref's NAME |
|
|
|
|
NUMBER |
|
2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2003 |
HOKKAIDO |
98 |
124 |
145 |
161 |
142 |
AOMORI |
5 |
8 |
2 |
7 |
16 |
IWATE |
15 |
21 |
23 |
32 |
18 |
MIYAGI |
119 |
140 |
110 |
144 |
222 |
AKITA |
12 |
15 |
10 |
8 |
13 |
YAMAGATA |
7 |
18 |
7 |
11 |
24 |
FUKUSHIMA |
22 |
20 |
27 |
15 |
43 |
IBARAGI |
60 |
62 |
86 |
78 |
130 |
TOCHIGI |
63 |
74 |
81 |
79 |
134 |
GUMMA |
110 |
98 |
97 |
96 |
87 |
SAITAMA |
592 |
622 |
597 |
781 |
829 |
CHIBA |
510 |
503 |
524 |
594 |
668 |
TOKYO |
3125 |
3428 |
3796 |
4690 |
6361 |
KANAGAWA |
1814 |
1804 |
1720 |
2020 |
1928 |
NIIGATA |
23 |
39 |
38 |
51 |
74 |
TOYAMA |
24 |
32 |
23 |
29 |
24 |
ISHIKAWA |
17 |
24 |
21 |
18 |
22 |
FUKUI |
5 |
28 |
32 |
41 |
24 |
YAMANASHI |
36 |
38 |
41 |
42 |
51 |
NAGANO |
14 |
13 |
13 |
29 |
37 |
GIFU |
47 |
74 |
67 |
59 |
86 |
SHIZUOKA |
240 |
297 |
315 |
370 |
465 |
AICHI |
747 |
929 |
851 |
1023 |
2121 |
MIE |
55 |
61 |
68 |
60 |
46 |
SHIGA |
14 |
18 |
20 |
32 |
57 |
KYOTO |
295 |
353 |
401 |
407 |
660 |
OSAKA |
3338 |
4302 |
4333 |
4911 |
7757 |
HYOGO |
419 |
533 |
575 |
627 |
947 |
NARA |
11 |
14 |
19 |
22 |
14 |
WAKAYAMA |
29 |
56 |
74 |
70 |
90 |
TOTTORI |
1 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
13 |
SHIMANE |
1 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
OKAYAMA |
57 |
75 |
67 |
85 |
65 |
HIROSHIMA |
106 |
154 |
138 |
153 |
231 |
YAMAGUCHI |
9 |
11 |
21 |
23 |
33 |
TOKUSHIMA |
4 |
8 |
13 |
33 |
14 |
KAGAWA |
28 |
27 |
24 |
34 |
46 |
EHIME |
37 |
38 |
40 |
25 |
85 |
KOCHI |
5 |
14 |
24 |
23 |
23 |
FUKUOKA |
614 |
1237 |
1082 |
1177 |
1187 |
SAGA |
38 |
39 |
43 |
41 |
41 |
NAGASAKI |
15 |
13 |
11 |
30 |
41 |
KUMAMOTO |
76 |
73 |
111 |
110 |
124 |
OITA |
32 |
38 |
35 |
45 |
39 |
MIYAZAKI |
40 |
31 |
27 |
35 |
22 |
KAGOSHIMA |
43 |
57 |
59 |
62 |
80 |
OKINAWA |
152 |
189 |
200 |
167 |
158 |
TOTAL |
13124 |
15759 |
16018 |
18564 |
25,296 |
|
According to government reserch
on homeless people,
the number has increased to 25,296.
More than 40 % of them were on the regular payroll
before they started to live in parks or streets.
These facts were indicative of the severity
of the Japanese recession.
Male/20,661people (81.7%)
Female/ 749 people (3%)
(the rest of them were unidentified)
Their average age is 55.9 years old
More than 80 % of them are over 50 years old.
Nagoya |
'97 |
'98 |
'99 |
'00 |
'01 |
'02 |
'03 |
645 |
758 |
1,029 |
1,204 |
1,318 |
1,738 |
1,788 |
|