Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Participating in Minnesota WIC
by County of Residence, Calendar Year 2013
Minnesota WIC Information System
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE 1
MINNESOTA
Total
Underweight 3
Children 2
Normal3
Overweight3
Obese3
Very Obese3
10,399 (15.8%)
3,183 (4.8%)
65,911
2,241 (3.4%)
44,635 (67.7%)
AITKIN
188
4 (2.1%)
124 (66.0%)
35 (18.6%)
17 (9.0%)
8 (4.3%)
ANOKA
2,838
94 (3.3%)
1,943 (68.5%)
428 (15.1%)
137 (4.8%)
236 (8.3%)
BECKER
673
17 (2.5%)
419 (62.3%)
118 (17.5%)
46 (6.8%)
73 (10.8%)
1,363
30 (2.2%)
737 (54.1%)
292 (21.4%)
99 (7.3%)
205 (15.0%)
410
20 (4.9%)
285 (69.5%)
61 (14.9%)
15 (3.7%)
29 (7.1%)
78
4 (5.1%)
49 (62.8%)
13 (16.7%)
4 (5.1%)
8 (10.3%)
BLUE EARTH
624
25 (4.0%)
440 (70.5%)
97 (15.5%)
19 (3.0%)
43 (6.9%)
BROWN
299
5 (1.7%)
195 (65.2%)
50 (16.7%)
18 (6.0%)
31 (10.4%)
CARLTON
527
18 (3.4%)
349 (66.2%)
75 (14.2%)
32 (6.1%)
53 (10.1%)
CARVER
424
6 (1.4%)
334 (78.8%)
40 (9.4%)
16 (3.8%)
28 (6.6%)
CASS
581
21 (3.6%)
310 (53.4%)
114 (19.6%)
45 (7.7%)
91 (15.7%)
CHIPPEWA
209
5 (2.4%)
147 (70.3%)
34 (16.3%)
11 (5.3%)
12 (5.7%)
CHISAGO
462
18 (3.9%)
329 (71.2%)
62 (13.4%)
23 (5.0%)
30 (6.5%)
CLAY
801
23 (2.9%)
545 (68.0%)
129 (16.1%)
35 (4.4%)
69 (8.6%)
CLEARWATER
160
5 (3.1%)
95 (59.4%)
32 (20.0%)
10 (6.2%)
18 (11.2%)
89
5 (5.6%)
61 (68.5%)
6 (6.7%)
10 (11.2%)
7 (7.9%)
COTTONWOOD
201
7 (3.5%)
142 (70.6%)
30 (14.9%)
5 (2.5%)
17 (8.5%)
CROW WING
839
31 (3.7%)
585 (69.7%)
121 (14.4%)
48 (5.7%)
54 (6.4%)
3,432
157 (4.6%)
2,369 (69.0%)
531 (15.5%)
138 (4.0%)
237 (6.9%)
DODGE
232
10 (4.3%)
153 (65.9%)
46 (19.8%)
11 (4.7%)
12 (5.2%)
DOUGLAS
463
17 (3.7%)
327 (70.6%)
80 (17.3%)
15 (3.2%)
24 (5.2%)
FARIBAULT
229
6 (2.6%)
145 (63.3%)
43 (18.8%)
15 (6.6%)
20 (8.7%)
FILLMORE
199
2 (1.0%)
138 (69.3%)
33 (16.6%)
14 (7.0%)
12 (6.0%)
FREEBORN
533
23 (4.3%)
366 (68.7%)
82 (15.4%)
33 (6.2%)
29 (5.4%)
GOODHUE
416
17 (4.1%)
266 (63.9%)
86 (20.7%)
14 (3.4%)
33 (7.9%)
GRANT
101
3 (3.0%)
71 (70.3%)
14 (13.9%)
8 (7.9%)
5 (5.0%)
14,139
579 (4.1%)
9,682 (68.5%) 2,073 (14.7%)
640 (4.5%)
1,165 (8.2%)
BELTRAMI
BENTON
BIG STONE
COOK
DAKOTA
HENNEPIN
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
1
5,453 (8.3%)
July 2013
Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Participating in Minnesota WIC
by County of Residence, Calendar Year 2013
Minnesota WIC Information System
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE 1
MINNESOTA
Total
Underweight 3
Children 2
Normal3
Overweight3
Obese3
Very Obese3
10,399 (15.8%)
3,183 (4.8%)
65,911
2,241 (3.4%)
44,635 (67.7%)
HOUSTON
135
9 (6.7%)
90 (66.7%)
23 (17.0%)
5 (3.7%)
8 (5.9%)
