Share of children with at least one parent who would be affected by increasing the federal minimum wage to $12 by 2020, U.S. and by state
State | Share of state children affected |
---|---|
Vermont | 12.6% |
Massachusetts | 12.6% |
Alaska | 14.6% |
New Hampshire | 15.5% |
Minnesota | 15.8% |
Connecticut | 16.0% |
New Jersey | 16.3% |
North Dakota | 16.5% |
Maryland | 17.1% |
Washington | 17.1% |
Wyoming | 17.6% |
Colorado | 18.1% |
Utah | 18.6% |
Virginia | 19.0% |
New York | 20.2% |
Wisconsin | 20.2% |
Maine | 20.2% |
Montana | 20.3% |
Pennsylvania | 20.6% |
Ohio | 20.9% |
Rhode Island | 21.0% |
California | 21.2% |
Hawaii | 21.3% |
Oregon | 21.7% |
South Dakota | 22.0% |
Kentucky | 22.1% |
Nebraska | 22.2% |
Michigan | 22.3% |
United States | 22.6% |
Delaware | 22.7% |
Florida | 23.3% |
Illinois | 23.6% |
Missouri | 23.7% |
Louisiana | 24.2% |
Alabama | 25.1% |
Georgia | 25.6% |
New Mexico | 25.6% |
Tennessee | 25.7% |
Oklahoma | 25.7% |
Indiana | 25.8% |
Mississippi | 25.8% |
Iowa | 25.8% |
Kansas | 26.3% |
Nevada | 26.7% |
South Carolina | 27.6% |
Texas | 27.8% |
Arizona | 27.8% |
Idaho | 27.8% |
West Virginia | 28.0% |
Arkansas | 29.1% |
North Carolina | 31.6% |
Source: EPI analysis of Raise the Wage Act using Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata