Table 3.  Where Workers 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 754,000
14%
Juniata 1,790
25%
Adams 6,627
20%
Lackawanna 16,335
16%
Allegheny 78,599
11%
Lancaster 28,105
12%
Armstrong 6,048
32%
Lawrence 7,328
23%
Beaver 14,046
25%
Lebanon 8,431
18%
Bedford 3,886
24%
Lehigh 19,633
11%
Berks 21,041
13%
Luzerne 22,954
16%
Blair 10,623
17%
Lycoming 10,758
20%
Bradford 4,481
19%
Mckean 3,492
19%
Bucks 24,701
9%
Mercer 8,818
18%
Butler 12,739
17%
Mifflin 3,646
23%
Cambria 12,925
22%
Monroe 8,583
16%
Cameron 454
17%
Montgomery 28,710
6%
Carbon 3,699
22%
Montour 1,392
11%
Centre 12,412
19%
Northampton 16,429
18%
Chester 17,654
8%
Northumberland 7,218
24%
Clarion 3,769
25%
Perry 2,447
30%
Clearfield 7,397
22%
Philadelphia 72,915
11%
Clinton 2,974
23%
Pike 3,018
27%
Columbia 4,612
18%
Potter 1,374
21%
Crawford 6,897
22%
Schuylkill 9,867
20%
Cumberland 11,993
9%
Snyder 2,945
17%
Dauphin 14,399
8%
Somerset 6,778
25%
Delaware 24,420
11%
Sullivan 468
27%
Elk 2,669
17%
Susquehanna 2,753
31%
Erie 22,531
17%
Tioga 2,954
22%
Fayette 13,123
31%
Union 3,265
19%
Forest 447
25%
Venango 5,195
24%
Franklin 9,387
18%
Warren 3,348
22%
Fulton 1,109
21%
Washington 13,952
18%
Greene 2,797
23%
Wayne 3,110
21%
Huntingdon 3,544
27%
Westmoreland 26,174
19%
Indiana 7,486
23%
Wyoming 2,151
23%
Jefferson 4,075
26%
York 24,106
14%
Source: Keystone Research Center analysis of the Census and the Current Population Survey.