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Table 5.24 Retail Motor Gasoline and On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices, 1949-2010
(Dollars per Gallon)

Year

Motor Gasoline by Grade

Regular Motor Gasoline by Area Type

On-Highway
Diesel Fuel

Leaded Regular

Unleaded Regular

Unleaded Premium

All Grades

Conventional
Gasoline Areas ¹^,2

Reformulated
Gasoline Areas ³^,4

All Areas

Nominal ⁵

Real ⁶

Nominal ⁵

Real ⁶

Nominal ⁵

Real ⁶

Nominal ⁵

Real ⁶

Nominal ⁵

1949

0.268

1.850

1950

.268

1.830

1951

.272

1.733

1952

.274

1.716

1953

.287

1.776

1954

.290

1.778

1955

.291

1.754

1956

.299

1.743

1957

.310

1.749

1958

.304

1.677

1959

.305

1.663

1960

.311

1.672

1961

.308

1.638

1962

.306

1.605

1963

.304

1.578

1964

.304

1.554

1965

.312

1.566

1966

.321

1.567

1967

.332

1.572

1968

.337

1.531

1969

.348

1.507

1970

.357

1.468

1971

.364

1.426

1972

.361

1.355

1973

.388

1.380

1974

.532

1.735

1975

.567

1.689

1976

.590

1.662

.614

1.730

1977

.622

1.648

.656

1.738

1978

.626

1.550

.670

1.658

.652

1.614

1979

.857

1.958

.903

2.063

.882

2.015

1980

1.191

2.494

1.245

2.607

1.221

2.557

1981

1.311

2.510

1.378

2.639

1.470

2.815

1.353

2.591

1982

1.222

2.205

1.296

2.339

1.415

2.554

1.281

2.312

1983

1.157

2.009

1.241

2.154

1.383

2.401

1.225

2.127

1984

1.129

1.889

1.212

2.028

1.366

2.286

1.198

2.004

1985

1.115

1.811

1.202

1.952

1.340

2.176

1.196

1.942

1986

.857

1.362

.927

1.473

1.085

1.724

.931

1.479

1987

.897

1.385

.948

1.464

1.093

1.688

.957

1.478

1988

.899

1.342

.946

1.412

1.107

1.653

.963

1.438

1989

.998

1.436

1.021

1.469

1.197

1.722

1.060

1.525

1990

1.149

1.591

1.164

1.612

1.349

1.868

1.217

1.686

1991

1.140

1.525

1.321

1.767

1.196

1.600

1.098

1992

1.127

1.473

1.316

1.720

1.190

1.555

1.087

1993

1.108

1.416

1.302

1.664

1.173

1.500

²1.067

1.067

1994

1.112

1.392

1.305

1.634

1.174

1.470

²1.072

1.075

1995

1.147

1.407

1.336

1.639

1.205

1.478

²1.103

⁴1.163

1.111

1.109

1996

1.231

1.482

1.413

1.701

1.288

1.550

²1.192

^4,R1.242

^R1.199

1.235

1997

1.234

1.459

1.416

1.675

1.291

1.527

²1.189

⁴1.252

1.199

1.198

1998

1.059

1.238

1.250

1.462

1.115

1.304

²1.017

⁴1.078

1.030

1.044

1999

1.165

1.343

1.357

1.564

1.221

1.407

²1.116

⁴1.195

1.136

1.121

2000

1.510

1.703

1.693

1.910

1.563

1.763

²1.462

⁴1.543

1.484

1.491

2001

1.461

1.612

1.657

1.828

1.531

1.689

1.384

1.498

1.420

1.401

2002

1.358

1.474

1.556

1.689

1.441

1.564

1.313

1.408

1.345

1.319

2003

1.591

1.691

1.777

1.888

1.638

1.741

1.516

1.655

1.561

1.509

2004

1.880

1.943

2.068

2.137

1.923

1.987

1.812

1.937

1.852

1.810

2005

2.295

2.491

2.338

2.240

2.335

2.270

2.402

2006

2.589

2.507

2.805

2.717

2.635

2.552

2.533

2.654

2.572

2.705

2007

2.801

2.635

3.033

^R2.853

2.849

2.680

2.767

2.857

2.796

2.885

2008

3.266

3.007

3.519

3.240

3.317

^R3.054

3.213

3.314

3.246

3.803

2009

2.350

2.144

2.607

2.378

2.401

2.190

2.315

2.433

2.353

2.467

2010

2.788

2.519

3.047

2.754

2.836

2.563

2.742

2.864

2.782

2.992

¹Any area that does not require the sale of reformulated gasoline.

⁶In chained (2005) dollars, calculated by using gross domestic product implicit price deflators in Table
D1. See "Chained Dollars" in Glossary.

²For 1993-2000, data collected for oxygenated areas are included in "Conventional Gasoline Areas."

R=Revised. NA=Not available.

³"Reformulated Gasoline Areas" are ozone nonattainment areas designated by the Environmental
Protection Agency that require the use of reformulated gasoline.

Note: See "Motor Gasoline Grades," "Motor Gasoline, Conventional," "Motor Gasoline, Oxygenated,"
and "Motor Gasoline, Reformulated" in Glossary.

⁴For 1995-2000, data collected for combined oxygenated and reformulated areas are included in
"Reformulated Gasoline Areas."

Web Page: For related information, see http://www.eia.gov/petroleum/.

⁵See "Nominal Dollars" in Glossary.

Sources:  Motor Gasoline by Grade:  ·  1949-1973—Platt's Oil Price Handbook and Oilmanac, 1974,
51st Edition.  ·  1974 forward—U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), annual averages of monthly
data from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. City Average Gasoline Prices.
Regular Motor Gasoline by Area Type:  EIA, weighted annual averages of data from "Weekly U.S. Retail
Gasoline Prices, Regular Grade."  On-Highway Diesel Fuel:  EIA, weighted annual averages of data from
"Weekly Retail On-Highway Diesel Prices."

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