Homelessness Reaches Record High in Bay Area County

The total number of people experiencing homelessness in Santa Clara County rose to more than 10,000.

Tents are set up along a pathway in the Jungle, a homeless encampment in San Jose, Calif., on March 11, 2014. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo

Santa Clara County’s total homeless population rose by 8.2 percent to a record high of 10,711 people, according to early results from the county’s latest point-in-time count.

The count used data taken in one night in January 2025, and it serves as the main data source to determine federal funding and homelessness estimates within the county.