| State | State Excise |
Other State Taxes |
Total State Taxes |
Total Federal & State Taxes |
| Alabama | 16 | 5 | 21 | 39.4 |
| Alaska | 8 | 8 | 26.4 | |
| Arizona | 18 | 1 | 19 | 37.4 |
| Arkansas | 21.5 | 0.2 | 21.7 | 40.1 |
| California | 18 | 14 | 32 | 50.4 |
| Colorado | 22 | 22 | 40.4 | |
| Connecticut | 25 | 4.7 | 29.7 | 48.1 |
| Delaware | 23 | 23 | 41.4 | |
| Dist. of Columbia | 20 | 20 | 38.4 | |
| Florida | 13.6 | 16 | 29.6 | 48 |
| Georgia | 7.5 | 4.7 | 12.2 | 30.6 |
| Hawaii | 16 | 19.1 | 35.1 | 53.5 |
| Idaho | 25 | 25 | 43.4 | |
| Illinois | 19 | 11 | 30 | 48.4 |
| Indiana | 15 | 3.1 | 18.1 | 36.5 |
| Iowa | 20.1 | 1 | 21.1 | 39.5 |
| Kansas | 23 | 1 | 24 | 42.4 |
| Kentucky | 15 | 6.4 | 21.4 | 39.8 |
| Louisiana | 20 | 20 | 38.4 | |
| Maine | 22 | 1.5 | 23.5 | 41.9 |
| Maryland | 23.5 | 23.5 | 41.9 | |
| Massachusetts | 21 | 0.5 | 21.5 | 39.9 |
| Michigan | 19 | 7.2 | 26.2 | 44.6 |
| Minnesota | 20 | 20 | 38.4 | |
| Mississippi | 18 | 0.8 | 18.8 | 37.2 |
| Missouri | 17 | 17 | 35.4 | |
| Montana | 27 | 0.8 | 27.8 | 46.2 |
| Nebraska | 24.5 | 0.9 | 25.4 | 43.8 |
| Nevada | 23 | 10.3 | 33.3 | 51.7 |
| New Hampshire | 18 | 2.6 | 20.6 | 39 |
| New Jersey | 10.5 | 4 | 14.5 | 32.9 |
| New Mexico | 17 | 1 | 18 | 36.4 |
| New York | 8 | 22.3 | 30.3 | 48.7 |
| North Carolina | 22.1 | 0.3 | 22.4 | 40.8 |
| North Dakota | 21 | 21 | 39.4 | |
| Ohio | 22 | 22 | 40.4 | |
| Oklahoma | 16 | 1 | 17 | 35.4 |
| Oregon | 24 | 24 | 42.4 | |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | 14.7 | 26.7 | 45.1 |
| Rhode Island | 27 | 4 | 31 | 49.4 |
| South Carolina | 16 | 0.8 | 16.8 | 35.2 |
| South Dakota | 22 | 2 | 24 | 42.4 |
| Tennessee | 20 | 1.4 | 21.4 | 39.8 |
| Texas | 20 | 20 | 38.4 | |
| Utah | 24.5 | 24.5 | 42.9 | |
| Vermont | 19 | 1 | 20 | 38.4 |
| Virginia | 17.5 | 1.4 | 18.9 | 37.3 |
| Washington | 23 | 23 | 41.4 | |
| West Virginia | 20.5 | 4.9 | 25.4 | 43.8 |
| Wisconsin | 28.1 | 3 | 31.1 | 49.5 |
| Wyoming | 13 | 1 | 14 | 32.4 |
| U.S. Average | 17.9 | 5.7 | 23.6 | 42 |
- State excise taxes represent rates effective as of July 2002.
- Largely excludes local taxes which are estimated to average approximately 2 cents per gallon nationwide. However, some local county taxes in Alabama, California, Florida, Hawaii, Nevada, New York, and Virginia are included. Includes state sales taxes, gross receipts taxes, and underground storage tank taxes. State sales taxes, expressed in cents per gallon, are based on selected city average retail gasoline prices as of April 1998. See notes to tax tables for individual states.
- Includes 18.3 cents per gallon federal excise tax and volume-weighted average U.S. total state taxes.
- Represents the average of state tax rates multiplied by state gasoline consumption records.
Sources:Petroleum Institute summaries of "State Motor Fuel Tax Rates," and reports on "Nationwide and State-by-State Motor Fuel Taxes"
Thanks for that chart! If pols really wanted to give some relief, they'd lower taxes. That would work far faster than anything else.
Lets see, 42 cents on $2.00 gallon gas is 20%, roughly.
Would you by chance happen to have a similar table showing what the various states' gas taxes were in 1992 or 1993?