Editor’s note: In June, we asked readers to send in their most burning questions about homelessness. One of the top questions was: How many homeless people are from outside Portland and why did they come here? This story answers that question with the best data available at this time.

More than 14,000 people are homeless in Multnomah County, according to the county’s best available estimate . The count is shocking. And it has prompted many readers to write emails to The Oregonian/OregonLive with some version of the question: Where are they all from? And why have they come here?

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