Total 2012
Weight Status in Children Participating in Minnesota WIC Ages 2 to 5
by County of Residence, Calendar Year 2012
Minnesota WIC Information System
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE 1
MINNESOTA
Total
Underweight 3
Children2
Normal3
Overweight3
Obese3
11,224 (16.0%)
3,328 (4.7%)
Very Obese3
70,114
1,959 (2.8%)
48,025 (68.5%)
AITKIN
210
7 (3.3%)
147 (70.0%)
30 (14.3%)
13 (6.2%)
13 (6.2%)
ANOKA
2,976
92 (3.1%)
2,037 (68.4%)
502 (16.9%)
131 (4.4%)
214 (7.2%)
BECKER
698
14 (2.0%)
455 (65.2%)
126 (18.1%)
39 (5.6%)
64 (9.2%)
1,386
24 (1.7%)
769 (55.5%)
275 (19.8%)
99 (7.1%)
219 (15.8%)
446
22 (4.9%)
322 (72.2%)
58 (13.0%)
20 (4.5%)
24 (5.4%)
94
4 (4.3%)
60 (63.8%)
18 (19.1%)
3 (3.2%)
9 (9.6%)
BLUE EARTH
699
25 (3.6%)
495 (70.8%)
103 (14.7%)
29 (4.1%)
47 (6.7%)
BROWN
300
5 (1.7%)
195 (65.0%)
64 (21.3%)
13 (4.3%)
23 (7.7%)
CARLTON
572
12 (2.1%)
380 (66.4%)
95 (16.6%)
27 (4.7%)
58 (10.1%)
CARVER
422
4 (<1%)
314 (74.4%)
74 (17.5%)
10 (2.4%)
20 (4.7%)
CASS
626
13 (2.1%)
342 (54.6%)
122 (19.5%)
49 (7.8%)
100 (16.0%)
CHIPPEWA
201
11 (5.5%)
134 (66.7%)
33 (16.4%)
7 (3.5%)
16 (8.0%)
CHISAGO
453
14 (3.1%)
332 (73.3%)
60 (13.2%)
20 (4.4%)
27 (6.0%)
CLAY
830
16 (1.9%)
605 (72.9%)
133 (16.0%)
27 (3.3%)
49 (5.9%)
CLEARWATER
158
1 (<1%)
103 (65.2%)
24 (15.2%)
12 (7.6%)
18 (11.4%)
83
3 (3.6%)
55 (66.3%)
15 (18.1%)
5 (6.0%)
5 (6.0%)
COTTONWOOD
209
5 (2.4%)
147 (70.3%)
37 (17.7%)
10 (4.8%)
10 (4.8%)
CROW WING
967
31 (3.2%)
698 (72.2%)
140 (14.5%)
46 (4.8%)
52 (5.4%)
3,508
119 (3.4%)
2,474 (70.5%)
520 (14.8%)
144 (4.1%)
251 (7.2%)
DODGE
265
5 (1.9%)
175 (66.0%)
53 (20.0%)
14 (5.3%)
18 (6.8%)
DOUGLAS
477
14 (2.9%)
358 (75.1%)
61 (12.8%)
18 (3.8%)
26 (5.5%)
FARIBAULT
239
8 (3.3%)
160 (66.9%)
42 (17.6%)
17 (7.1%)
12 (5.0%)
FILLMORE
222
7 (3.2%)
164 (73.9%)
26 (11.7%)
12 (5.4%)
13 (5.9%)
FREEBORN
574
16 (2.8%)
401 (69.9%)
83 (14.5%)
32 (5.6%)
42 (7.3%)
GOODHUE
452
13 (2.9%)
303 (67.0%)
75 (16.6%)
19 (4.2%)
42 (9.3%)
95
2 (2.1%)
63 (66.3%)
21 (22.1%)
4 (4.2%)
5 (5.3%)
15,145
497 (3.3%)
10,440 (68.9%)
2,286 (15.1%)
683 (4.5%)
1,239 (8.2%)
BELTRAMI
BENTON
BIG STONE
COOK
DAKOTA
GRANT
HENNEPIN
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5,578 (8.0%)
March 2015
Total 2012
Weight Status in Children Participating in Minnesota WIC Ages 2 to 5
by County of Residence, Calendar Year 2012
Minnesota WIC Information System
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE 1
MINNESOTA
Total
Underweight 3
Children2
Normal3
Overweight3
Obese3
Very Obese3
70,114
1,959 (2.8%)
48,025 (68.5%)
11,224 (16.0%)
3,328 (4.7%)
5,578 (8.0%)
HOUSTON
141
2 (1.4%)
101 (71.6%)
20 (14.2%)
9 (6.4%)
9 (6.4%)
HUBBARD
373
7 (1.9%)
262 (70.2%)
50 (13.4%)
25 (6.7%)
29 (7.8%)
ISANTI
551
14 (2.5%)
398 (72.2%)
75 (13.6%)
29 (5.3%)
35 (6.4%)
ITASCA
595
16 (2.7%)
