working poor in america concentrations of low-wage workers rankings of 50 states and 436 congressional districts 226 CAUSEWAY STREET, 5TH FLOOR © 2014 Oxfam America Inc. Oxfam America is a registered trademark of Oxfam America Inc., and the BOSTON, MA 02114-2206 Oxfam logo is a registered trademark of Stichting Oxfam International. (800) 77-OXFAM oxfamamerica.org/workingpoormap ranking the 50 States by CONCENTRATIONS OF LOW-WAGE WORKERS Percentages of workers who would benefit from a raise in the minimum wage to $10.10 RANK STATE NAMES AND PARTY OF US SENATORS workers LIKELY SHARE LIKELY AFFECTED BY A AFFECTED BY A MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE TO INCREASE TO $10.10 $10.10 1 Arkansas Senator John N. Boozman (R) | Senator Mark L. Pryor (D) 284,000 25.2% 2 Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran (R) | Senator Roger F. Wicker (R) 259,000 24.0% 3 Oklahoma Senator Thomas A. Coburn (R) | Senator James M. Inhofe (R) 350,000 23.3% 4 West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin III (D) | Senator John Rockefeller IV (D) 158,000 22.7% 5 South Dakota Senator Tim P. Johnson (D) | Senator John Thune (R) 81,000 22.5% 6 Idaho Senator Michael D. Crapo (R) | Senator James E. Risch (R) 138,000 22.5% 7 Florida Senator Bill Nelson (D) | Senator Marco Rubio (R) 1,599,000 22.4% 8 Montana Senator Jon Tester (D) | Senator John Walsh (D) 90,000 22.3% 9 South Carolina Senator Lindsey O. Graham (R) | Senator Tim Scott (R) 401,000 22.3% 10 Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell (R) | Senator Rand Paul (R) 372,000 22.2% 11 Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions (R) | Senator Richard C. Shelby (R) 399,000 22.0% 12 Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander (R) | Senator Bob Corker (R) 548,000 21.8% 13 New Mexico Senator Martin T. Heinrich (D) | Senator Tom Udall (D) 169,000 21.7% 14 Missouri Senator Roy Blunt (R) | Senator Claire McCaskill (D) 532,000 21.3% 15 North Carolina Senator Richard Burr (R) | Senator Kay R. Hagan (D) 806,000 21.2% 16 Louisiana Senator Mary L. Landrieu (D) | Senator David Vitter (R) 382,000 21.2% 17 Texas Senator John Cornyn (R) | Senator Ted Cruz (R) 2,191,000 21.2% 18 Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer (R) | Senator Mike Johanns (R) 176,000 20.8% 19 Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss (R) | Senator Johnny Isakson (R) 787,000 20.8% 20 North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D) | Senator John Hoeven (R) 67,000 20.7% 21 Utah Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R) | Senator Michael Lee (R) 238,000 20.6% 22 Indiana Senator Dan Coats (R) | Senator Joseph Donnelly Sr. (D) 555,000 20.4% 23 Maine Senator Susan M. Collins (R) | Senator Angus King (I) 112,000 20.2% 24 Iowa Senator Charles E. Grassley (R) | Senator Tom Harkin (D) 276,000 19.9% 25 Kansas Senator Jerry Moran (R) Senator Pat Roberts (R) 248,000 19.9% 226 CAUSEWAY STREET, 5TH FLOOR © 2014 Oxfam America Inc. Oxfam America is a registered trademark of Oxfam America Inc., and the BOSTON, MA 02114-2206 Oxfam logo is a registered trademark of Stichting Oxfam International. (800) 77-OXFAM oxfamamerica.org/workingpoormap ranking the 50 States by CONCENTRATIONS OF LOW-WAGE WORKERS, cont. Percentages of workers who would benefit from a raise in the minimum wage to $10.10 RANK STATE NAMES AND PARTY OF US SENATORS workers LIKELY SHARE LIKELY AFFECTED BY A AFFECTED BY A MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE TO INCREASE TO $10.10 $10.10 26 Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown (D) | Senator Rob Portman (R) 954,000 19.8% 27 Arizona Senator Jeff Flake (R) | Senator John McCain (R) 476,000 19.6% 28 Michigan Senator Carl Levin (D) | Senator Debbie Stabenow (D) 748,000 19.6% 29 Oregon Senator Jeffrey Merkley (D) | Senator Ron Wyden (D) 292,000 19.4% 30 Vermont Senator Patrick J. Leahy (D) | Senator Bernard Sanders (I) 53,000 18.9% 31 Nevada Senator Dean Heller (R) | Senator Harry Reid (D) 208,000 18.7% 32 California Senator Barbara Boxer (D) | Senator Dianne Feinstein (D) 2,698,000 18.6% 33 Wyoming Senator John A. Barrasso (R) | Senator Michael B. Enzi (R) 47,000 18.5% 34 Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin (D) Senator Ron Johnson (R) 476,000 18.5% 35 Illinois Senator Richard J. Durbin (D) Senator Mark Steven Kirk (R) 1,002,000 18.4% 36 Pennsylvania Senator Robert P. Casey Jr. (D) | Senator Pat Toomey (R) 963,000 17.9% 37 Colorado Senator Michael Bennet (D) | Senator Mark Udall (D) 377,000 17.1% 38 Virginia Senator Tim Kaine (D) Senator Mark Warner (D) 576,000 16.2% 39 New York Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D) | Senator