Table 6-12: State Motor-Fuel Tax Rates: 2012
(Cents per gallon)
State | Gasoline | Diesel | Liquefied petroleum gas | Gasohol |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 36.00 | 13.00 | 6.00 | 36.00 |
Colorado | 22.00 | 20.50 | 20.50 | 22.00 |
Connecticut | 25.00 | 51.20 | 0.00 | 25.00 |
Delaware | 23.00 | 22.00 | 22.00 | 23.00 |
District of Columbia | 23.50 | 23.50 | 20.00 | 23.50 |
Florida | 16.60 | 16.60 | 14.50 | 16.60 |
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 | 25.00 |
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 | 28.50 | 25.50 | 28.50 | 28.50 |
Louisiana | 20.00 | 20.00 | 16.00 | 20.00 |
Maine | 30.00 | 31.20 | 0.00 | 23.00 |
Maryland | 23.50 | 24.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Massachusetts | 21.00 | 21.00 | 21.20 | 21.00 |
Michigan | 19.00 | 15.00 | 15.00 | 19.00 |
Minnesota | 28.50 | 28.50 | 21.05 | 28.00 |
Mississippi | 18.40 | 18.40 | 17.00 | 18.40 |
Missouri | 17.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 |
Montana | 27.75 | 28.50 | 0.00 | 23.75 |
Nebraska | 26.20 | 26.20 | 26.30 | 26.20 |
Nevada | 24.00 | 27.00 | 22.00 | 24.00 |
New Hampshire | 19.63 | 19.63 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
New Jersey | 10.50 | 13.50 | 5.25 | 10.50 |
New Mexico | 18.88 | 22.88 | 12.00 | 18.88 |
New York | 25.85 | 24.05 | 8.05 | 28.85 |
North Carolina | 35.25 | 35.25 | 27.10 | 35.25 |
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 | 30.00 | 30.00 | 23.10 | 30.00 |
Pennsylvania | 31.20 | 38.10 | 22.80 | 31.20 |
Rhode Island | 32.00 | 32.00 | 32.00 | 32.00 |
South Carolina | 16.00 | 16.00 | 16.00 | 16.00 |
South Dakota | 22.00 | 22.00 | 20.00 | 8.00 |
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 | 20.00 | 29.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Virginia | 17.50 | 17.50 | 17.50 | 17.50 |
Washington | 37.50 | 37.50 | 37.50 | 37.50 |
West Virginia | 33.40 | 33.40 | 33.40 | 33.40 |
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 |
NOTE: Tax rates in effect as of July 2013. Only taxes that are levied as a dollar amount per volume of motor fuel are included. Taxes that apply to all petroleum products without distinguishing motor fuel are omitted. Local option taxes are included only when they have been adopted uniformly Statewide.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, MF-121T, available at www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of June 2014.