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Table R2. Motor Gasoline Prices and Expenditures Ranked by State, 2006
Table R2.  Motor Gasoline Prices and Expenditures Ranked by State, 2006 



Rank		 Prices Expenditures a Expenditures a per Person

State		 Nominal Dollars
per Million Btu
State		 Million
Nominal Dollars
State		 Nominal
Dollars
 1
            Hawaii 24.03                 California 42,294                 Wyoming 1,700     
 2
            District of Columbia 22.70                 Texas 29,489                 Louisiana 1,540     
 3
            Washington 21.88                 Florida 21,442                 Vermont 1,448     
 4
            Nevada 21.52                 New York 15,028                 South Carolina 1,426     
 5
            Alaska 21.42                 Pennsylvania 13,353                 Alabama 1,417     
 6
            Maryland 21.33                 Illinois 13,240                 Maine 1,417     
 7
            Oregon 21.26                 Ohio 13,178                 New Hampshire 1,415     
 8
            Rhode Island 21.19                 Michigan 12,198                 Mississippi 1,404     
 9
            California 21.15                 Georgia 11,796                 Iowa 1,398     
10
            Maine 21.00                 North Carolina 11,140                 North Dakota 1,392     
11
            Montana 20.97                 New Jersey 10,950                 Montana 1,382     
12
            New Mexico 20.94                 Virginia 10,360                 South Dakota 1,365     
13
            Connecticut 20.90                 Indiana 7,853                 Delaware 1,360     
14
            Pennsylvania 20.86                 Missouri 7,806                 Virginia 1,356     
15
            West Virginia 20.83                 Tennessee 7,727                 Kentucky 1,341     
16
            Idaho 20.75                 Washington 7,501                 Missouri 1,337     
17
            Wisconsin 20.73                 Arizona 7,481                 Minnesota 1,328     
18
            Arizona 20.69                 Massachusetts 7,340                 New Mexico 1,313     
19
            Colorado 20.57                 Maryland 7,309                 Maryland 1,305     
20
            New York 20.57                 Minnesota 6,844                 Arkansas 1,280     
21
            Massachusetts 20.57                 Wisconsin 6,547                 Nevada 1,272     
22
            Delaware 20.53                 Louisiana 6,536                 Tennessee 1,272     
23
            New Hampshire 20.53                 Alabama 6,507                 New Jersey 1,264     
24
            Vermont 20.49                 South Carolina 6,173                 Georgia 1,263     
25
            Virginia 20.45                 Kentucky 5,639                 Texas 1,260     
26
            Utah 20.44                 Colorado 5,550                 North Carolina 1,256     
27
            Minnesota 20.36                 Oklahoma 4,333                 Indiana 1,246     
28
            Ohio 20.31                 Oregon 4,210                 West Virginia 1,222     
29
            New Jersey 20.26                 Iowa 4,154                 Arizona 1,213     
30
            Nebraska 20.24                 Connecticut 4,112                 Oklahoma 1,211     
31
            Illinois 20.24                 Mississippi 4,070                 Michigan 1,207     
32
            South Dakota 20.19                 Arkansas 3,597                 Nebraska 1,207     
33
            North Dakota 20.11                 Kansas 3,310                 Kansas 1,201     
34
            Kansas 20.07                 Nevada 3,171                 Florida 1,187     
35
            North Carolina 20.06                 Utah 2,699                 Washington 1,177     
36
            Wyoming 20.06                 New Mexico 2,551                 Connecticut 1,176     
37
            Kentucky 20.05                 West Virginia 2,209                 Wisconsin 1,175     
38
            Arkansas 19.95                 Nebraska 2,129                 California 1,167     
39
            Texas 19.80                 Maine 1,863                 Colorado 1,165     
40
            Michigan 19.79                 New Hampshire 1,856                 Idaho 1,160     
41
            Tennessee 19.77                 Idaho 1,698                 Ohio 1,150     
42
            Louisiana 19.73                 Hawaii 1,446                 Massachusetts 1,141     
43
            Iowa 19.69                 Montana 1,309                 Oregon 1,141     
44
            Alabama 19.65                 Delaware 1,160                 Hawaii 1,131     
45
            Florida 19.57                 Rhode Island 1,089                 Alaska 1,120     
46
            Indiana 19.52                 South Dakota 1,076                 Pennsylvania 1,077     
47
            Mississippi 19.45                 Vermont 899                 Utah 1,046     
48
            Missouri 19.41                 North Dakota 887                 Illinois 1,036     
49
            South Carolina 19.15                 Wyoming 872                 Rhode Island 1,026     
50
            Oklahoma 19.01                 Alaska 759                 New York 779     
51
            Georgia 18.77                 District of Columbia 378                 District of Columbia 645     
 
            
 
            United States  20.27                 United States  357,119                 United States  1,195     
a Includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline. Sources:  Data sources, estimation procedures, and assumptions are described in the Technical Notes.
Note: Rankings are based on unrounded data.