Weight Pre-pregnancy
Pre-pregnancy Weight Status in Women Participating in Minnesota WIC
Delivering During Calendar Year 2012 by City of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB
CITY OF
RESIDENCE 1
MINNESOTA
Total 2
Under
weight 3
Normal 4
Overweight 5
25,727
878 (3.4%)
9,876 (38.4%)
7,226 (28.1%)
Obese 6
Very Obese7
4,108 (16.0%) 3,639 (14.1%)
AITKIN-ITASCAKOOCHICHING
GRAND RAPIDS
117
1 (<1)
41 (35.0%)
28 (23.9%)
18 (15.4%)
29 (24.8%)
ANOKA
ANDOVER/
RAMSEY
112
4 (3.6%)
44 (39.3%)
33 (29.5%)
14 (12.5%)
17 (15.2%)
ANOKA
ANOKA
111
1 (<1)
47 (42.3%)
29 (26.1%)
21 (18.9%)
13 (11.7%)
ANOKA
BETHEL/ EAST
BETHEL/ HAM
LAKE/ ST.
FRANCIS
87
5 (5.7%)
43 (49.4%)
21 (24.1%)
10 (11.5%)
8 (9.2%)
ANOKA
BLAINE
190
9 (4.7%)
81 (42.6%)
47 (24.7%)
32 (16.8%)
21 (11.1%)
ANOKA
CENTERVILLE/
CIRCLE PINES/
LINO LAKES/
SPRING LAKE PK
71
1 (1.4%)
29 (40.8%)
21 (29.6%)
11 (15.5%)
9 (12.7%)
ANOKA
COLUMBIA
HEIGHTS
124
3 (2.4%)
36 (29.0%)
40 (32.3%)
30 (24.2%)
15 (12.1%)
ANOKA
COON RAPIDS
268
10 (3.7%)
105 (39.2%)
92 (34.3%)
29 (10.8%)
32 (11.9%)
ANOKA
FRIDLEY
161
5 (3.1%)
63 (39.1%)
54 (33.5%)
17 (10.6%)
22 (13.7%)
BECKER
DETROIT LAKES
92
10 (10.9%)
36 (39.1%)
22 (23.9%)
12 (13.0%)
12 (13.0%)
BLOOMINGTON
BLOOMINGTON
320
14 (4.4%)
123 (38.4%)
106 (33.1%)
36 (11.2%)
41 (12.8%)
BLUE EARTH
MANKATO
204
12 (5.9%)
84 (41.2%)
48 (23.5%)
37 (18.1%)
23 (11.3%)
CARLTONCOOK-LAKE-ST.
LOUIS
AURORA/
BIWABIK/ BUHL/
CHISHOLM/ ELY/
EMBARRASS/
EVELETH/
GILBERT/
HIBBING/ MT
IRON/ VIRGINIA
302
15 (5.0%)
111 (36.8%)
76 (25.2%)
51 (16.9%)
49 (16.2%)
CARLTONCOOK-LAKE-ST.
LOUIS
CLOQUET
112
3 (2.7%)
51 (45.5%)
27 (24.1%)
17 (15.2%)
14 (12.5%)
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Weight Pre-pregnancy
Pre-pregnancy Weight Status in Women Participating in Minnesota WIC
Delivering During Calendar Year 2012 by City of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB
Total 2
Under
weight 3
Normal 4
Overweight 5
25,727
878 (3.4%)
9,876 (38.4%)
7,226 (28.1%)
DULUTH
446
14 (3.1%)
199 (44.6%)
103 (23.1%)
78 (17.5%)
52 (11.7%)
HIBBING
115
7 (6.1%)
37 (32.2%)
31 (27.0%)
17 (14.8%)
23 (20.0%)
79
4 (5.1%)
28 (35.4%)
19 (24.1%)
17 (21.5%)
11 (13.9%)
CITY OF
RESIDENCE 1
MINNESOTA
CARLTONCOOK-LAKE-ST.
LOUIS
CARLTONCOOK-LAKE-ST.
