Table 2.  Where Workers Indirectly Affected by a Minimum Wage Increase to $7.15 Live
County Number
Share of Total Employment 2007 (%)
County Number
Share of Total Employment 2007 (%)
Pennsylvania 327,000
6%
Juniata 756
11%
Adams 3,101
9%
Lackawanna 7,424
7%
Allegheny 33,034
5%
Lancaster 11,970
5%
Armstrong 2,520
13%
Lawrence 3,209
10%
Beaver 6,150
11%
Lebanon 3,812
8%
Bedford 1,776
11%
Lehigh 8,513
5%
Berks 9,283
6%
Luzerne 10,622
7%
Blair 4,561
7%
Lycoming 4,531
8%
Bradford 1,906
8%
Mckean 1,514
8%
Bucks 10,705
4%
Mercer 3,861
8%
Butler 5,235
7%
Mifflin 1,541
10%
Cambria 5,285
9%
Monroe 3,691
7%
Cameron 197
7%
Montgomery 13,549
3%
Carbon 1,604
9%
Montour 604
5%
Centre 4,967
8%
Northampton 7,551
8%
Chester 7,216
3%
Northumberland 3,130
10%
Clarion 1,779
12%
Perry 1,124
14%
Clearfield 3,131
9%
Philadelphia 32,014
5%
Clinton 1,257
10%
Pike 1,359
12%
Columbia 2,134
8%
Potter 596
9%
Crawford 3,378
11%
Schuylkill 4,424
9%
Cumberland 5,507
4%
Snyder 1,244
7%
Dauphin 5,698
3%
Somerset 2,771
10%
Delaware 11,019
5%
Sullivan 199
12%
Elk 1,157
7%
Susquehanna 1,239
14%
Erie 8,816
7%
Tioga 1,256
9%
Fayette 5,233
12%
Union 1,380
8%
Forest 211
12%
Venango 2,452
11%
Franklin 4,393
8%
Warren 1,639
11%
Fulton 507
10%
Washington 5,622
7%
Greene 1,127
9%
Wayne 1,400
9%
Huntingdon 1,620
12%
Westmoreland 10,943
8%
Indiana 3,119
10%
Wyoming 977
10%
Jefferson 1,725
11%
York 10,736
6%
Source: Keystone Research Center analysis of the Census and the Current Population Survey.