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CHILDREN I N THE STATES
TABLE B6 Fair Market Rent and the Minimum Wage, 199.
Lowest Hourly Lowest rent as a percentage State
State monthly rent a minimum wage b of minimum wage rank'
Alabama $357 $5.15 41.6% I
Alaska 763 5.65 81.0 50
Arizona 553 5.15 64.4 41
Arkansas 397 5.15 46.3 7
California 479 5.15 55.8 28
Colorado 501 5.15 58.4 34
Connecticut 610 5.18 70.7 43
Delaware 602 5.15 70.1 42
District ofColumbia 812 6.15 79.2 48
Florida 470 5.15 54.8 25
Georgia 423 5.15 49.3 12
Hawaii 986 5.25 112.7 51
Idaho 532 5.15 62.0 38
lIIinois 439 5.15 51.1 20
Indiana 404 5.15 47.1 8
low.a 423 5.15 49.3 12
Kansas 486 5.15 56.6 29
KentuckY 391 5.15 45.6 4
Louisiana 393 5.15 45.8 6
Maine 490 5.15 57.1 32
Maryland 488 5.15 56.9 30
Massachusetts 554 5.25 63.3 40
Michigan 488 5.15 56.9 30
Minnesota 451 5.15 52.5 21
Mississippi 386 5.15 45.0 3
Missouri 382 5.15 44.5 2
Montana 478 5.15 55.7 27
Nebraska 517 5.15 60.2 37
Nevada 681 5.15 79.3 49
New Hampshire 653 5.15 76.1 44
New Jersey 675 5.15 78.6 47
New Mexico 429 5.15 50.0 17
New York 475 5.15 55.3 26
Nortb Carolina 421 5.15 49.0 II
North Dakota 490 5.15 57.1 32
Ohio 410 5.15 47.8 9
Oklahoma 391 5.15 45.6 4
Oregon 548 5.50 59.8 36
Pennsylvania 423 5.15 49.3 12
Rhode Island 655 5.15 76.3 45
South Carolina 425 5.15 49.5 16
South Dakota 538 5.15 62.7 39
Tennessee 438 5.15 51.0 19
Texas 417 5.15 48.6 10
Utah 458 5.15 53.4 23
Vermont 684 5.25 78.2 46
Virginia 423 5.15 49.3 12
Washington 512 5.15 59.7 35
West Virginia 434 5.15 50.6 18
Wisconsin 467 5.15 54.4 24
Wyoming 456 5.15 53.1 22
a. For a two-bedroom apartment in the metropolitan county with the lowest fair market rent (as determined by HUD) in the state.
b. Minimum wage as ofSeptember 1,1997.
c. States are ranked by the ratio of rent to minimum wage, from lowest to highest.
Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and U.S. Department of Labor. Calculations by Children's
Defense Fund.
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