LOUIS
Obese 6
Very Obese7
4,108 (16.0%) 3,639 (14.1%)
CARVER
CARVER/
CHANHASSEN/
CHASKA
CLAY-WILKIN
MOORHEAD
205
4 (2.0%)
73 (35.6%)
56 (27.3%)
38 (18.5%)
34 (16.6%)
CROW WING
BRAINERD
232
14 (6.0%)
92 (39.7%)
47 (20.3%)
42 (18.1%)
37 (15.9%)
DAKOTA
APPLE VALLEY
189
7 (3.7%)
82 (43.4%)
52 (27.5%)
26 (13.8%)
22 (11.6%)
DAKOTA
BURNSVILLE
360
5 (1.4%)
140 (38.9%)
101 (28.1%)
75 (20.8%)
39 (10.8%)
DAKOTA
EAGAN
165
9 (5.5%)
71 (43.0%)
42 (25.5%)
18 (10.9%)
25 (15.2%)
DAKOTA
FARMINGTON
81
4 (4.9%)
34 (42.0%)
23 (28.4%)
10 (12.3%)
10 (12.3%)
DAKOTA
HASTINGS
79
6 (7.6%)
27 (34.2%)
20 (25.3%)
9 (11.4%)
17 (21.5%)
DAKOTA
INVER GROVE
HEIGHTS/
ROSEMOUNT
217
2 (<1)
61 (28.1%)
86 (39.6%)
32 (14.7%)
36 (16.6%)
DAKOTA
LAKEVILLE
84
2 (2.4%)
41 (48.8%)
27 (32.1%)
6 (7.1%)
8 (9.5%)
DAKOTA
SOUTH ST. PAUL
112
4 (3.6%)
41 (36.6%)
24 (21.4%)
20 (17.9%)
23 (20.5%)
DAKOTA
WEST ST. PAUL
138
1 (<1)
48 (34.8%)
47 (34.1%)
29 (21.0%)
13 (9.4%)
EDINA
EDINA
46
1 (2.2%)
22 (47.8%)
14 (30.4%)
3 (6.5%)
6 (13.0%)
FREEBORN
ALBERT LEA
178
9 (5.1%)
43 (24.2%)
45 (25.3%)
35 (19.7%)
46 (25.8%)
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Weight Pre-pregnancy
Pre-pregnancy Weight Status in Women Participating in Minnesota WIC
Delivering During Calendar Year 2012 by City of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB
CITY OF
RESIDENCE 1
MINNESOTA
Total 2
Under
weight 3
Normal 4
Overweight 5
25,727
878 (3.4%)
9,876 (38.4%)
7,226 (28.1%)
Obese 6
Very Obese7
4,108 (16.0%) 3,639 (14.1%)
GOODHUE
RED WING
79
2 (2.5%)
28 (35.4%)
24 (30.4%)
11 (13.9%)
14 (17.7%)
HENNEPIN
BROOKLYN
CENTER
390
12 (3.1%)
155 (39.7%)
121 (31.0%)
57 (14.6%)
45 (11.5%)
HENNEPIN
BROOKLYN PARK
698
20 (2.9%)
291 (41.7%)
200 (28.7%)
110 (15.8%)
77 (11.0%)
HENNEPIN
CHAMPLIN/
MAPLE GROVE/
OSSEO
155
5 (3.2%)
67 (43.2%)
44 (28.4%)
22 (14.2%)
17 (11.0%)
HENNEPIN
CRYSTAL
105
3 (2.9%)
34 (32.4%)
37 (35.2%)
15 (14.3%)
16 (15.2%)
HENNEPIN
EDEN PRAIRIE
121
1 (<1)
47 (38.8%)
41 (33.9%)
21 (17.4%)
11 (9.1%)
HENNEPIN
EXCELSIOR/
MINNETONKA/
MAPLE PLAIN/
MOUND
65
2 (3.1%)
26 (40.0%)
23 (35.4%)
7 (10.8%)
7 (10.8%)
HENNEPIN
GOLDEN VALLEY/
ROBBINSDALE
90
7 (7.8%)
31 (34.4%)
26 (28.9%)
16 (17.8%)
10 (11.1%)
HENNEPIN
HOPKINS
139
3 (2.2%)
51 (36.7%)
39 (28.1%)
29 (20.9%)
17 (12.2%)
HENNEPIN
MINNEAPOLIS
2,692
85 (3.2%)
953 (35.4%)
850 (31.6%)
449 (16.7%)
355 (13.2%)
HENNEPIN
NEW HOPE
115
5 (4.3%)
47 (40.9%)
27 (23.5%)
20 (17.4%)
16 (13.9%)
HENNEPIN
PLYMOUTH
113
1 (<1)
46 (40.7%)
34 (30.1%)
22 (19.5%)
10 (8.8%)
HENNEPIN
ST. LOUIS PARK
122
5 (4.1%)
47 (38.5%)
36 (29.5%)
22 (18.0%)
12 (9.8%)
HORIZON
ALEXANDRIA
116
6 (5.2%)
44 (37.9%)
22 (19.0%)
22 (19.0%)
22 (19.0%)
ISANTI-MILLE
LACS C0.
