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Heading Home Ramsey Leadership and Community,
One of the roles of the Continuum of Care is to continually track and measure our work to understand the crisis of homelessness in our community and improve our efforts to ensure it is rare, brief, and non-recurring. One way in which we analyze our emergency shelter utilization is to determine how many people are seeking emergency shelter for the first time, at least in several months.
Over the last six months of 2022, one third of all emergency shelter entrants had not stayed in a Ramsey County shelter in the previous 90 days. This is an important measurement because it illustrates how many new people are experiencing homelessness every month, but also because these individuals could potentially be diverted away from needing emergency shelter through other interventions. This type of prevention work is a priority of our CoC.
We will continue to look for additional information and context to share in this regular weekly shelter utilization report.
Average per night Monday to Sunday evenings
Population Served / Project
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Average Persons
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Bed Capacity
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Utilization Rate
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FAMILY
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190.1
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209
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91%
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Catholic Charities Family Service Center
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52.4
|
65
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81%
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Interfaith Action Project Home
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103.0
|
100
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103%
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Lighthouse Way Edgemont
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4.0
|
4
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100%
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Lighthouse Way Emerald Inn Family
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30.7
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40
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77%
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MEN
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301.6
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305
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99%
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Catholic Charities Higher Ground Men's
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173.9
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172
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101%
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Lighthouse Way White Bear
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4.0
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4
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100%
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Model Cities Safe Space Men
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48.3
|
49
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99%
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Union Gospel Mission Congregate Cots
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51.0
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52
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98%
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Union Gospel Mission Dorm 1
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24.4
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28
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87%
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WOMEN
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111.9
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106
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106%
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Catholic Charities Higher Ground Women's
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61.6
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60
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103%
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Lighthouse Way Emerald Inn Women
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11.7
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10
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117%
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Lighthouse Way Rowhouse
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23.6
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21
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112%
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Model Cities Safe Space Women
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15.0
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15
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100%
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YOUTH
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15.7
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23
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68%
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LSS Metro Youth Safe House (1)
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5.0
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6
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83%
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Salvation Army Booth Brown House (2)
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10.7
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17
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63%
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TOTAL
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619.3
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643
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96%
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* Family shelter rooms may be fully in use even if not at maximum bed capacity. In those cases, the utilization rate will not be 100%.
1. LSS Metro Youth Safe House serves youth ages 16-20.
2. Salvation Army Booth Brown House serves youth ages 18-21.
Average per night Monday to Sunday evenings
Population Served / Project
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Average Persons
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Bed Capacity
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Utilization Rate
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MEN
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55.3
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74
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75%
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Union Gospel Mission Dorm 2 Pay for Stay
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24.4
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34
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72%
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Union Gospel Mission Dorm 3 Pay for Stay
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30.9
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40
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77%
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MIXED SINGLE ADULTS
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32.4
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42
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77%
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Catholic Charities Higher Ground Focus Forward
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25.7
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32
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80%
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Catholic Charities Higher Ground Medical Respite
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6.7
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10
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67%
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YOUTH
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8.6
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18
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48%
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180 Degrees Brittany's Place (1)
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4.6
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8
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57%
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Ain Dah Yung (2)
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4.0
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10
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40%
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TOTAL
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96.3
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134
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72%
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* These are other emergency shelter programs that serve a specific population or are otherwise not available on a "first come, first served" basis.
1. 180 Degrees Brittany's Place is a safe harbor/shelter program that welcomes female-identifying youth between the ages of 10-19 who are sexually exploited, trafficked or high risk, as well as experiencing homelessness.
2. Ain Dah Yung serves youth of all genders ages 5-17.
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Age group
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Family
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Single Adult
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Youth
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Total
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Under 18
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66%
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4%
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41%
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26%
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18 to 24
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3%
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2%
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59%
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5%
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25 to 39
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21%
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32%
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0%
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27%
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40 to 59
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10%
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45%
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0%
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32%
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60 and older
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1%
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16%
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0%
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10%
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Unduplicated Count by Race/Ethnicity
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Race
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Emergency
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Program
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Total
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American Indian
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5%
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10%
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5%
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Asian/ Pacific Islander
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7%
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2%
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7%
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Black/African American
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44%
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37%
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44%
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Multiracial
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13%
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6%
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13%
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White
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28%
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43%
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29%
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Unknown
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3%
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2%
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3%
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Latino/a (any race)
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9%
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12%
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9%
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The city of Saint Paul created the Homeless Assistance Response Team (HART) in late 2021 to address an unprecedented rise in homeless encampments amid a regional crisis in affordable housing. Anchored in the Department of Safety and Inspections, HART works across departments, service providers and government jurisdictions to integrate services and connect directly with our community's most vulnerable residents, one person at a time. |
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City
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Unsheltered individuals
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Arden Hills
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Falcon Heights
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|
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Gem Lake
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|
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Lauderdale
|
|
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Little Canada
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|
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Maplewood
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|
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Mounds View
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0
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New Brighton
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2
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North Oaks
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|
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North St.Paul
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|
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Roseville
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|
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Saint Anthony
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|
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Shoreview
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|
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Spring Lake Park
|
|
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Vadnais Heights
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|
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White Bear Lake
|
|
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White Bear Township
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0
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