HUBBARD
357
6 (1.7%)
238 (66.7%)
63 (17.6%)
21 (5.9%)
29 (8.1%)
ISANTI
495
13 (2.6%)
347 (70.1%)
75 (15.2%)
23 (4.6%)
37 (7.5%)
ITASCA
549
20 (3.6%)
359 (65.4%)
95 (17.3%)
23 (4.2%)
52 (9.5%)
JACKSON
106
2 (1.9%)
70 (66.0%)
20 (18.9%)
6 (5.7%)
8 (7.5%)
KANABEC
211
5 (2.4%)
143 (67.8%)
42 (19.9%)
10 (4.7%)
11 (5.2%)
KANDIYOHI
826
31 (3.8%)
547 (66.2%)
135 (16.3%)
45 (5.4%)
68 (8.2%)
69
0
51 (73.9%)
11 (15.9%)
5 (7.2%)
2 (2.9%)
KOOCHICHING
154
2 (1.3%)
105 (68.2%)
27 (17.5%)
6 (3.9%)
14 (9.1%)
LAC QUI PARLE
84
4 (4.8%)
59 (70.2%)
15 (17.9%)
0
6 (7.1%)
LAKE
97
6 (6.2%)
59 (60.8%)
18 (18.6%)
4 (4.1%)
10 (10.3%)
LAKE OF THE WOODS
51
5 (9.8%)
25 (49.0%)
11 (21.6%)
2 (3.9%)
8 (15.7%)
LE SUEUR
272
8 (2.9%)
196 (72.1%)
35 (12.9%)
12 (4.4%)
21 (7.7%)
LINCOLN
74
0
49 (66.2%)
16 (21.6%)
5 (6.8%)
4 (5.4%)
LYON
492
9 (1.8%)
344 (69.9%)
83 (16.9%)
24 (4.9%)
32 (6.5%)
MAHNOMEN
260
2 (<1%)
130 (50.0%)
52 (20.0%)
28 (10.8%)
48 (18.5%)
MARSHALL
128
5 (3.9%)
78 (60.9%)
30 (23.4%)
3 (2.3%)
12 (9.4%)
MARTIN
275
6 (2.2%)
185 (67.3%)
43 (15.6%)
16 (5.8%)
25 (9.1%)
MCLEOD
431
14 (3.2%)
280 (65.0%)
75 (17.4%)
20 (4.6%)
42 (9.7%)
MEEKER
314
6 (1.9%)
209 (66.6%)
54 (17.2%)
16 (5.1%)
29 (9.2%)
MILLE LACS CO
437
12 (2.7%)
289 (66.1%)
79 (18.1%)
25 (5.7%)
32 (7.3%)
MORRISON
498
18 (3.6%)
360 (72.3%)
71 (14.3%)
24 (4.8%)
25 (5.0%)
MOWER
791
16 (2.0%)
503 (63.6%)
142 (18.0%)
48 (6.1%)
82 (10.4%)
MURRAY
98
1 (1.0%)
74 (75.5%)
8 (8.2%)
5 (5.1%)
10 (10.2%)
NICOLLET
319
18 (5.6%)
221 (69.3%)
48 (15.0%)
17 (5.3%)
15 (4.7%)
NOBLES
538
14 (2.6%)
350 (65.1%)
93 (17.3%)
29 (5.4%)
52 (9.7%)
83
1 (1.2%)
60 (72.3%)
13 (15.7%)
2 (2.4%)
7 (8.4%)
KITTSON
NORMAN
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
2
5,453 (8.3%)
July 2013
Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Participating in Minnesota WIC
by County of Residence, Calendar Year 2013
Minnesota WIC Information System
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE 1
MINNESOTA
Total
Underweight 3
Children 2
Normal3
Overweight3
Obese3
Very Obese3
65,911
2,241 (3.4%)
44,635 (67.7%)
10,399 (15.8%)
3,183 (4.8%)
1,919
73 (3.8%)
1,309 (68.2%)
303 (15.8%)
85 (4.4%)
149 (7.8%)
OTTER TAIL
631
17 (2.7%)
426 (67.5%)
109 (17.3%)
31 (4.9%)
48 (7.6%)
PENNINGTON
243
9 (3.7%)
160 (65.8%)
45 (18.5%)
15 (6.2%)
14 (5.8%)
PINE
352
10 (2.8%)
247 (70.2%)
51 (14.5%)
15 (4.3%)
29 (8.2%)
PIPESTONE
176
6 (3.4%)
130 (73.9%)
23 (13.1%)
3 (1.7%)
14 (8.0%)
POLK
550
14 (2.5%)
385 (70.0%)
80 (14.5%)
27 (4.9%)
44 (8.0%)
POPE
160
9 (5.6%)
96 (60.0%)
36 (22.5%)
9 (5.6%)
10 (6.2%)
10,371
312 (3.0%)
6,942 (66.9%) 1,589 (15.3%)
554 (5.3%)
974 (9.4%)
67
3 (4.5%)
45 (67.2%)
9 (13.4%)
