Total 2014
Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Participating in Minnesota WIC
by Community Health Board (CHB) of Residence, Calendar Year 2014
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB OF RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
Underweight 3
Obese3
Very Obese3
MINNESOTA
62,749
2,471 (3.9%)
43,055 (68.6%)
9,334 (14.9%)
2,807 (4.5%)
5,082 (8.1%)
868
29 (3.3%)
565 (65.1%)
154 (17.7%)
47 (5.4%)
73 (8.4%)
ANOKA
2,834
102 (3.6%)
1,965 (69.3%)
453 (16.0%)
93 (3.3%)
221 (7.8%)
BECKER
646
23 (3.6%)
416 (64.4%)
113 (17.5%)
34 (5.3%)
60 (9.3%)
BENTON
414
12 (2.9%)
278 (67.1%)
73 (17.6%)
19 (4.6%)
32 (7.7%)
BLUE EARTH
609
25 (4.1%)
446 (73.2%)
80 (13.1%)
25 (4.1%)
33 (5.4%)
BROWN-NICOLLET
582
23 (4.0%)
397 (68.2%)
85 (14.6%)
27 (4.6%)
50 (8.6%)
2,322
68 (2.9%)
1,595 (68.7%)
387 (16.7%)
93 (4.0%)
179 (7.7%)
CARVER
400
13 (3.2%)
317 (79.2%)
49 (12.2%)
3 (<1%)
18 (4.5%)
CASS
538
21 (3.9%)
315 (58.6%)
84 (15.6%)
47 (8.7%)
71 (13.2%)
CHISAGO
392
15 (3.8%)
278 (70.9%)
52 (13.3%)
20 (5.1%)
27 (6.9%)
CLAY-WILKIN
877
32 (3.6%)
618 (70.5%)
122 (13.9%)
33 (3.8%)
72 (8.2%)
COTTONWOODJACKSON
287
6 (2.1%)
197 (68.6%)
39 (13.6%)
20 (7.0%)
25 (8.7%)
COUNTRYSIDE
687
24 (3.5%)
465 (67.7%)
117 (17.0%)
35 (5.1%)
46 (6.7%)
CROW WING
764
30 (3.9%)
540 (70.7%)
110 (14.4%)
37 (4.8%)
47 (6.2%)
3,301
155 (4.7%)
2,313 (70.1%)
445 (13.5%)
133 (4.0%)
255 (7.7%)
DODGE-STEELE
727
23 (3.2%)
504 (69.3%)
121 (16.6%)
25 (3.4%)
54 (7.4%)
FARIBAULT-MARTIN
485
17 (3.5%)
294 (60.6%)
85 (17.5%)
41 (8.5%)
48 (9.9%)
FILLMORE-HOUSTON
329
11 (3.3%)
235 (71.4%)
42 (12.8%)
19 (5.8%)
22 (6.7%)
FREEBORN
511
27 (5.3%)
339 (66.3%)
78 (15.3%)
32 (6.3%)
35 (6.8%)
GOODHUE
385
11 (2.9%)
270 (70.1%)
56 (14.5%)
18 (4.7%)
30 (7.8%)
HENNEPINBLOOMINGTON
723
27 (3.7%)
515 (71.2%)
92 (12.7%)
23 (3.2%)
66 (9.1%)
HENNEPIN-EDINA
122
4 (3.3%)
82 (67.2%)
17 (13.9%)
7 (5.7%)
12 (9.8%)
HENNEPIN-RICHFIELD
506
25 (4.9%)
347 (68.6%)
71 (14.0%)
17 (3.4%)
46 (9.1%)
AITKIN-ITASCAKOOCHICHING
CARLTON-COOK-LAKEST. LOUIS
DAKOTA
Normal3
1
Overweight3
Total 2014
Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Participating in Minnesota WIC
by Community Health Board (CHB) of Residence, Calendar Year 2014
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB OF RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
Underweight 3
Obese3
Very Obese3
MINNESOTA
62,749
2,471 (3.9%)
43,055 (68.6%)
9,334 (14.9%)
2,807 (4.5%)
5,082 (8.1%)
7,266
297 (4.1%)
4,882 (67.2%)
1,082 (14.9%)
356 (4.9%)
649 (8.9%)
5,142
244 (4.7%)
3717 (72.3%)
666 (13.0%)
179 (3.5%)
336 (6.5%)
HORIZON
