The Top 10 States With The Highest Gas Prices
- Hawaii
- Alaska
- California
- Nevada
- New York
- Oregon
- Montana
- Washington
- Connecticut
- Idaho
This list reflects the findings from one source.
The Top 10 Cities With The Highest Gas Prices
- Spokane, Washington $3.12 per gallon
- Ventura, California $3.13 per gallon
- Seattle, Washington $3.14 per gallon
- San Bernardino, California $3.14 per gallon
- Modesto, California $3.15 per gallon
- Sacramento, California $3.17 per gallon
- Stockton, California $3.17 per gallon
- Oakland, California $3.25 per gallon
- San Jose, California $3.25 per gallon
- San Francisco, California $3.30 per gallon
Honolulu shows an average price per gallon of $3.06.
Experts are predicting gas prices to remain high throughout the rest of the year due to the high demand as well as a decreased worldwide production of crude oil.
An all-time record high of $49.00 per barrel was hit in August of this year for crude oil.
Taxes contribute 27% of the cost of a gallon of gasoline and that doesn’t include city and county taxes, which drive up the price even higher yet.
Most states average about .21 cents per gallon and Federal taxes are .18.4 cents per gallon.
Some states taxes are higher than others. Hawaii’s are high because of the expenses to transport the product to the state. California’s are high due to the state’s tough clean air requirements.
Even with these high prices most Americans aren’t slowing down when it comes to consumption.
It’ll be interesting to see how high they’ll have to go for that to happen.
According to a third source the national average price for a gallon of gas on Tuesday hit $3.20 a gallon.
Also according to this source the state with the highest gas prices is Illinois at $3.48 a gallon and the state with the lowest price is New Jersey at $2.95 a gallon.
At any rate, in this writer’s lowly opinion they’re all too high and we Americans need to slow down on our consumption. Only then will prices truly fall.
