The Cheapest & Most Expensive Gas in the U.S.
Where regular gasoline is cheapest and priciest right now, on a uniform current-week basis built from official EIA data — the same prices behind our national map.
National average: $4.05 · cheapest-to-priciest spread 257.7¢ (~64% of the national average).
Where gas is cheap, and where it isn’t
Averaging this week’s state prices by U.S. Census region, the South is the cheapest at about $3.74, and the West the priciest at about $4.81.
All 51, cheapest to most expensive
Every state and the District of Columbia on a uniform current-week basis. live = reported weekly to the EIA; est. = estimated from the state’s latest annual average (2024, EIA SEDS) carried forward by its region’s weekly move.
| # | State | Price / gal | vs. national | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | $3.43 | −62.0¢ | live |
| 2 | Georgia | $3.50 | −55.2¢ | est. |
| 3 | Alabama | $3.53 | −52.5¢ | est. |
| 4 | Mississippi | $3.54 | −51.4¢ | est. |
| 5 | Louisiana | $3.55 | −50.6¢ | est. |
| 6 | South Carolina | $3.55 | −50.3¢ | est. |
| 7 | Arkansas | $3.57 | −48.3¢ | est. |
| 8 | Virginia | $3.66 | −39.1¢ | est. |
| 9 | New Mexico | $3.68 | −37.0¢ | est. |
| 10 | Missouri | $3.70 | −35.1¢ | est. |
| 11 | Oklahoma | $3.71 | −34.3¢ | est. |
| 12 | Florida | $3.74 | −31.3¢ | live |
| 13 | Indiana | $3.75 | −30.3¢ | est. |
| 14 | Tennessee | $3.76 | −29.0¢ | est. |
| 15 | North Carolina | $3.77 | −28.1¢ | est. |
| 16 | Kansas | $3.79 | −26.5¢ | est. |
| 17 | Michigan | $3.79 | −26.3¢ | est. |
| 18 | Iowa | $3.81 | −24.0¢ | est. |
| 19 | Minnesota | $3.83 | −21.8¢ | live |
| 20 | Kentucky | $3.88 | −17.5¢ | est. |
| 21 | Illinois | $3.88 | −17.2¢ | est. |
| 22 | Nebraska | $3.92 | −13.4¢ | est. |
| 23 | South Dakota | $3.95 | −10.6¢ | est. |
| 24 | Colorado | $3.95 | −10.2¢ | live |
| 25 | West Virginia | $3.95 | −9.8¢ | est. |
| 26 | New Jersey | $3.95 | −9.8¢ | est. |
| 27 | Wisconsin | $4.00 | −4.7¢ | est. |
| 28 | Wyoming | $4.03 | −1.7¢ | est. |
| 29 | North Dakota | $4.05 | −0.5¢ | est. |
| 30 | Massachusetts | $4.07 | +1.5¢ | live |
| 31 | Ohio | $4.08 | +2.8¢ | live |
| 32 | Delaware | $4.08 | +3.1¢ | est. |
| 33 | Maryland | $4.10 | +5.1¢ | est. |
| 34 | New Hampshire | $4.11 | +5.8¢ | est. |
| 35 | New York | $4.19 | +13.8¢ | live |
| 36 | Pennsylvania | $4.19 | +14.1¢ | est. |
| 37 | Rhode Island | $4.22 | +17.0¢ | est. |
| 38 | Maine | $4.23 | +18.1¢ | est. |
| 39 | Vermont | $4.25 | +20.2¢ | est. |
| 40 | Connecticut | $4.26 | +20.7¢ | est. |
| 41 | District of Columbia | $4.29 | +24.2¢ | est. |
| 42 | Utah | $4.31 | +25.5¢ | est. |
| 43 | Montana | $4.31 | +25.7¢ | est. |
| 44 | Idaho | $4.33 | +27.5¢ | est. |
| 45 | Arizona | $4.83 | +78.0¢ | est. |
| 46 | Nevada | $5.03 | +97.8¢ | est. |
| 47 | Oregon | $5.16 | +110.8¢ | est. |
| 48 | Washington | $5.34 | +129.1¢ | live |
| 49 | California | $5.55 | +150.2¢ | live |
| 50 | Alaska | $6.01 | +195.6¢ | est. |
| 51 | Hawaii | $6.01 | +195.7¢ | est. |
What drives the priciest states
The U.S. Energy Information Administration breaks the retail price of a gallon into four parts: the cost of crude oil, refining, distribution and marketing, and taxes. [EIA] Crude is the same nationwide on a given day, so the state-to-state gap mostly comes down to the other three — and especially taxes and fuel-blend rules, which vary widely by state.
The states near the top tend to combine higher fuel taxes with special, costlier-to-make clean-air gasoline blends. California is the clearest example — it requires its own cleaner-burning blend year-round and levies among the highest fuel taxes in the country — which is why it sits at or near the top of this list almost every week. Remote markets such as Hawaii and Alaska, by contrast, tend to run high largely because of the cost of shipping and distributing fuel to them — a different one of the EIA’s four components. We don’t attribute a specific cause to every individual state, but the structural reasons behind the most expensive market are well documented:
Cheapest & priciest gas, answered
- Which state has the cheapest gas right now?
- As of the week of June 15, 2026, Texas has the cheapest average price for regular gasoline at $3.43 per gallon, on a uniform current-week basis built from U.S. Energy Information Administration data.
- Which state has the most expensive gas?
- Hawaii is the most expensive at $6.01 per gallon — about 257.7¢ more than the cheapest state (Texas). California typically sits at or near the top.
- How big is the gap between the cheapest and most expensive states?
- Right now the spread between the cheapest (Texas, $3.43) and most expensive (Hawaii, $6.01) state is about 257.7¢ a gallon — roughly 64% of the national average.
- Why is gas more expensive in some states?
- The U.S. EIA attributes retail gas prices to four components — the cost of crude oil, refining, distribution and marketing, and taxes. The states at the top of the list tend to combine higher fuel taxes with special, costlier-to-make clean-air gasoline blends. California is the clearest case, with its own year-round blend and high taxes; the structural reasons are covered in our California explainer.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Live states use the EIA weekly retail price of regular (all-formulations) gasoline for the week of June 15, 2026; estimated states carry their latest EIA SEDS annual average (2024) forward by their EIA PADD region’s weekly move, so every state is compared on the same current week. Estimates are directional, not pump-exact. Regional averages use U.S. Census Bureau regions.