Total 2012
Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Participating in Minnesota WIC
by Community Health Board (CHB) of Residence, Calendar Year 2012
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB OF RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
Underweight 3
Obese3
Very Obese3
MINNESOTA
70,114
1,959 (2.8%)
48,025 (68.5%)
11,224 (16.0%)
3,328 (4.7%)
5,578 (8.0%)
961
27 (2.8%)
656 (68.3%)
142 (14.8%)
53 (5.5%)
83 (8.6%)
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%)
BENTON
446
22 (4.9%)
322 (72.2%)
58 (13.0%)
20 (4.5%)
24 (5.4%)
BLUE EARTH
699
25 (3.6%)
495 (70.8%)
103 (14.7%)
29 (4.1%)
47 (6.7%)
BROWN-NICOLLET
637
12 (1.9%)
440 (69.1%)
111 (17.4%)
29 (4.6%)
45 (7.1%)
2,818
70 (2.5%)
1,924 (68.3%)
463 (16.4%)
133 (4.7%)
228 (8.1%)
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%)
CHISAGO
453
14 (3.1%)
332 (73.3%)
60 (13.2%)
20 (4.4%)
27 (6.0%)
CLAY-WILKIN
935
21 (2.2%)
678 (72.5%)
146 (15.6%)
33 (3.5%)
57 (6.1%)
COTTONWOODJACKSON
312
8 (2.6%)
217 (69.6%)
52 (16.7%)
18 (5.8%)
17 (5.4%)
COUNTRYSIDE
753
36 (4.8%)
507 (67.3%)
121 (16.1%)
28 (3.7%)
61 (8.1%)
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-STEELE
880
24 (2.7%)
593 (67.4%)
161 (18.3%)
40 (4.5%)
62 (7.0%)
FARIBAULT-MARTIN
533
13 (2.4%)
354 (66.4%)
90 (16.9%)
38 (7.1%)
38 (7.1%)
FILLMORE-HOUSTON
363
9 (2.5%)
265 (73.0%)
46 (12.7%)
21 (5.8%)
22 (6.1%)
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%)
HENNEPINBLOOMINGTON
821
36 (4.4%)
574 (69.9%)
115 (14.0%)
34 (4.1%)
62 (7.6%)
HENNEPIN-EDINA
120
6 (5.0%)
85 (70.8%)
14 (11.7%)
8 (6.7%)
7 (5.8%)
AITKIN-ITASCAKOOCHICHING
CARLTON-COOK-LAKEST. LOUIS
DAKOTA
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
Normal3
1
Overweight3
March 2015
Total 2012
Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Participating in Minnesota WIC
by Community Health Board (CHB) of Residence, Calendar Year 2012
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB OF RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
Underweight 3
Obese3
Very Obese3
MINNESOTA
70,114
1,959 (2.8%)
48,025 (68.5%)
11,224 (16.0%)
3,328 (4.7%)
5,578 (8.0%)
587
11 (1.9%)
401 (68.3%)
109 (18.6%)
22 (3.7%)
44 (7.5%)
HENNEPINMINNEAPOLIS
7,722
253 (3.3%)
5,151 (66.7%)
1,224 (15.9%)
383 (5.0%)
711 (9.2%)
HENNEPIN-SUBURBAN
5,895
191 (3.3%)
4229 (71.4%)
824 (14.0%)
236 (4.0%)
415 (7.0%)
935
30 (3.2%)
671 (71.8%)
141 (15.1%)
34 (3.6%)
59 (6.3%)
1,043
31 (3.0%)
738 (70.8%)
156 (15.0%)
51 (4.9%)
67 (6.4%)
677
15 (2.2%)
474 (70.0%)
107 (15.8%)
36 (5.3%)
45 (6.6%)
1,129
25 (2.2%)
774 (68.6%)
186 (16.5%)
44 (3.9%)
100 (8.9%)
548
10 (1.8%)
389 (71.0%)
82 (15.0%)
21 (3.8%)
46 (8.4%)
1,040
26 (2.5%)
685 (65.9%)
198 (19.0%)
44 (4.2%)
87 (8.4%)
1,152
30 (2.6%)
834 (72.4%)
174 (15.1%)
47 (4.1%)
67 (5.8%)
MOWER
834
21 (2.5%)
518 (62.1%)
162 (19.4%)
52 (6.2%)
81 (9.7%)
NOBLES
545
12 (2.2%)
347 (63.7%)
101 (18.5%)
28 (5.1%)
57 (10.5%)
NORTH COUNTRY
1,961
33 (1.7%)
1,159 (59.1%)
360 (18.4%)
136 (6.9%)
273 (13.9%)
OLMSTED
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%)
POLK-NORMANMAHNOMEN
950
14 (1.5%)
648 (68.2%)
169 (17.8%)
41 (4.3%)
78 (8.2%)
QUIN
797
18 (2.3%)
546 (68.5%)
127 (15.9%)
33 (4.1%)
73 (9.2%)
10,634
250 (2.4%)
7,071 (66.5%)
1,771 (16.7%)
580 (5.5%)
962 (9.0%)
RICE
1,004
31 (3.1%)
668 (66.5%)
168 (16.7%)
53 (5.3%)
84 (8.4%)
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%)
SOUTHWEST
1,290
24 (1.9%)
893 (69.2%)
210 (16.3%)
65 (5.0%)
98 (7.6%)
HENNEPIN-RICHFIELD
HORIZON
ISANTI-MILLE LACS
KANABEC -PINE
KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE
LE SUEUR-WASECA
MEEKER-MCLEODSIBLEY
MORRISON-TODDWADENA
RAMSEY
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
Normal3
2
Overweight3
March 2015
Total 2012
Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Participating in Minnesota WIC
by Community Health Board (CHB) of Residence, Calendar Year 2012
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB OF RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
Underweight 3
Obese3
Very Obese3
MINNESOTA
70,114
1,959 (2.8%)
48,025 (68.5%)
11,224 (16.0%)
3,328 (4.7%)
5,578 (8.0%)
1,741
60 (3.4%)
1,264 (72.6%)
242 (13.9%)
76 (4.4%)
99 (5.7%)
208
4 (1.9%)
133 (63.9%)
42 (20.2%)
4 (1.9%)
25 (12.0%)
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%)
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%)
STEARNS
WABASHA
WASHINGTON
Normal3
Overweight3
**** percentages suppressed if denominator <30
Suggested Citation: Minnesota WIC Information System. Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Participating in Minnesota WIC by
CHB of Residence, Calendar Year 2012. Minnesota WIC Program. 2015.
For more information contact: Minnesota WIC Program 1 (800) 657-3942
1
Last CHB 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
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
3
March 2015