The overwhelming majority of these people were uprooted by hurricanes, floods, then fires and tornados. Nearly 40% percent returned to their homes within a week. Nearly 16% percent have not returned and 12% percent were evacuated for more than 6 months.
The Census Bureau estimate, almost 1.4 percent of the U.S. adult population, is higher than other estimates. Data from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, part of the humanitarian organization The Norwegian Refugee Council, previously estimated that disasters displaced an average of 800,000 U.S. residents a year from 2008 through 2021.“The United States is not in the least prepared for this,” Garrard said.
“These are all things that we take for granted in a modern society,” Gerrard added. “Its absence is deeply disruptive to physical and emotional health as well as to child development.” According to the data, adults who identify as LGBTQ were disproportionately affected — 4% of LGBTQIA+ adults had to leave their homes compared to 1.2% of straight, cisgender people.
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