Chart: Nearly half of D.C. workers in poverty would get a raise if the District increased its minimum wage: Share of D.C. workers by family income group (relative to poverty line) who would benefit from increasing the District’s minimum wage to $15 by July 2020 | Economic Policy Institute

Nearly half of D.C. workers in poverty would get a raise if the District increased its minimum wage: Share of D.C. workers by family income group (relative to poverty line) who would benefit from increasing the District's minimum wage to $15 by July 2020

	Share
At or below the poverty line	49.2%
101–200% poverty	51.5%
201–300% poverty	43.6%
301% poverty or more	6.6%

Source: EPI analysis of District of Columbia Minimum Wage Amendment Act of 2016 using American Community Survey microdata

View the underlying data on epi.org.