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See how gas in your state compares
Prices vary wildly not only from state to state -- as much as 45 cents -- but even more so around the world.
By MSN Money staff
In mid-May, here's what you would have paid for a gallon of unleaded in eight countries around the world:
Belgium $5.02
France $5.05
Germany $5.38
Italy $5.18
Netherlands $5.97
United Kingdom $5.46
Japan $3.58 A barrel of oil is 42 gallons, so every dollar increase in the cost of crude pushes up pump prices by 2.4 cents. On June 1, the average price of a gallon of unleaded in the United States was $2.04, according to biweekly Lundberg survey of gas stations.
In the United States, each gallon of gasoline is taxed 18.4 cents by the federal government and then with excise and sales taxes in each state. The tax per gallon averages 42.7 cents, slightly over 20% of the price of $2-a-gallon gasoline. Less than 1% of the federal government budget comes from the gas tax.
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In the United Kingdom, however, gas taxes provide 17% of the government's budget and make up more than three-quarters of the cost of a gallon of gasoline. Taxes in Italy, Germany and France raise 4% to 5% of the national budget revenues, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Here's a look at gas prices as of June 1, courtesy of AAA, and a state-by-state estimate of taxes per gallon.
| Gas prices by state (June 1, 2004) | | State | Regular | Mid | Premium | Diesel | State | Regular | Mid | Premium | Diesel | | Alaska | $2.11 | $2.24 | $2.37 | $1.95 | Montana | $2.01 | $2.10 | $2.20 | $1.99 | | Alabama | $1.94 | $2.07 | $2.13 | $1.70 | North Carolina | $1.96 | $2.08 | $2.17 | $1.71 | | Arkansas | $1.95 | $2.06 | $2.19 | $1.72 | North Dakota | $2.04 | $2.11 | $2.19 | $1.77 | | Arizona | $2.15 | $2.25 | $2.37 | $2.15 | Nebraska | $2.06 | $2.11 | $2.16 | $1.80 | | California | $2.37 | $2.52 | $2.56 | $2.34 | New Hampshire | $2.05 | $2.22 | $2.30 | $1.81 | | Colorado | $2.02 | $2.16 | $2.25 | $1.94 | New Jersey | $2.02 | $2.16 | $2.24 | $1.72 | | Connecticut | $2.16 | $2.34 | $2.41 | $1.91 | New Mexico | $1.97 | $2.10 | $2.19 | $1.90 | | District of Columbia | $2.10 | $2.23 | $2.30 | $1.93 | Nevada | $2.29 | $2.42 | $2.50 | $2.22 | | Delaware | $2.09 | $2.22 | $2.31 | $1.84 | New York | $2.20 | $2.35 | $2.41 | $1.94 | | Florida | $2.03 | $2.20 | $2.24 | $1.83 | Ohio | $1.98 | $2.12 | $2.20 | $1.76 | | Georgia | $1.93 | $2.07 | $2.16 | $1.65 | Oklahoma | $1.89 | $1.96 | $2.07 | $1.65 | | Hawaii | $2.36 | $2.50 | $2.54 | $2.39 | Oregon | $2.31 | $2.44 | $2.48 | $2.23 | | Iowa | $1.98 | $2.09 | $2.19 | $1.75 | Pennsylvania | $2.04 | $2.15 | $2.25 | $1.84 | | Idaho | $2.08 | $2.20 | $2.26 | $2.17 | Rhode Island | $2.14 | $2.28 | $2.36 | $1.90 | | Illinois | $2.10 | $2.26 | $2.33 | $1.86 | South Carolina | $1.89 | $2.01 | $2.11 | $1.66 | | Indiana | $1.99 | $2.14 | $2.20 | $1.72 | South Dakota | $2.03 | $2.16 | $2.25 | $1.79 | | Kansas | $2.01 | $2.07 | $2.15 | $1.81 | Tennessee | $1.93 | $2.05 | $2.14 | $1.70 | | Kentucky | $1.93 | $2.07 | $2.16 | $1.66 | Texas | $1.92 | $2.03 | $2.11 | $1.72 | | Louisiana | $1.94 | $2.06 | $2.16 | $1.69 | Utah | $2.04 | $2.15 | $2.24 | $2.08 | | Massachusetts | $2.10 | $2.26 | $2.34 | $1.86 | Virginia | $1.96 | $2.05 | $2.13 | $1.71 | | Maryland | $2.05 | $2.18 | $2.24 | $1.81 | Vermont | $2.06 | $2.22 | $2.31 | $1.88 | | Maine | $2.10 | $2.26 | $2.32 | $1.84 | Washington | $2.31 | $2.39 | $2.51 | $2.28 | | Michigan | $2.07 | $2.19 | $2.28 | $1.76 | Wisconsin | $2.13 | $2.21 | $2.32 | $1.82 | | Minnesota | $2.00 | $2.08 | $2.13 | $1.75 | West Virginia | $2.01 | $2.11 | $2.21 | $1.80 | | Missouri | $1.91 | $1.99 | $2.11 | $1.67 | Wyoming | $1.94 | $2.02 | $2.15 | $1.90 | | Mississippi | $1.93 | $2.03 | $2.12 | $1.64 | U.S. avg. | $2.04 | $2.17 | $2.25 | $1.82 |
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Source: AAA Fuel Gauge Report, American Petroleum Institute
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