It's a tale of two states headed in opposite directions.
A report released today says on the north side of the Ohio homelessness is down significantly in Indiana - but, south of the river, Kentucky has seen the biggest jump in America.
Christina Pinkston is still high school - just sixteen years old - and homeless.
She and her mom have been at Evansville's Ozanam Family Shelter for three weeks now.
"We did live in a house. And, we were evicted because the utilities were shut off. So, we had to come here," she said.
New numbers from the National Alliance to End Homelessness say Indiana's homeless population dropped by two-thirds between 2005 and 2007.
Ozanam's director Regina Denu said Evansville has about 650 homeless people at any given time.
As far as where that number has gone recently...
"We have not seen a decrease in homelessness, not in this area," said Denu. "I know that we are always full. And, most of the other shelters are full."
It takes time to complete a study, and Denu said these stats may be way behind the times - especially considering the current state of the economy.
"I've seen a lot of people coming in who have never been homeless before simply because they have been laid off from their job, and they can't afford to keep things going."
"Where we might have one or two college-educated people in a year's time, right now there's five or six," said Jeff Harris, who runs the Boulware Mission in Owensboro. "Today, we're seeing the ones who have college degrees who hold good jobs. The job is gone."
Harris said Owensboro has about 460 homeless people.
According to the study, Kentucky's homeless population went up about 60-percent - the nation's biggest statewide spike.
That might seem like a huge problem, but Harris thinks better counting methods mean the numbers don't tell the whole story.
"By being better at tracking the folks that are homeless, we've brought that awareness up and said, 'Look, we're now able to see these people we weren't able to see in the past,'" he said."
Yet, both Harris and Denu agree homelessness is not about numbers but names and faces.
"A lot of people know exactly what everybody is going through in here," Pinkston said. "That's a good thing, because it brings everybody close, and they try to work together."
Pinkston said people have been getting a lot of good news at the shelter this week.
And, she's hopeful things will start looking up soon.
Owensboro Mayor Ron Payne discussed the city's homelessness issues at length in his State of the City speech last week.
And, Evansville is in the middle of a ten-year plan to end homelessness.