> The question Hornsby said he would like answered is, how many workers are actually trying to support themselves or their families with only a minimum wage job? Not many, according to Heritage Foundation fellow Rachel Greszler, whose research and writing are focused on economics, the federal budget, and entitlements. > Using 2016 data, the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that out of America’s 163 million workers, only about 222,000 are single parents earning the minimum wage or less, Greszler told The Daily Signal in an email. > According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “as of 2018, the median hourly wage rate was $18.58, and 82 million U.S. workers (16 and older) were paid hourly rates,” she said, adding that among those hourly wage earners in America, 2.1% earn at or below the current federal minimum wage of $7.25. > “Not only are minimum wage workers relatively scarce, but relatively few rely solely on their minimum wage job to support themselves or their families,” Greszler said.