CAMBRIDGE
88
4 (4.5%)
41 (46.6%)
17 (19.3%)
11 (12.5%)
15 (17.0%)
KANDIYOHIRENVILLE
WILLMAR
215
10 (4.7%)
69 (32.1%)
65 (30.2%)
42 (19.5%)
29 (13.5%)
MEEKERMCLEOD-SIBLEY
HUTCHINSON
89
2 (2.2%)
33 (37.1%)
20 (22.5%)
16 (18.0%)
18 (20.2%)
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Weight Pre-pregnancy
Pre-pregnancy Weight Status in Women Participating in Minnesota WIC
Delivering During Calendar Year 2012 by City of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB
CITY OF
RESIDENCE 1
MINNESOTA
Total 2
Under
weight 3
Normal 4
Overweight 5
25,727
878 (3.4%)
9,876 (38.4%)
7,226 (28.1%)
93
1 (1.1%)
27 (29.0%)
21 (22.6%)
15 (16.1%)
29 (31.2%)
Obese 6
Very Obese7
4,108 (16.0%) 3,639 (14.1%)
MORRISONTODD-WADENA
LITTLE FALLS
MOWER
AUSTIN
243
19 (7.8%)
83 (34.2%)
62 (25.5%)
46 (18.9%)
33 (13.6%)
NOBLES
WORTHINGTON
177
4 (2.3%)
58 (32.8%)
63 (35.6%)
32 (18.1%)
20 (11.3%)
NORTH
COUNTRY
BEMIDJI
232
8 (3.4%)
95 (40.9%)
52 (22.4%)
32 (13.8%)
45 (19.4%)
OLMSTED
ROCHESTER
627
18 (2.9%)
245 (39.1%)
183 (29.2%)
94 (15.0%)
87 (13.9%)
OTTER TAIL
FERGUS FALLS
127
2 (1.6%)
50 (39.4%)
29 (22.8%)
16 (12.6%)
30 (23.6%)
QUIN
THIEF RIVER
FALLS
90
4 (4.4%)
36 (40.0%)
24 (26.7%)
10 (11.1%)
16 (17.8%)
RAMSEY
ARDEN HILLS/
SHOREVIEW/
VADNAIS
HEIGHTS
83
1 (1.2%)
32 (38.6%)
24 (28.9%)
15 (18.1%)
11 (13.3%)
RAMSEY
LITTLE CANADA/
NORTH ST. PAUL
117
4 (3.4%)
48 (41.0%)
33 (28.2%)
21 (17.9%)
11 (9.4%)
RAMSEY
MAPLEWOOD
237
10 (4.2%)
86 (36.3%)
81 (34.2%)
39 (16.5%)
21 (8.9%)
RAMSEY
MOUNDS VIEW
92
5 (5.4%)
35 (38.0%)
26 (28.3%)
13 (14.1%)
13 (14.1%)
RAMSEY
NEW BRIGHTON
110
4 (3.6%)
41 (37.3%)
37 (33.6%)
18 (16.4%)
10 (9.1%)
RAMSEY
ROSEVILLE
111
2 (1.8%)
53 (47.7%)
31 (27.9%)
16 (14.4%)
9 (8.1%)
RAMSEY
ST. PAUL
3,094
116 (3.7%)
1,253 (40.5%)
882 (28.5%)
480 (15.5%)
363 (11.7%)
RAMSEY
WHITE BEAR
LAKE
92
1 (1.1%)
37 (40.2%)
28 (30.4%)
15 (16.3%)
11 (12.0%)
RICE
FARIBAULT
241
6 (2.5%)
89 (36.9%)
71 (29.5%)
47 (19.5%)
28 (11.6%)
RICE
NORTHFIELD
92
2 (2.2%)
31 (33.7%)
26 (28.3%)
18 (19.6%)
15 (16.3%)
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Weight Pre-pregnancy
Pre-pregnancy Weight Status in Women Participating in Minnesota WIC
Delivering During Calendar Year 2012 by City of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB
CITY OF
RESIDENCE 1
MINNESOTA
Total 2
Under
weight 3
Normal 4
Overweight 5
25,727
878 (3.4%)
9,876 (38.4%)
7,226 (28.1%)
Obese 6
Very Obese7
4,108 (16.0%) 3,639 (14.1%)
RICHFIELD
RICHFIELD
229
7 (3.1%)
92 (40.2%)
74 (32.3%)
31 (13.5%)
25 (10.9%)
SCOTT
PRIOR LAKE/
