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KEY FACTS
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- The average age of a homeless person in the U.S. is nine years old.
- Families with children are the fastest growing group of the homeless population.
- There are more homeless veterans today than U.S. soldiers who died in the Vietnam War.
- In Illinois, nearly 100,000 working families are living in poverty. One in four working families is classified as low-income.
- Nearly half of Illinois residents earn $25,000 a year or less.
- 75 percent of the city's working-poor families earned less than $13,000.
- In Chicago, 22% of homeless people are employed.
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