First a table comparing state minimum wage and poverty level of states with the lowest and highest housing costs:
Mmmm. Why do Iowa and Kansas have such low poverty levels? It’s not because they have high minimum wages.
Next, a nifty state minimum wage map:
Finally, state poverty levels adjusted for local cost of living:
Poverty-wise, it looks like the Midwest is doing a lot better than the South. And then there’s the basket case of California…
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Links:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_US_minimum_wage_by_state.svg
https://ipropertymanagement.com/research/average-rent-by-year#historic-rent-by-state