SAVAGE
117
7 (6.0%)
47 (40.2%)
37 (31.6%)
14 (12.0%)
12 (10.3%)
SCOTT
SHAKOPEE
220
6 (2.7%)
83 (37.7%)
65 (29.5%)
39 (17.7%)
27 (12.3%)
SHERBURNE
BIG LAKE/
CLEAR LAKE/
BECKER
104
7 (6.7%)
46 (44.2%)
29 (27.9%)
10 (9.6%)
12 (11.5%)
SHERBURNE
ELK RIVER/
ZIMMERMAN
140
6 (4.3%)
65 (46.4%)
37 (26.4%)
14 (10.0%)
18 (12.9%)
STEARNS
ST. CLOUD
453
19 (4.2%)
188 (41.5%)
127 (28.0%)
84 (18.5%)
35 (7.7%)
STEARNS
ST. JOSEPH/
WAITE PARK
91
2 (2.2%)
37 (40.7%)
23 (25.3%)
10 (11.0%)
19 (20.9%)
STEARNS
SARTELL/
SAUK RAPIDS/
SAUK CENTER
155
3 (1.9%)
65 (41.9%)
36 (23.2%)
29 (18.7%)
22 (14.2%)
STEELE
OWATONNA
166
9 (5.4%)
64 (38.6%)
44 (26.5%)
23 (13.9%)
26 (15.7%)
SOUTHWEST
MARSHALL
127
3 (2.4%)
54 (42.5%)
32 (25.2%)
17 (13.4%)
21 (16.5%)
WASHINGTON
COTTAGE
GROVE/
ST. PAUL PARK
151
4 (2.6%)
62 (41.1%)
44 (29.1%)
27 (17.9%)
14 (9.3%)
WASHINGTON
FOREST LAKE/
HUGO
98
5 (5.1%)
33 (33.7%)
22 (22.4%)
26 (26.5%)
12 (12.2%)
WASHINGTON
LAKE ELMO/
MAHTOMEDI/
STILLWATER
86
9 (10.5%)
30 (34.9%)
24 (27.9%)
12 (14.0%)
11 (12.8%)
WASHINGTON
OAKDALE
132
4 (3.0%)
59 (44.7%)
39 (29.5%)
17 (12.9%)
13 (9.8%)
WASHINGTON
NEWPORT/
WOODBURY
143
7 (4.9%)
39 (27.3%)
54 (37.8%)
21 (14.7%)
22 (15.4%)
WINONA
WINONA
112
7 (6.2%)
42 (37.5%)
25 (22.3%)
20 (17.9%)
18 (16.1%)
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Weight Pre-pregnancy
Pre-pregnancy Weight Status in Women Participating in Minnesota WIC
Delivering During Calendar Year 2012 by City of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB
CITY OF
RESIDENCE 1
MINNESOTA
Total 2
Under
weight 3
Normal 4
Overweight 5
25,727
878 (3.4%)
9,876 (38.4%)
7,226 (28.1%)
Obese 6
Very Obese7
4,108 (16.0%) 3,639 (14.1%)
WRIGHT
BUFFALO/ ST.
MICHAEL
111
1 (<1)
47 (42.3%)
28 (25.2%)
15 (13.5%)
20 (18.0%)
WRIGHT
MONTICELLO/
OTSEGO
108
5 (4.6%)
49 (45.4%)
22 (20.4%)
13 (12.0%)
19 (17.6%)
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 in Women Participating in Minnesota WIC
Delivering During Calendar Year 2012 by City of Residence. Minnesota WIC Program: 2014.
For more information contact: Minnesota WIC Program 1 (800) 657-3942
1
City where the participant lived in July 2014. Cities and close city groups with 100 or more births during 2012 were chosen for this
list, with the addition of Edina.
2
Total number of women who delivered during the calendar year with valid pre-pregnancy weight status information
3
Underweight is BMI<18.5
4
Normal weight 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
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