2011
Pre-pregnancy Weight Status of Women Participating in Minnesota WIC
Delivering During Calendar Year 2011 by County of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
COUNTY OF
RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
Underweight 3
Normal 4
Overweight 5
Obese 6
Very Obese7
25,084
744 (3.0%)
9,611 (38.3%)
6,982 (27.8%)
4,140 (16.5%)
3,607 (14.4%)
AITKIN
59
1 (1.7%)
24 (40.7%)
18 (30.5%)
10 (16.9%)
6 (10.2%)
ANOKA
1,246
42 (3.4%)
495 (39.7%)
344 (27.6%)
190 (15.2%)
175 (14.0%)
BECKER
226
7 (3.1%)
90 (39.8%)
50 (22.1%)
39 (17.3%)
40 (17.7%)
BELTRAMI
466
16 (3.4%)
165 (35.4%)
119 (25.5%)
78 (16.7%)
88 (18.9%)
BENTON
175
4 (2.3%)
57 (32.6%)
54 (30.9%)
23 (13.1%)
37 (21.1%)
39
1 (2.6%)
14 (35.9%)
13 (33.3%)
5 (12.8%)
6 (15.4%)
BLUE EARTH
234
8 (3.4%)
103 (44.0%)
47 (20.1%)
35 (15.0%)
41 (17.5%)
BROWN
115
4 (3.5%)
46 (40.0%)
29 (25.2%)
16 (13.9%)
20 (17.4%)
CARLTON
177
5 (2.8%)
64 (36.2%)
49 (27.7%)
40 (22.6%)
19 (10.7%)
CARVER
153
5 (3.3%)
68 (44.4%)
41 (26.8%)
24 (15.7%)
15 (9.8%)
CASS
221
7 (3.2%)
92 (41.6%)
62 (28.1%)
26 (11.8%)
34 (15.4%)
74
3 (4.1%)
22 (29.7%)
20 (27.0%)
15 (20.3%)
14 (18.9%)
CHISAGO
163
7 (4.3%)
46 (28.2%)
48 (29.4%)
24 (14.7%)
38 (23.3%)
CLAY
301
9 (3.0%)
110 (36.5%)
81 (26.9%)
57 (18.9%)
44 (14.6%)
CLEARWATER
56
1 (1.8%)
19 (33.9%)
16 (28.6%)
11 (19.6%)
9 (16.1%)
COOK
34
1 (2.9%)
12 (35.3%)
9 (26.5%)
5 (14.7%)
7 (20.6%)
COTTONWOOD
90
4 (4.4%)
37 (41.1%)
27 (30.0%)
11 (12.2%)
11 (12.2%)
368
14 (3.8%)
137 (37.2%)
84 (22.8%)
75 (20.4%)
58 (15.8%)
1,409
39 (2.8%)
535 (38.0%)
394 (28.0%)
252 (17.9%)
189 (13.4%)
DODGE
100
4 (4.0%)
37 (37.0%)
28 (28.0%)
17 (17.0%)
14 (14.0%)
DOUGLAS
155
1 (<1)
64 (41.3%)
35 (22.6%)
33 (21.3%)
22 (14.2%)
FARIBAULT
66
1 (1.5%)
21 (31.8%)
20 (30.3%)
9 (13.6%)
15 (22.7%)
FILLMORE
77
5 (6.5%)
23 (29.9%)
19 (24.7%)
21 (27.3%)
9 (11.7%)
FREEBORN
219
10 (4.6%)
91 (41.6%)
49 (22.4%)
33 (15.1%)
36 (16.4%)
GOODHUE
183
2 (1.1%)
59 (32.2%)
54 (29.5%)
28 (15.3%)
40 (21.9%)
MINNESOTA
BIG STONE
CHIPPEWA
CROW WING
DAKOTA
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
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August 2014
2011
Pre-pregnancy Weight Status of Women Participating in Minnesota WIC
Delivering During Calendar Year 2011 by County of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
COUNTY OF
RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
Underweight 3
Normal 4
Overweight 5
Obese 6
Very Obese7
25,084
744 (3.0%)
9,611 (38.3%)
6,982 (27.8%)
4,140 (16.5%)
3,607 (14.4%)
40
0
18 (45.0%)
10 (25.0%)
3 (7.5%)
9 (22.5%)
HENNEPIN
5,257
150 (2.9%)
2,046 (38.9%)
1,536 (29.2%)
864 (16.4%)
661 (12.6%)
HOUSTON
57
5 (8.8%)
15 (26.3%)
21 (36.8%)
9 (15.8%)
7 (12.3%)
HUBBARD
101
6 (5.9%)
35 (34.7%)
28 (27.7%)
11 (10.9%)
21 (20.8%)
ISANTI
202
9 (4.5%)
93 (46.0%)
54 (26.7%)
19 (9.4%)