841
32 (3.8%)
602 (71.6%)
129 (15.3%)
29 (3.4%)
49 (5.8%)
ISANTI-MILLE LACS
811
29 (3.6%)
563 (69.4%)
129 (15.9%)
32 (3.9%)
58 (7.2%)
KANABEC -PINE
543
21 (3.9%)
394 (72.6%)
69 (12.7%)
19 (3.5%)
40 (7.4%)
1,035
52 (5.0%)
684 (66.1%)
150 (14.5%)
48 (4.6%)
101 (9.8%)
452
20 (4.4%)
308 (68.1%)
66 (14.6%)
18 (4.0%)
40 (8.8%)
903
29 (3.2%)
637 (70.5%)
130 (14.4%)
33 (3.7%)
74 (8.2%)
959
41 (4.3%)
638 (66.5%)
160 (16.7%)
47 (4.9%)
73 (7.6%)
MOWER
674
14 (2.1%)
443 (65.7%)
121 (18.0%)
45 (6.7%)
51 (7.6%)
NOBLES
504
17 (3.4%)
330 (65.5%)
88 (17.5%)
32 (6.3%)
37 (7.3%)
NORTH COUNTRY
1,719
47 (2.7%)
1,026 (59.7%)
306 (17.8%)
125 (7.3%)
215 (12.5%)
OLMSTED
1,793
89 (5.0%)
1,229 (68.5%)
268 (14.9%)
80 (4.5%)
127 (7.1%)
OTTER TAIL
635
18 (2.8%)
441 (69.4%)
105 (16.5%)
23 (3.6%)
48 (7.6%)
POLK-NORMANMAHNOMEN
866
20 (2.3%)
553 (63.9%)
153 (17.7%)
46 (5.3%)
94 (10.9%)
QUIN
725
24 (3.3%)
471 (65.0%)
134 (18.5%)
36 (5.0%)
60 (8.3%)
9,918
384 (3.9%)
6,793 (68.5%)
1,386 (14.0%)
465 (4.7%)
890 (9.0%)
RICE
865
43 (5.0%)
583 (67.4%)
121 (14.0%)
38 (4.4%)
80 (9.2%)
SCOTT
994
51 (5.1%)
724 (72.8%)
124 (12.5%)
39 (3.9%)
56 (5.6%)
SHERBURNE
696
32 (4.6%)
516 (74.1%)
90 (12.9%)
22 (3.2%)
36 (5.2%)
SOUTHWEST
1,107
33 (3.0%)
800 (72.3%)
144 (13.0%)
39 (3.5%)
91 (8.2%)
STEARNS
1,687
93 (5.5%)
1,192 (70.7%)
217 (12.9%)
76 (4.5%)
109 (6.5%)
175
8 (4.6%)
110 (62.9%)
26 (14.9%)
7 (4.0%)
24 (13.7%)
HENNEPINMINNEAPOLIS
HENNEPINSUBURBAN 4
KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE
LE SUEUR-WASECA
MEEKER-MCLEODSIBLEY
MORRISON-TODDWADENA
RAMSEY
WABASHA
Normal3
2
Overweight3
Total 2014
Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Participating in Minnesota WIC
by Community Health Board (CHB) of Residence, Calendar Year 2014
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB OF RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
Underweight 3
MINNESOTA
62,749
2,471 (3.9%)
43,055 (68.6%)
1,459
58 (4.0%)
WATONWAN
216
WINONA
WRIGHT
WASHINGTON
Normal3
Overweight3
Obese3
Very Obese3
9,334 (14.9%)
2,807 (4.5%)
5,082 (8.1%)
996 (68.3%)
235 (16.1%)
61 (4.2%)
109 (7.5%)
3 (1.4%)
124 (57.4%)
45 (20.8%)
14 (6.5%)
30 (13.9%)
402
16 (4.0%)
273 (67.9%)
64 (15.9%)
13 (3.2%)
36 (9.0%)
1,053
33 (3.1%)
735 (69.8%)
201 (19.1%)
37 (3.5%)
47 (4.5%)
**** 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 2014. Minnesota WIC Program. 2015.
For more information contact: Minnesota WIC Program 1 (800) 657-3942
1
Last CHB where children resided as of March, 2015.
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
Does not include Bloomington-Edina-Richfield.
2
3