When you consider that federal minimum wage is just $7.25/hour, and you compare that to the numbers on this map, you'll start to see the NLIHC's point. First, no one making minimum wage can afford a two-bedroom in any of these states without being rent burdened.
Second, you'd need to make around double minimum wage to afford rent in the cheapest state on the list, West Virginia at $14.10 an hour -- around $29,300 per year. Compare that to the most expensive market, Hawaii, where you'd need to make $36.13 an hour, almost five times the federal minimum wage.
Here's the full ranking:
51. Arkansas $13.84
50. West Virginia $14.10
49. South Dakota $14.33
48. Kentucky $14.40
47. Mississippi $14.51
46. Alabama $14.65
45. Iowa $15.01
44. Ohio $15.25
43. Oklahoma $15.41
42. Idaho $15.44
41. Missouri $15.46
40. Indiana $15.56
39. Nebraska $15.66
38. Kansas $15.67
37. Tennessee $15.74
36. New Mexico $15.89
35. Montana $16.13
34. North Carolina $16.35
33. South Carolina $16.38
32. North Dakota $16.44
31. Wyoming $16.46
30. Wisconsin $16.52
29. Louisiana $16.63
28. Michigan $16.85
27. Georgia $17.53
26. Utah $17.77
25. Arizona $18.46
24. Nevada $18.59
23. Maine $18.73
22. Minnesota $18.82
21. Texas $19.32
20. Pennsylvania $19.53
19. Rhode Island $19.96
18. Illinois $20.34
17. Oregon $21.26
16. Florida $21.50
15. Delaware $21.85
14. New Hampshire $22.32
13. Vermont $22.40
12. Virginia $23.69
11. Colorado $23.93
10. Alaska $24.80
9. Connecticut $24.90
8. Washington $26.87
7. New Jersey $28.17
6. Massachusetts $28.64
5. Maryland $29.04
4. New York $30.03
3. California $32.68
2. District of Columbia $34.48
1. Hawaii $36.13