At least one-quarter of the populations of Minnesota, Wisconsin and all the St. Croix River Valley counties were classified as obese, based on their body mass index.
Wisconsin and most of its counties have higher rates of obesity than Minnesota and its counties.
Burnett County has a substantially higher rate of obesity than the Wisconsin average.
Wisconsin and Burnett County have slightly increasing trends in the percentage of their populations classified as obese.
The trend of the percentage of obese residents in Polk and Pierce Counties has been fairly flat since 2010.
The percentage of residents in St. Croix County classified as obese has declined slightly downward over time.
The proportion of the Minnesota population classified as obese has trended upward over time.
Washington County tends to have a slightly lower proportion of its residents classified as obese relative to the Minnesota Average.
Chisago County has seen a slight decline in the percentage of obese residents over the 2014 – 2017 period.