Total 2013
Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Participating in Minnesota WIC
by Community Health Board (CHB) of Residence, Calendar Year 2013
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB OF RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
Underweight 3
Obese3
Very Obese3
MINNESOTA
65,911
2,241 (3.4%)
44,635 (67.7%)
10,399 (15.8%)
3,183 (4.8%)
5,453 (8.3%)
891
26 (2.9%)
588 (66.0%)
157 (17.6%)
46 (5.2%)
74 (8.3%)
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%)
BENTON
410
20 (4.9%)
285 (69.5%)
61 (14.9%)
15 (3.7%)
29 (7.1%)
BLUE EARTH
624
25 (4.0%)
440 (70.5%)
97 (15.5%)
19 (3.0%)
43 (6.9%)
BROWN-NICOLLET
618
23 (3.7%)
416 (67.3%)
98 (15.9%)
35 (5.7%)
46 (7.4%)
2,527
80 (3.2%)
1,688 (66.8%)
424 (16.8%)
126 (5.0%)
209 (8.3%)
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%)
CHISAGO
462
18 (3.9%)
329 (71.2%)
62 (13.4%)
23 (5.0%)
30 (6.5%)
CLAY-WILKIN
897
29 (3.2%)
611 (68.1%)
141 (15.7%)
37 (4.1%)
79 (8.8%)
COTTONWOODJACKSON
307
9 (2.9%)
212 (69.1%)
50 (16.3%)
11 (3.6%)
25 (8.1%)
COUNTRYSIDE
690
33 (4.8%)
460 (66.7%)
111 (16.1%)
31 (4.5%)
55 (8.0%)
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-STEELE
817
33 (4.0%)
557 (68.2%)
129 (15.8%)
45 (5.5%)
53 (6.5%)
FARIBAULT-MARTIN
504
12 (2.4%)
330 (65.5%)
86 (17.1%)
31 (6.2%)
45 (8.9%)
FILLMORE-HOUSTON
334
11 (3.3%)
228 (68.3%)
56 (16.8%)
19 (5.7%)
20 (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%)
HENNEPINBLOOMINGTON
794
30 (3.8%)
548 (69.0%)
119 (15.0%)
35 (4.4%)
62 (7.8%)
HENNEPIN-EDINA
124
11 (8.9%)
80 (64.5%)
16 (12.9%)
5 (4.0%)
12 (9.7%)
HENNEPIN-RICHFIELD
562
21 (3.7%)
366 (65.1%)
96 (17.1%)
29 (5.2%)
50 (8.9%)
AITKIN-ITASCAKOOCHICHING
CARLTON-COOK-LAKEST. LOUIS
DAKOTA
Normal3
1
Overweight3
Total 2013
Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Participating in Minnesota WIC
by Community Health Board (CHB) of Residence, Calendar Year 2013
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB OF RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
Underweight 3
Obese3
Very Obese3
MINNESOTA
65,911
2,241 (3.4%)
44,635 (67.7%)
10,399 (15.8%)
3,183 (4.8%)
5,453 (8.3%)
7,481
288 (3.8%)
4,970 (66.4%)
1,160 (15.5%)
374 (5.0%)
689 (9.2%)
5,178
229 (4.4%)
3,718 (71.8%)
682 (13.1%)
197 (3.8%)
352 (6.8%)
HORIZON
890
37 (4.2%)
605 (68.0%)
160 (18.0%)
38 (4.3%)
50 (5.6%)
ISANTI-MILLE LACS
932
25 (2.7%)
636 (68.2%)
154 (16.5%)
48 (5.2%)
69 (7.4%)
KANABEC -PINE
563
15 (2.7%)
390 (69.3%)
93 (16.5%)
25 (4.4%)
40 (7.1%)
1,074
37 (3.4%)
704 (65.5%)
176 (16.4%)
60 (5.6%)
97 (9.0%)
492
13 (2.6%)
346 (70.3%)
77 (15.7%)
16 (3.3%)
40 (8.1%)
970
29 (3.0%)
648 (66.8%)
161 (16.6%)
41 (4.2%)
91 (9.4%)
1,035
36 (3.5%)
711 (68.7%)
169 (16.3%)
53 (5.1%)
66 (6.4%)
MOWER
791
16 (2.0%)
503 (63.6%)
142 (18.0%)
48 (6.1%)
82 (10.4%)
NOBLES
538
14 (2.6%)
350 (65.1%)
93 (17.3%)
29 (5.4%)
52 (9.7%)
NORTH COUNTRY
1,931
46 (2.4%)
1,095 (56.7%)
398 (20.6%)
132 (6.8%)
260 (13.5%)
OLMSTED
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%)
POLK-NORMANMAHNOMEN
893
17 (1.9%)
575 (64.4%)
145 (16.2%)
57 (6.4%)
99 (11.1%)
QUIN
792
24 (3.0%)
536 (67.7%)
134 (16.9%)
39 (4.9%)
59 (7.4%)
10,371
312 (3.0%)
6,942 (66.9%)
1,589 (15.3%)
554 (5.3%)
974 (9.4%)
938
25 (2.7%)
646 (68.9%)
145 (15.5%)
44 (4.7%)
78 (8.3%)
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%)
SOUTHWEST
1,211
24 (2.0%)
852 (70.4%)
183 (15.1%)
57 (4.7%)
95 (7.8%)
STEARNS
1,704
61 (3.6%)
1,275 (74.8%)
231 (13.6%)
45 (2.6%)
92 (5.4%)
178
6 (3.4%)
113 (63.5%)
33 (18.5%)
7 (3.9%)
19 (10.7%)
HENNEPINMINNEAPOLIS
HENNEPINSUBURBAN 4
KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE
LE SUEUR-WASECA
MEEKER-MCLEODSIBLEY
MORRISON-TODDWADENA
RAMSEY
RICE
SCOTT
WABASHA
Normal3
2
Overweight3
Total 2013
Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Participating in Minnesota WIC
by Community Health Board (CHB) of Residence, Calendar Year 2013
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB OF RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
Underweight 3
MINNESOTA
65,911
2,241 (3.4%)
44,635 (67.7%)
1,568
41 (2.6%)
WATONWAN
215
WINONA
WRIGHT
WASHINGTON
Normal3
Overweight3
Obese3
Very Obese3
10,399 (15.8%)
3,183 (4.8%)
5,453 (8.3%)
1,073 (68.4%)
261 (16.6%)
75 (4.8%)
118 (7.5%)
3 (1.4%)
122 (56.7%)
47 (21.9%)
17 (7.9%)
26 (12.1%)
450
19 (4.2%)
302 (67.1%)
78 (17.3%)
17 (3.8%)
34 (7.6%)
1,101
30 (2.7%)
765 (69.5%)
193 (17.5%)
53 (4.8%)
60 (5.4%)
**** percentages suppressed if denominator <30
Suggested Citation: Minnesota WIC Information System. Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Participating in Minnesota WIC by
Community Health Board of Residence, Calendar Year 2013. Minnesota WIC Program. 2015.
For more information contact: Minnesota WIC Program 1 (800) 657-3942
.
1
Last CHB 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 < 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.
4
Hennepin Suburban does not include Bloomington-Edina-Richfield.
2
3