Table 6-12: State Motor-Fuel Tax Rates: 2008
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 6-12: State Motor-Fuel Tax Rates: 2008
(Cents per gallon)
| State | Gasoline | Diesel | Liquefied petroleum gas | Gasohol1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 18.00 | 19.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
| Alaska | 8.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Arizona | 18.00 | 26.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
| Arkansas | 21.50 | 22.50 | 16.50 | 21.50 |
| California | 18.00 | 18.00 | 6.00 | 18.00 |
| Colorado | 22.00 | 20.50 | 20.50 | 22.00 |
| Connecticut | 25.00 | 43.40 | 0.00 | 25.00 |
| Delaware | 23.00 | 22.00 | 22.00 | 23.00 |
| District of Columbia | 20.00 | 20.00 | 20.00 | 20.00 |
| Florida | 15.60 | 15.60 | 14.50 | 15.60 |
| Georgia | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.50 |
| Hawaii | 17.00 | 17.00 | 5.20 | 16.00 |
| Idaho | 25.00 | 25.00 | 18.10 | 22.50 |
| Illinois | 19.00 | 21.50 | 19.00 | 19.00 |
| Indiana | 18.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
| Iowa | 21.00 | 22.50 | 20.00 | 19.00 |
| Kansas | 24.00 | 26.00 | 23.00 | 24.00 |
| Kentucky | 22.50 | 19.50 | 21.10 | 22.50 |
| Louisiana | 20.00 | 20.00 | 16.00 | 20.00 |
| Maine | 28.40 | 29.80 | 0.00 | 23.00 |
| Maryland | 23.50 | 24.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Massachusetts | 21.00 | 21.00 | 33.60 | 21.00 |
| Michigan | 19.00 | 15.00 | 15.00 | 0.00 |
| Minnesota | 22.50 | 20.00 | 15.00 | 22.50 |
| Mississippi | 18.40 | 18.40 | 17.00 | 18.40 |
| Missouri | 17.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 |
| Montana | 27.75 | 27.75 | 0.00 | 23.00 |
| Nebraska | 26.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 |
| Nevada | 24.00 | 27.00 | 22.00 | 24.00 |
| New Hampshire | 19.60 | 19.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| New Jersey | 10.50 | 13.50 | 5.25 | 10.50 |
| New Mexico | 18.88 | 22.88 | 12.00 | 18.88 |
| New York | 24.45 | 22.65 | 8.05 | 0.00 |
| North Carolina | 30.15 | 30.15 | 27.10 | 30.15 |
| North Dakota | 23.00 | 23.00 | 23.00 | 23.00 |
| Ohio | 28.00 | 28.00 | 28.00 | 28.00 |
| Oklahoma | 17.00 | 14.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 |
| Oregon | 24.00 | 24.00 | 18.50 | 24.00 |
| Pennsylvania | 30.00 | 38.10 | 22.80 | 31.20 |
| Rhode Island | 30.00 | 30.00 | 30.00 | 30.00 |
| South Carolina | 16.00 | 16.00 | 16.00 | 16.00 |
| South Dakota | 22.00 | 22.00 | 20.00 | 20.00 |
| Tennessee | 20.00 | 17.00 | 14.00 | 20.00 |
| Texas | 20.00 | 20.00 | 15.00 | 20.00 |
| Utah | 24.50 | 24.50 | 24.50 | 24.50 |
| Vermont | 21.00 | 27.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
| Virginia | 17.50 | 17.50 | 17.50 | 17.50 |
| Washington | 37.50 | 37.50 | 36.00 | 37.50 |
| West Virginia | 32.20 | 32.20 | 32.20 | 32.20 |
| Wisconsin | 30.90 | 30.90 | 22.60 | 30.90 |
| Wyoming | 14.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 |
| Federal tax | 18.40 | 24.40 | 13.60 | 18.40 |
1 Tax rates for gasoline blended with 10 percent ethanol.
NOTE: Tax rates in effect as of January 1.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2008 (Washington, DC: 2009), table MF-121T, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of Apr. 16, 2010.