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METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Data-log No. V. 1970 Housing Unit Estimate Page 3 Table 3 Community Housing Starts 1969 Community Location Starts % Multiple % l&2 Minneapolis Central City 2,934 95 5 0 Brooklyn Park Second Ring 2,108 90 10 0 St. Paul Central City 1.279 87 13 0 Burnsville Third Ring 1,134 61 39 0 Hopkins First Ring 1,004 97 3 0 Blaine Third Ring 954 26 16 58 New Brighton Second Ring 941 51 24 25 Roseville First Ring 859 80 20 0 New Hope Second Ring 819 74 26 0 % Mobile Home County Hennepin County continued to lead in new housing gains with 45 per cent of the Area's units. Suburban Hennepin gained 8,380 net units or 40 per cent of the Area's total gain. This growth was highest in the second and third ring suburbs. Dakota County (9.2 per cent) and suburban Ramsey County (7.6 per cent) showed the largest percentage gain over 1968. Burnsville, Eagan, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, and West St. Paul all contributed substantially to the continued growth of Dakota County. The leading communities in suburban Ramsey County were Little Canada, Maplewood, Mounds View, New Brighton', Roseville, and Vadnats Heights. Nearly 25 per cent of this growth in suburban Ramsey county is attributed to new mobile homes. Mobile Homes Total additional mobile homes located in mobile home parks rose from 398 in 1968 to 1,542 in 1969. An additional 222 new mobile homes not in parks raised the 1969 total to 1,764 or seven per cent of the new housing in the Area. In 1968 mobile homes comprised just tWo per cent of new Area housing. Although the seven per cent figure is far lower than the national average, it is the largest yearly increase in the Area since the collection of housing data was initiated on a regional basis in 1962. At present, 1.3 per cent of the Area's housing is in mobile homes. The communities with the highesi increase in new mobile homes are, for the most part, in the third and fourth ring of - suburbs..Table 4 gives the absolute totals and percentage incre'ase by county and selected communities. Area's population contains 18% of the Area's mobile homes and registered an increase of only seven units during the past year.