This question cannot be answered without knowing your starting point.
It is not clear when the minimum wage will go up in North Carolina as it was not among the ten states where the minimum wages will go up.
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There are three states between Virginia and Florida. North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
From eastern Virginia going south, they would probably travel the interstate. The states going that route would be North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and finally Florida.
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You would go likely go through 3 states - North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia - to get from eastern Virginia to Florida.
That would depend on your chosen route but could include as few as North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
At least five, but probably six. Unless you drove through the narrow space between Maryland and West Virginia, you'd have to pass through one or the other of them. So you'd go first through Pennsylvania, then West Virginia or Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and then Florida.
Starting in North Carolina, you go through Virginia, then into DC
South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey.
South Dakota and North Dakota.
Travelling from North Dakota to Olympia, Montana is the only state you would pass through.