4 (6.0%)
6 (9.0%)
REDWOOD
244
7 (2.9%)
167 (68.4%)
34 (13.9%)
15 (6.1%)
21 (8.6%)
RENVILLE
248
6 (2.4%)
157 (63.3%)
41 (16.5%)
15 (6.0%)
29 (11.7%)
RICE
938
25 (2.7%)
646 (68.9%)
145 (15.5%)
44 (4.7%)
78 (8.3%)
ROCK
127
1 (<1)
88 (69.3%)
19 (15.0%)
5 (3.9%)
14 (11.0%)
ROSEAU
285
7 (2.5%)
202 (70.9%)
39 (13.7%)
12 (4.2%)
25 (8.8%)
ST. LOUIS
1,814
51 (2.8%)
1,219 (67.2%)
325 (17.9%)
80 (4.4%)
139 (7.7%)
SCOTT
1,014
34 (3.4%)
749 (73.9%)
135 (13.3%)
33 (3.3%)
63 (6.2%)
SHERBURNE
754
23 (3.1%)
544 (72.1%)
125 (16.6%)
24 (3.2%)
38 (5.0%)
SIBLEY
225
9 (4.0%)
159 (70.7%)
32 (14.2%)
5 (2.2%)
20 (8.9%)
1,704
61 (3.6%)
1,275 (74.8%)
231 (13.6%)
45 (2.6%)
92 (5.4%)
STEELE
585
23 (3.9%)
404 (69.1%)
83 (14.2%)
34 (5.8%)
41 (7.0%)
STEVENS
116
7 (6.0%)
78 (67.2%)
22 (19.0%)
4 (3.4%)
5 (4.3%)
SWIFT
164
10 (6.1%)
105 (64.0%)
25 (15.2%)
7 (4.3%)
17 (10.4%)
TODD
366
13 (3.6%)
241 (65.8%)
67 (18.3%)
20 (5.5%)
25 (6.8%)
TRAVERSE
50
1 (2.0%)
33 (66.0%)
8 (16.0%)
2 (4.0%)
6 (12.0%)
WABASHA
178
6 (3.4%)
113 (63.5%)
33 (18.5%)
7 (3.9%)
19 (10.7%)
WADENA
171
5 (2.9%)
110 (64.3%)
31 (18.1%)
9 (5.3%)
16 (9.4%)
WASECA
220
5 (2.3%)
150 (68.2%)
42 (19.1%)
4 (1.8%)
19 (8.6%)
OLMSTED
RAMSEY
RED LAKE
STEARNS
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
3
5,453 (8.3%)
July 2013
Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Participating in Minnesota WIC
by County of Residence, Calendar Year 2013
Minnesota WIC Information System
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE 1
MINNESOTA
Total
Underweight 3
Children 2
Normal3
Overweight3
Obese3
Very Obese3
65,911
2,241 (3.4%)
44,635 (67.7%)
10,399 (15.8%)
3,183 (4.8%)
1,568
41 (2.6%)
1,073 (68.4%)
261 (16.6%)
75 (4.8%)
118 (7.5%)
215
3 (1.4%)
122 (56.7%)
47 (21.9%)
17 (7.9%)
26 (12.1%)
96
6 (6.2%)
66 (68.8%)
12 (12.5%)
2 (2.1%)
10 (10.4%)
WINONA
450
19 (4.2%)
302 (67.1%)
78 (17.3%)
17 (3.8%)
34 (7.6%)
WRIGHT
1,101
30 (2.7%)
765 (69.5%)
193 (17.5%)
53 (4.8%)
60 (5.4%)
155
10 (6.5%)
100 (64.5%)
24 (15.5%)
9 (5.8%)
12 (7.7%)
WASHINGTON
WATONWAN
WILKIN
YELLOW MEDICINE
5,453 (8.3%)
Suggested Citation: Minnesota WIC Information System. Weight Status in Minnesota WIC Children Ages 2 to 5 by County of Residence, Calendar Year 2013. Minnesota
WIC Program. 2014.
1
Last county where children resided as of June, 2014.
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 < 5 th percentile, overweight is defined as BMI-for-age ≥ 85 th to < 95 th
percentile, obese is defined as BMI-for-age ≥ 95 th percentile to < 97.5 th percentile, and very obese is defined as BMI-for-age ≥
97.5th percentile.
2
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
4
July 2013