27 (13.4%)
ITASCA
233
5 (2.1%)
70 (30.0%)
72 (30.9%)
39 (16.7%)
47 (20.2%)
JACKSON
43
0
18 (41.9%)
5 (11.6%)
11 (25.6%)
9 (20.9%)
KANABEC
57
0
26 (45.6%)
18 (31.6%)
7 (12.3%)
6 (10.5%)
303
7 (2.3%)
98 (32.3%)
85 (28.1%)
58 (19.1%)
55 (18.2%)
KITTSON
24
1 (****)
7 (****)
10 (****)
2 (****)
4 (****)
KOOCHICHING
57
1 (1.8%)
18 (31.6%)
11 (19.3%)
12 (21.1%)
15 (26.3%)
LAC QUI PARLE
26
2 (****)
8 (****)
9 (****)
0
7 (****)
LAKE
44
0
21 (47.7%)
7 (15.9%)
10 (22.7%)
6 (13.6%)
LAKE OF THE
WOODS
18
1 (****)
4 (****)
6 (****)
5 (****)
2 (****)
LE SUEUR
145
5 (3.4%)
44 (30.3%)
46 (31.7%)
23 (15.9%)
27 (18.6%)
LINCOLN
22
0
13 (****)
6 (****)
2 (****)
1 (****)
175
7 (4.0%)
60 (34.3%)
50 (28.6%)
25 (14.3%)
33 (18.9%)
MAHNOMEN
72
1 (1.4%)
25 (34.7%)
15 (20.8%)
14 (19.4%)
17 (23.6%)
MARSHALL
41
2 (4.9%)
17 (41.5%)
12 (29.3%)
6 (14.6%)
4 (9.8%)
MARTIN
112
3 (2.7%)
40 (35.7%)
33 (29.5%)
14 (12.5%)
22 (19.6%)
MCLEOD
159
5 (3.1%)
47 (29.6%)
47 (29.6%)
26 (16.4%)
34 (21.4%)
MEEKER
142
4 (2.8%)
59 (41.5%)
26 (18.3%)
24 (16.9%)
29 (20.4%)
MILLE LACS CO
158
3 (1.9%)
52 (32.9%)
46 (29.1%)
25 (15.8%)
32 (20.3%)
MORRISON
166
2 (1.2%)
60 (36.1%)
41 (24.7%)
29 (17.5%)
34 (20.5%)
MINNESOTA
GRANT
KANDIYOHI
LYON
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
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August 2014
2011
Pre-pregnancy Weight Status of Women Participating in Minnesota WIC
Delivering During Calendar Year 2011 by County of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
COUNTY OF
RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
Underweight 3
Normal 4
Overweight 5
Obese 6
Very Obese7
25,084
744 (3.0%)
9,611 (38.3%)
6,982 (27.8%)
4,140 (16.5%)
3,607 (14.4%)
MOWER
252
8 (3.2%)
111 (44.0%)
75 (29.8%)
33 (13.1%)
25 (9.9%)
MURRAY
34
1 (2.9%)
14 (41.2%)
10 (29.4%)
4 (11.8%)
5 (14.7%)
NICOLLET
127
4 (3.1%)
57 (44.9%)
29 (22.8%)
19 (15.0%)
18 (14.2%)
NOBLES
194
7 (3.6%)
56 (28.9%)
74 (38.1%)
35 (18.0%)
22 (11.3%)
NORMAN
33
1 (3.0%)
10 (30.3%)
2 (6.1%)
10 (30.3%)
10 (30.3%)
OLMSTED
707
23 (3.3%)
279 (39.5%)
181 (25.6%)
127 (18.0%)
97 (13.7%)
OTTER TAIL
261
8 (3.1%)
90 (34.5%)
78 (29.9%)
41 (15.7%)
44 (16.9%)
PENNINGTON
102
3 (2.9%)
36 (35.3%)
36 (35.3%)
8 (7.8%)
19 (18.6%)
PINE
145
3 (2.1%)
55 (37.9%)
31 (21.4%)
22 (15.2%)
34 (23.4%)
51
2 (3.9%)
20 (39.2%)
12 (23.5%)
7 (13.7%)
10 (19.6%)
POLK
177
5 (2.8%)
60 (33.9%)
51 (28.8%)
28 (15.8%)
33 (18.6%)
POPE
66
1 (1.5%)
26 (39.4%)
13 (19.7%)
12 (18.2%)
14 (21.2%)
3,713
103 (2.8%)
1,493 (40.2%)
1,072 (28.9%)
609 (16.4%)
436 (11.7%)
RED LAKE
21
1 (****)
4 (****)
13 (****)
1 (****)
2 (****)
REDWOOD
94
4 (4.3%)
25 (26.6%)
27 (28.7%)
17 (18.1%)
21 (22.3%)
RENVILLE
113
4 (3.5%)
35 (31.0%)
30 (26.5%)
23 (20.4%)
21 (18.6%)
RICE
339
9 (2.7%)
114 (33.6%)
109 (32.2%)
63 (18.6%)
44 (13.0%)
ROCK
35
0
14 (40.0%)
8 (22.9%)
