Table R2.  Motor Gasoline Prices and Expenditures Ranked by State, 2005 



Rank		 Prices Expenditures Expenditures per Person

State		 Nominal Dollars
per Million Btu
State		 Million
Nominal Dollars
State		 Nominal
Dollars
 1
            Hawaii    20.48            California   37,090            Wyoming    1,504
 2
            District of Columbia    19.48            Texas   25,135            North Dakota    1,267
 3
            Washington    19.12            Florida   18,622            Vermont    1,257
 4
            Nevada    19.02            New York   12,919            Maine    1,256
 5
            Alaska    18.90            Pennsylvania   11,731            South Carolina    1,256
 6
            Oregon    18.67            Ohio   11,700            Alabama    1,244
 7
            California    18.64            Illinois   11,544            Mississippi    1,231
 8
            Montana    18.61            Michigan   10,904            Montana    1,221
 9
            West Virginia    18.57            Georgia   10,689            Iowa    1,218
10
            Maryland    18.57            North Carolina    9,871            South Dakota    1,217
11
            New Mexico    18.53            New Jersey    9,496            Missouri    1,213
12
            Arizona    18.43            Virginia    8,767            New Hampshire    1,200
13
            Rhode Island    18.38            Missouri    7,021            Kentucky    1,197
14
            Idaho    18.38            Indiana    6,921            Georgia    1,174
15
            Wisconsin    18.32            Tennessee    6,838            Delaware    1,164
16
            Maine    18.24            Washington    6,505            New Mexico    1,161
17
            Colorado    18.22            Arizona    6,491            Virginia    1,160
18
            Pennsylvania    18.16            Massachusetts    6,379            Minnesota    1,156
19
            Connecticut    18.16            Maryland    6,254            Louisiana    1,143
20
            New York    18.03            Minnesota    5,910            Tennessee    1,142
21
            Ohio    17.98            Wisconsin    5,867            North Carolina    1,137
22
            Massachusetts    17.97            Alabama    5,648            Arkansas    1,137
23
            Kansas    17.93            South Carolina    5,342            Maryland    1,122
24
            Utah    17.92            Louisiana    5,138            Oklahoma    1,121
25
            North Carolina    17.88            Kentucky    4,994            Nevada    1,118
26
            Wyoming    17.83            Colorado    4,877            Indiana    1,106
27
            Delaware    17.80            Oklahoma    3,963            Texas    1,100
28
            Kentucky    17.76            Connecticut    3,658            New Jersey    1,097
29
            Vermont    17.76            Oregon    3,651            Arizona    1,090
30
            Illinois    17.75            Iowa    3,600            West Virginia    1,084
31
            New Hampshire    17.72            Mississippi    3,571            Michigan    1,079
32
            North Dakota    17.72            Arkansas    3,153            Wisconsin    1,059
33
            South Dakota    17.72            Nevada    2,693            Florida    1,050
34
            New Jersey    17.64            Kansas    2,635            Nebraska    1,050
35
            Virginia    17.63            Utah    2,307            Connecticut    1,049
36
            Tennessee    17.62            New Mexico    2,225            Colorado    1,043
37
            Iowa    17.60            West Virginia    1,958            Washington    1,037
38
            Arkansas    17.51            Nebraska    1,841            California    1,031
39
            Nebraska    17.51            Maine    1,648            Ohio    1,021
40
            Minnesota    17.51            New Hampshire    1,564            Alaska    1,010
41
            Michigan    17.47            Idaho    1,420            Oregon    1,006
42
            Missouri    17.47            Hawaii    1,173            Idaho      996
43
            Louisiana    17.32            Montana    1,143            Massachusetts      992
44
            Texas    17.31            Delaware      978            Kansas      961
45
            South Carolina    17.27            South Dakota      950            Pennsylvania      949
46
            Indiana    17.22            Rhode Island      884            Hawaii      926
47
            Alabama    17.22            North Dakota      806            Utah      921
48
            Mississippi    17.21            Vermont      779            Illinois      908
49
            Florida    17.20            Wyoming      762            Rhode Island      829
50
            Oklahoma    16.82            Alaska      676            New York      671
51
            Georgia    16.75            District of Columbia      342            District of Columbia      588
 
            
 
            United States    17.83            United States  311,035            United States    1,051
Note: Rankings are based on unrounded data.
Sources:  Data sources, estimation procedures, and assumptions are described in the Technical Notes.