US Gasoline Price History

The US infrastructure has been developed for car and truck transportation and is 3.8 million square miles. US citizens have learned to depend on low gasoline prices to earn a living.

Average Historical Annual Gasoline Pump Price, 1929-2015

1929 $0.21

1930 $0.20

1931 $0.17

1932 $0.18

1933 $0.18

1934 $0.19

1935 $0.19

1936 $0.19

1937 $0.20

1938 $0.20

1939 $0.19

1940 $0.18

1941 $0.19

1942 $0.20

1943 $0.21

1944 $0.21

1945 $0.21

1946 $0.21

1947 $0.23

1948 $0.26

1949 $0.27

1950 $0.27

1951 $0.27

1952 $0.27

1953 $0.29

1954 $0.29

1955 $0.29

1956 $0.30

1957 $0.31

1958 $0.30

1959 $0.31

1960 $0.31

1961 $0.31
1962 $0.31
1963 $0.30
1964 $0.30
1965 $0.31
1966 $0.32
1967 $0.33
1968 $0.34
1969 $0.35
1970 $0.36
1971 $0.36
1972 $0.36
1973 $0.39
1974 $0.53
1975 $0.57
1976 $0.59
1977 $0.62
1978 $0.63
1979 $0.86
1980 $1.19
1981 $1.31
1982 $1.22
1983 $1.16
1984 $1.13
1985 $1.12
1986 $0.86
1987 $0.90
1988 $0.90
1989 $1.00
1990 $1.15
1991 $1.14
1992 $1.13
1993 $1.11
1994 $1.11
1995 $1.15
1996 $1.23
1997 $1.23
1998 $1.06
1999 $1.17
2000 $1.51
2001 $1.46
2002 $1.36
2003 $1.59
2004 $1.88
2005 $2.30
2006 $2.59
2007 $2.80
2008 $3.27
2009 $2.35
2010 $2.79
2011 $3.53
2012 $3.64
2013 $3.53
2014 $3.37
2015 $2.45
2016 $2.14
2017 $2.49
2018 $2.72
2019 $2.86
 
https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/fact-915-march-7-2016-average-historical-annual-gasoline-pump-price-1929-2015

Regular Gasoline prices vary by State from $4.05 in California to $2.47 in Louisiana. The US National Average price is $2.86.

https://gasprices.aaa.com/state-gas-price-averages/

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