9 (25.7%)
4 (11.4%)
ROSEAU
99
2 (2.0%)
31 (31.3%)
32 (32.3%)
21 (21.2%)
13 (13.1%)
ST. LOUIS
812
33 (4.1%)
327 (40.3%)
215 (26.5%)
112 (13.8%)
125 (15.4%)
SCOTT
383
16 (4.2%)
145 (37.9%)
121 (31.6%)
63 (16.4%)
38 (9.9%)
SHERBURNE
336
7 (2.1%)
154 (45.8%)
73 (21.7%)
62 (18.5%)
40 (11.9%)
85
2 (2.4%)
30 (35.3%)
20 (23.5%)
20 (23.5%)
13 (15.3%)
STEARNS
624
16 (2.6%)
237 (38.0%)
196 (31.4%)
104 (16.7%)
71 (11.4%)
STEELE
222
3 (1.4%)
83 (37.4%)
61 (27.5%)
36 (16.2%)
39 (17.6%)
MINNESOTA
PIPESTONE
RAMSEY
SIBLEY
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
3
August 2014
2011
Pre-pregnancy Weight Status of Women Participating in Minnesota WIC
Delivering During Calendar Year 2011 by County of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
COUNTY OF
RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
Underweight 3
Normal 4
Overweight 5
Obese 6
Very Obese7
25,084
744 (3.0%)
9,611 (38.3%)
6,982 (27.8%)
4,140 (16.5%)
3,607 (14.4%)
STEVENS
48
4 (8.3%)
20 (41.7%)
11 (22.9%)
7 (14.6%)
6 (12.5%)
SWIFT
58
0
16 (27.6%)
17 (29.3%)
16 (27.6%)
9 (15.5%)
TODD
137
1 (<1)
36 (26.3%)
41 (29.9%)
28 (20.4%)
31 (22.6%)
TRAVERSE
20
0
9 (****)
9 (****)
1 (****)
1 (****)
WABASHA
81
2 (2.5%)
38 (46.9%)
15 (18.5%)
15 (18.5%)
11 (13.6%)
WADENA
80
0
32 (40.0%)
22 (27.5%)
15 (18.8%)
11 (13.8%)
WASECA
89
3 (3.4%)
32 (36.0%)
20 (22.5%)
12 (13.5%)
22 (24.7%)
WASHINGTON
643
22 (3.4%)
262 (40.7%)
166 (25.8%)
103 (16.0%)
90 (14.0%)
WATONWAN
91
2 (2.2%)
39 (42.9%)
18 (19.8%)
20 (22.0%)
12 (13.2%)
WILKIN
45
0
19 (42.2%)
7 (15.6%)
12 (26.7%)
7 (15.6%)
WINONA
190
4 (2.1%)
72 (37.9%)
50 (26.3%)
29 (15.3%)
35 (18.4%)
WRIGHT
443
20 (4.5%)
181 (40.9%)
114 (25.7%)
64 (14.4%)
64 (14.4%)
74
0
24 (32.4%)
19 (25.7%)
17 (23.0%)
14 (18.9%)
MINNESOTA
YELLOW
MEDICINE
Number of women in weight status group (percentage of total)
**** percentages suppressed for denominators <30
Suggested Citation: Minnesota WIC Information System. Pre-pregnancy Weight Status of Women Participating in Minnesota WIC
Delivering During Calendar Year 2011 by County of Residence. Minnesota WIC Program: 2014.
Note: In 2011, definitions of weight status for pregnant women changed: Underweight was BMI <19.8; Normal Weight was BMI >=
19.8 to <= 26.0; Overweight was BMI>26.0 to <=29.0 and Obese was BMI > 29.0. The 2011 data in this report have been classified
according to the newer schema identified in the footnotes.
For more information contact: Minnesota WIC Program 1 (800) 657-3942
1
County of Residence as of July 2014
Total number of women delivery during calendar year with valid pre-pregnancy weight status information
3
Underweight is BMI<18.5
4
Normal is BMI 18.5 to 24.9
5
Overweight is BMI 25.0 to 29.9
6
Obese is BMI 30.0 to 34.9
7
Very Obese is BMI > 35.0
2
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