http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/h150-07.pdf
Most poor people earn more than the minimum wage - only 3.6 million workers earn the minimum wage and there are 10 million working poor.
http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2012.htm
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2011.pdf
In fact, only 11% of min wage workers are below the poverty line.
http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba792