Short answer: 10,125

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The City of West Hollywood contracts with over 20 different non-profit agencies to provide social services. The City spends roughly $4.5 million a year on those services.

A recently published City report says that 10,125 clients received City-funded social services in the contract year ending September 2016. That’s a 9% increase over 2015, according to the report.

Notes: (1) We assume some people may be counted more than once in the total because they got services from more than one agency. Since they needed multiple services, we don’t consider it double-counting. (2) The City’s most recent social services report covers the period October 2015 to September 2016, which we have labeled “2016.” (3) We estimated the number for 2015 because the document with the actual number wasn’t immediately available. Source: City of West Hollywood, year-end social services reports; our analysis.

Clients by service category

The chart below shows the share of clients who received social services in each category. You can see the number of clients in each category by hovering over or touching that piece.

One-third of clients used HIV/AIDS services. Beyond that, 18% of clients got services for seniors and the disabled, 15% used City-funded health and mental health services, and 11% got help with food.

Note: The City’s level of funding for each category may not match the number of clients, given differences in the intensity and cost of different services. Sources: Same as above.

The mix of services delivered to clients changed between 2014 and 2016. The share of clients receiving HIV/AIDS services dropped from about half to a third. There were big increases in clients using nutrition, homeless, and youth services.

Note: We don’t have this data for 2015. Sources: Same as above.

Clients by age

The share of clients over the age of 60 jumped from 30% in 2014 to 39% in 2016. That age group makes up a smaller part of the city’s population (20%), according to estimates from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2011-2015). The number of youth clients also increased.

Sources: Same as above.

Clients by gender

According to the Census Bureau, 43% of the city’s population is female. The gender breakdown for social services moved closer to that number in 2016. In prior years, 25% to 29% of clients were female. Last year, the number rose to at least 35% and probably higher. Male clients continued to be the primary users of HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and homeless services.

Sources: Same as above.

The number of transgender clients has increased over the last three years. There were about 150 in 2014, roughly 180 in 2015, and over 230 in 2016.

Clients by language

Among West Hollywood’s social services clients, 17% speak Russian at home. For comparison, an estimated 10% of the city’s population aged five and over speaks Russian at home, according to the Census Bureau.

Sources: Same as above.

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Short answer: 10,125| The City of West Hollywood contracts with over 20 different non-profit agencies to provide social services. The City spends roughly $4.5 million a year on those services. A recently published City report says that 10,125 clients received City-funded social services in the contract year ending September 2016....