Charles E. Schumer (D) 1,306,000 16.2% 40 Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed (D) | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D) 74,000 16.1% 41 Hawaii Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D) | Senator Brian Schatz (D) 92,000 16.1% 42 Washington Senator Maria Cantwell (D) | Senator Patty Murray (D) 446,000 15.9% 43 Delaware Senator Thomas R. Carper (D) | Senator Christopher Coons (D) 61,000 15.9% 44 Minnesota Senator Al Franken (D) | Senator Amy Klobuchar (D) 383,000 15.6% 45 New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte (R) | Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D) 92,000 15.0% 46 New Jersey Senator Cory A. Booker (D) | Senator Robert Menendez (D) 539,000 14.2% 47 Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal (D) | Senator Christopher S. Murphy (D) 216,000 13.8% 48 Massachusetts Senator Edward J. Markey (D) | Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) 406,000 13.7% 49 Maryland Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D) | Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D) 354,000 13.3% 50 Alaska Senator Mark Begich (D) | Senator Lisa A. Murkowski (R) 42,000 13.2% 226 CAUSEWAY STREET, 5TH FLOOR © 2014 Oxfam America Inc. Oxfam America is a registered trademark of Oxfam America Inc., and the BOSTON, MA 02114-2206 Oxfam logo is a registered trademark of Stichting Oxfam International. (800) 77-OXFAM oxfamamerica.org/workingpoormap ranking congressional districts by CONCENTRATIONS OF LOW-WAGE WORKERS Percentages of workers who would benefit from a raise in the minimum wage to $10.10 rank district us representative party workers LIKELY AFFECTED SHARE LIKELY AFFECTED BY BY A MINIMUM WAGE A MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE INCREASE TO $10.10 TO $10.10 1 CA-40 Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard D 81,000 31.8% 2 TX-34 Congressman Filemon Vela D 65,000 29.9% 3 CA-21 Congressman David G. Valadao R 67,000 29.7% 4 CA-34 Congressman Xavier Becerra D 81,000 29.1% 5 CA-16 Congressman Jim Costa D 64,000 29.1% 6 TX-33 Congressman Marc Veasey D 74,000 28.8% 7 AR-4 Congressman Tom Cotton R 76,000 28.5% 8 TX-16 Congressman Beto O'Rourke D 69,000 27.9% 9 NY-15 Congressman Jose E. Serrano D 65,000 27.6% 10 MO-8 Congressman Jason Smith R 74,000 27.3% 11 TX-15 Congressman Ruben Hinojosa D 66,000 27.2% 12 CA-44 Congresswoman Janice Hahn D 66,000 27.0% 13 TX-28 Congressman Henry Cuellar D 66,000 26.9% 14 FL-24 Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson D 69,000 26.9% 15 CA-51 Congressman Juan Vargas D 64,000 26.7% 16 GA-2 Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr. D 61,000 26.7% 17 AZ-7 Congressman Ed Pastor D 66,000 26.7% 18 KY-5 Congressman Harold Rogers R 56,000 26.6% 19 MO-7 Congressman Billy Long R 80,000 26.5% 20 CA-46 Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez D 78,000 26.4% 21 AR-1 Congressman Rick Crawford R 68,000 26.4% 22 SC-6 Congressman James E. Clyburn D 64,000 26.3% 23 AR-3 Congressman Steve Womack R 76,000 26.2% 24 FL-11 Congressman Richard Nugent R 50,000 26.1% 25 MS-2 Congressman Bennie G. Thompson D 63,000 26.1% 26 OK-2 Congressman Markwayne Mullin R 67,000 26.0% 27 FL-5 Congresswoman Corrine Brown D 68,000 26.0% 28 TX-29 Congressman Gene Green D 68,000 26.0% 29 SC-7 Congressman Tom Rice R 63,000 26.0% 30 CA-35 Congresswoman Gloria Negrete McLeod D 67,000 25.9% 31 NM-2 Congressman Steve Pearce R 62,000 25.9% 32 NC-12 Vacant TBD 80,000 25.6% 33 FL-17 Congressman Tom Rooney R 58,000 25.5% 34 KY-1 Congressman Ed Whitfield R 64,000 25.5% 226 CAUSEWAY STREET, 5TH FLOOR © 2014 Oxfam America Inc. Oxfam America is a registered trademark of Oxfam America Inc., and the BOSTON, MA 02114-2206 Oxfam logo is a registered trademark of Stichting Oxfam International. (800) 77-OXFAM oxfamamerica.org/workingpoormap rank district us representative party workers LIKELY AFFECTED SHARE LIKELY AFFECTED BY BY A MINIMUM WAGE A MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE ranking congressional districts by CONCENTRATIONS OF LOW-WAGE WORKERS INCREASE TO $10.10 TO $10.10 35 FL-9 Congressman Alan Grayson D 76,000 25.4% Percentages of workers who would benefit from a raise in the minimum wage to $10.10 36 FL-10 Congressman Daniel Webster R 72,000 25.4% 37 TX-23 Congressman Pete P. Gallego D 67,000 25.4% 38 TX-19 Congressman Robert Neugebauer R 69,000 25.1% 39 AL-4 Congressman Robert B. Aderholt R 58,000 25.1% 40 AL-7 Congresswoman Terri Sewell D 63,000 25.1% 41 FL-25 Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart R 67,000 24.9% 42 TN-1 Congressman Phil Roe R 67,000 24.9% 43 TX-1 Congressman Louie Gohmert Jr.