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Table 4-7M: Domestic Demand for Gasoline by Mode

(Million liters)

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  1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
TOTAL demand 230,005 269,471 339,178 389,882 396,854 407,121 430,044 424,806 434,878 441,300 449,392 455,209 464,074 470,279 484,449 498,845 499,261 506,261 519,585 524,688 534,432 529,914 529,135
Highway 209,820 253,541 324,025 376,094 383,019 391,960 414,614 408,496 420,084 430,282 437,904 443,125 452,412 457,800 472,018 487,345 487,879 490,900 503,288 507,591 516,540 511,697 510,410
Nonhighway, total 20,185 15,930 15,152 13,788 13,834 15,160 15,430 16,310 14,795 11,018 11,488 12,083 11,662 12,479 12,431 11,500 11,382 15,361 16,297 17,098 17,892 18,217 18,725
Agriculture 8,675 7,432 7,313 5,924 4,009 4,091 2,579 2,949 3,049 3,204 3,452 3,508 3,475 3,727 3,433 2,661 2,469 3,034 3,149 3,229 4,141 4,080 4,651
Aviationa 5,011 1,898 1,488 1,551 1,563 1,444 1,366 1,282 1,303 1,289 1,379 1,389 1,301 1,267 1,329 1,219 1,120 1,347 1,293 1,153 1,175 1,264 1,309
Marine 230 365 2,264 2,762 3,983 3,986 4,923 6,472 4,994 3,307 3,394 4,014 3,761 3,737 3,619 4,156 4,256 3,762 4,093 4,192 3,804 4,773 4,684
Otherb 6,270 6,235 4,087 3,551 4,280 5,639 6,562 5,608 5,448 3,218 3,263 3,172 3,124 3,749 4,050 3,464 3,537 7,218 7,762 8,523 8,772 8,100 7,696

a Does not include aviation jet fuel.

b Includes state, county, and municipal use, industrial and commercial use, construction use, and miscellaneous.

NOTES

All nonhighway uses of gasoline were estimated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.

These estimates may not be comparable to data for prior years due to revised estimation procedures.

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES

Highway:

1960-95: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statististics, Summary to 1995 (Washington, DC: 1996), table MF-221.

1996-2006: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table MF-21, Internet site www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi as of Jan. 30, 2008.

Nonhighway:

1960-2006: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table MF-24, Internet site www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi as of Jan. 30, 2008 and unpublished revisions.