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Table 4-7. Domestic Demand for Gasoline (Million gallons) by Mode

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  1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Highway 55,429 66,979 85,598 99,354 101,183 103,545 109,529 107,913 110,974 113,668 115,682 117,061 119,515 120,938 124,694
Nonhighway                              
Agriculture 2,292 1,963 1,932 1,565 1,059 1,081 681 779 806 846 912 927 918 984 907
Aviationa 1,324 501 393 410 413 382 361 339 344 340 364 367 344 335 351
Marine 61 96 598 730 1,052 1,053 1,300 1,710 1,319 874 897 1,060 994 987 956
Otherb 1,656 1,647 1,080 938 1,131 1,490 1,733 1,482 1,439 850 862 838 825 990 1,070
Total nonhighway 5,332 4,208 4,003 3,642 3,655 4,005 4,076 4,309 3,908 2,911 3,035 3,192 3,081 3,297 3,284
TOTAL demand 60,761 71,187 89,601 102,996 104,838 107,550 113,606 112,222 114,883 116,579 118,717 120,253 122,595 124,235 127,978

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.
1996-98: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table MF-21. Nonhighway: 1960-98: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table MF-24, and unpublished revisions.