It kinda depends on how you slice it. There are 60 million Americans in "low wage" families, of which more than half of the income comes from minimum wage jobs:

It kinda depends on how you slice it. There are 60 million Americans in "low wage" families, of which more than half of the income comes from minimum wage jobs: https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/research-publications/working-poor-families-in-america/ https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/research-publications/w... But for the most part, minimum wage workers are young white women: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/09/08/who-makes-minimum-wage/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/09/08/who-makes-m...