407 (68.4%)
88 (14.8%)
29 (4.9%)
55 (9.2%)
JACKSON
103
3 (2.9%)
70 (68.0%)
15 (14.6%)
8 (7.8%)
7 (6.8%)
KANABEC
248
5 (2.0%)
178 (71.8%)
39 (15.7%)
11 (4.4%)
15 (6.0%)
KANDIYOHI
843
21 (2.5%)
570 (67.6%)
149 (17.7%)
32 (3.8%)
71 (8.4%)
64
1 (1.6%)
48 (75.0%)
10 (15.6%)
1 (1.6%)
4 (6.2%)
KOOCHICHING
156
4 (2.6%)
102 (65.4%)
24 (15.4%)
11 (7.1%)
15 (9.6%)
LAC QUI PARLE
88
3 (3.4%)
67 (76.1%)
12 (13.6%)
2 (2.3%)
4 (4.5%)
139
5 (3.6%)
82 (59.0%)
29 (20.9%)
6 (4.3%)
17 (12.2%)
44
1 (2.3%)
25 (56.8%)
11 (25.0%)
0
7 (15.9%)
LE SUEUR
274
5 (1.8%)
191 (69.7%)
41 (15.0%)
10 (3.6%)
27 (9.9%)
LINCOLN
72
1 (1.4%)
49 (68.1%)
14 (19.4%)
3 (4.2%)
5 (6.9%)
LYON
516
9 (1.7%)
356 (69.0%)
84 (16.3%)
30 (5.8%)
37 (7.2%)
MAHNOMEN
261
4 (1.5%)
145 (55.6%)
54 (20.7%)
17 (6.5%)
41 (15.7%)
MARSHALL
135
3 (2.2%)
87 (64.4%)
23 (17.0%)
8 (5.9%)
14 (10.4%)
MARTIN
294
5 (1.7%)
194 (66.0%)
48 (16.3%)
21 (7.1%)
26 (8.8%)
MCLEOD
459
13 (2.8%)
293 (63.8%)
90 (19.6%)
19 (4.1%)
44 (9.6%)
MEEKER
338
6 (1.8%)
221 (65.4%)
78 (23.1%)
12 (3.6%)
21 (6.2%)
MILLE LACS CO
492
17 (3.5%)
340 (69.1%)
81 (16.5%)
22 (4.5%)
32 (6.5%)
MORRISON
540
16 (3.0%)
419 (77.6%)
64 (11.9%)
19 (3.5%)
22 (4.1%)
MOWER
834
21 (2.5%)
518 (62.1%)
162 (19.4%)
52 (6.2%)
81 (9.7%)
MURRAY
94
3 (3.2%)
64 (68.1%)
12 (12.8%)
4 (4.3%)
11 (11.7%)
NICOLLET
337
7 (2.1%)
245 (72.7%)
47 (13.9%)
16 (4.7%)
22 (6.5%)
NOBLES
545
12 (2.2%)
347 (63.7%)
101 (18.5%)
28 (5.1%)
57 (10.5%)
NORMAN
105
3 (2.9%)
73 (69.5%)
17 (16.2%)
4 (3.8%)
8 (7.6%)
KITTSON
LAKE
LAKE OF THE WOODS
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
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March 2015
Total 2012
Weight Status in Children Participating in Minnesota WIC Ages 2 to 5
by County of Residence, Calendar Year 2012
Minnesota WIC Information System
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE 1
MINNESOTA
Total
Underweight 3
Children2
Normal3
Overweight3
Obese3
Very Obese3
70,114
1,959 (2.8%)
48,025 (68.5%)
11,224 (16.0%)
3,328 (4.7%)
5,578 (8.0%)
2,089
67 (3.2%)
1,475 (70.6%)
326 (15.6%)
88 (4.2%)
133 (6.4%)
OTTER TAIL
734
21 (2.9%)
521 (71.0%)
113 (15.4%)
32 (4.4%)
47 (6.4%)
PENNINGTON
253
4 (1.6%)
176 (69.6%)
45 (17.8%)
10 (4.0%)
18 (7.1%)
PINE
429
10 (2.3%)
296 (69.0%)
68 (15.9%)
25 (5.8%)
30 (7.0%)
PIPESTONE
216
5 (2.3%)
155 (71.8%)
33 (15.3%)
10 (4.6%)
13 (6.0%)
POLK
584
7 (1.2%)
430 (73.6%)
98 (16.8%)
20 (3.4%)
29 (5.0%)
POPE
180
6 (3.3%)
130 (72.2%)
30 (16.7%)
6 (3.3%)
8 (4.4%)
10,634
250 (2.4%)
7,071 (66.5%)
1,771 (16.7%)
580 (5.5%)
962 (9.0%)
RED LAKE
79
3 (3.8%)
59 (74.7%)
9 (11.4%)
0
8 (10.1%)
REDWOOD
288
5 (1.7%)
194 (67.4%)
53 (18.4%)
13 (4.5%)
23 (8.0%)
RENVILLE
286
4 (1.4%)
204 (71.3%)
37 (12.9%)
12 (4.2%)
29 (10.1%)
1,004
31 (3.1%)
668 (66.5%)
168 (16.7%)
53 (5.3%)
84 (8.4%)
ROCK
104
1 (1.0%)
75 (72.1%)
