 Due to the high number of kennels in the county, Winona county has earned the dubious title "Puppy Mill Capital of Minnesota".The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated Winona County as the Winona, MN Micropolitan Statistical Area (µSA), with Winona as its principal city.The US Census Bureau ranked this µSA as the 582nd most populous Core Based Statistical Area of the United States as of July 1, 2012.