Fewer people were experiencing homelessness in Sonoma County on the January morning of the annual Point-in-Time Count than the previous count, but there were more families recorded in the survey than last year. The unsheltered number represents anyone not staying in a formal shelter, including those staying in vehicles, abandoned buildings, tents or other places not meant for permanent human habitation. There was significant progress made in reducing the number of veterans experiencing homelessness, with 39% fewer recorded. But there were greater numbers of people experiencing chronic homelessness and more families recorded in the count than in 2024. A graphic contained in the “Sonoma County 2025 Homelessness Point-in-Time Count and Report” charts the change in the county’s homeless population since 2017.