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Table 2 The 52 cities in the analysis sample, and their 39 MSAs/CMSAs

From: The effects of living wage laws on low-wage workers and low-income families: What do we know now?

MSA/CMSA

City

MSA/CMSA

City

Albuquerque, NM MSA

Albuquerque

Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA

Milwaukee (1995)

Atlanta, GA MSA

Atlanta

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA

Minneapolis (1997)

Boise City, ID MSA

Boise

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA

St. Paul (2007)

Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA

Boston (1998)

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA

Newark (2003)

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA

Charlotte

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA

New York (2002)

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA

Chicago (1998)

Oklahoma City, OK MSA

Oklahoma City

Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA

Cincinnati (2002)

Omaha, NE-IA MSA

Omaha

Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA

Cleveland (2000)

Orlando, FL MSA

Orlando (2003)

Columbus, OH MSA

Columbus (2004)

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA

Philadelphia (2005)

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA

Dallas

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA

Phoenix

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA

Fort Worth

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA

Mesa

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA

Arlington

Pittsburgh, PA MSA

Pittsburgh

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA

Denver (2000)

Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA

Portland (1996)

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA

Aurora

Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA

Providence

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA

Detroit (1998)

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA

Raleigh

Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA

Grand Rapids

Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA

Sacramento (2004)

Honolulu, HI MSA

Honolulu

Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA

Salt Lake City

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA

Houston

San Diego, CA MSA

San Diego (2005)

Kansas City, MO-KS MSA

Kansas City (2005)

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA

Oakland (1998)

Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA

Las Vegas

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA

San Francisco (2000)

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA

Los Angeles (1997)

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA

San Jose (1998)

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA

Santa Ana

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA

Seattle

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA

Anaheim

St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

St. Louis (2000)

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA

Long Beach

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA

Tampa

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA

Riverside

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA

Baltimore (1995)

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA

Miami (2006)

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA

Washington (2006)

  1. For cities that enacted a living wage, the year of enactment is shown in parentheses.