14 (13.5%)
5 (4.8%)
9 (8.7%)
ROSEAU
266
7 (2.6%)
176 (66.2%)
40 (15.0%)
14 (5.3%)
29 (10.9%)
ST. LOUIS
2,024
50 (2.5%)
1,407 (69.5%)
324 (16.0%)
95 (4.7%)
148 (7.3%)
SCOTT
1,051
27 (2.6%)
753 (71.6%)
165 (15.7%)
43 (4.1%)
63 (6.0%)
SHERBURNE
858
38 (4.4%)
634 (73.9%)
120 (14.0%)
30 (3.5%)
36 (4.2%)
SIBLEY
243
7 (2.9%)
171 (70.4%)
30 (12.3%)
13 (5.3%)
22 (9.1%)
1,741
60 (3.4%)
1,264 (72.6%)
242 (13.9%)
76 (4.4%)
99 (5.7%)
STEELE
615
19 (3.1%)
418 (68.0%)
108 (17.6%)
26 (4.2%)
44 (7.2%)
STEVENS
138
7 (5.1%)
91 (65.9%)
20 (14.5%)
5 (3.6%)
15 (10.9%)
SWIFT
190
13 (6.8%)
121 (63.7%)
32 (16.8%)
5 (2.6%)
19 (10.0%)
TODD
394
11 (2.8%)
268 (68.0%)
67 (17.0%)
19 (4.8%)
29 (7.4%)
TRAVERSE
45
1 (2.2%)
29 (64.4%)
9 (20.0%)
1 (2.2%)
5 (11.1%)
WABASHA
208
4 (1.9%)
133 (63.9%)
42 (20.2%)
4 (1.9%)
25 (12.0%)
WADENA
218
3 (1.4%)
147 (67.4%)
43 (19.7%)
9 (4.1%)
16 (7.3%)
WASECA
274
5 (1.8%)
198 (72.3%)
41 (15.0%)
11 (4.0%)
19 (6.9%)
OLMSTED
RAMSEY
RICE
STEARNS
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March 2015
Total 2012
Weight Status in Children Participating in Minnesota WIC Ages 2 to 5
by County of Residence, Calendar Year 2012
Minnesota WIC Information System
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE 1
MINNESOTA
Total
Underweight 3
Children2
Normal3
Overweight3
Obese3
Very Obese3
70,114
1,959 (2.8%)
48,024 (68.5%)
11,224 (16.0%)
3,328 (4.7%)
5,579 (8.0%)
1,762
46 (2.6%)
1,195 (67.8%)
313 (17.8%)
88 (5.0%)
120 (6.8%)
WATONWAN
256
7 (2.7%)
158 (61.7%)
41 (16.0%)
17 (6.6%)
33 (12.9%)
WILKIN
105
5 (4.8%)
73 (69.5%)
13 (12.4%)
6 (5.7%)
8 (7.6%)
WINONA
501
14 (2.8%)
342 (68.3%)
77 (15.4%)
24 (4.8%)
44 (8.8%)
WRIGHT
1,217
25 (2.1%)
888 (73.0%)
192 (15.8%)
46 (3.8%)
66 (5.4%)
180
5 (2.8%)
125 (69.4%)
26 (14.4%)
11 (6.1%)
13 (7.2%)
WASHINGTON
YELLOW MEDICINE
**** percentages suppressed if denominator <30
Suggested Citation: Minnesota WIC Information System. Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Participating in Minnesota WIC by
County of Residence, Calendar Year 2012. Minnesota WIC Program. 2015.
For more information contact: Minnesota WIC Program 1 (800) 657-3942
1
Last reported county where children resided as of September, 2013.
Total children with weight status information. Analyses based on one randomly selected record per child. Excludes records with
unknown data or errors.
3
Total number in weight category (Percentage of total children). Based on 2000 CDC growth chart percentiles for children 2 years of
age and older; underweight is defined as BMI-for-age < 5th percentile, overweight is defined as BMI-for-age ≥ 85th to < 95th
percentile, obese is defined as ≥ 95th percentile to < 97.5 percentile, and very obese is defined as ≥ 97.5 percentile.
2
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March 2015