Another issue that I found rural homeless groups largely facing is shelter. For example, there are much fewer homeless shelters in the rural parts of Pennsylvania than there are in the city of Philadelphia, meaning that shelter is much harder to obtain for people experiencing homelessness in rural communities than in urban ones. Rural areas make up around 30% of Pennsylvania’s population; however, they do not have access to anywhere near 30% of the homeless shelters present throughout Pennsylvania. It is for this reason that rural areas in particular have a disproportionately large population of unsheltered homeless populations. As another example, the percent of people experiencing homelessness who are unsheltered in the entire state of Georgia (54%) is nearly twice that in the city of Atlanta (32%). This can be attributed to the lack of homeless shelters available within reach for the rural communities of the state. Due to a lack of organizational structure, the people experiencing homelessness without shelter in rural areas find it extremely difficult to have access to other support services, as well. The magnitude of the problems that rural homeless populations face is greater than that of people experiencing homelessness in cities. Therefore, while homeless populations are undoubtedly one of the most underserved groups in America, people experiencing rural homelessness, particularly those who are unsheltered, are especially underserved.