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Just the Facts - Key Economic and Social Indicators for New York State

Motor fuel taxes, 2008*

Rank, gas tax
State
Total state gas tax
Rank, deisel tax
Total state deisel tax
1
 California
45.5
1
47.6
2
 Connecticut*
44.1
7
37
3
 NEW YORK
41.2
5
40.3
4
 Illinois
39.5
4
41.3
5
 Washington
36
8
36
6
 Michigan
36
9
35.9
7
 Florida*
33.2
15
29
8
 Wisconsin*
32.9
10
32.9
9
 Hawaii
32.6
2
46.6
10
 Nevada
32.5
17
28.6
11
 Pennsylvania
32.3
6
39.2
12
 Indiana
31.7
3
44.8
13
 West Virginia
31.5
11
31.5
14
 Rhode Island
31
12
31
15
 North Carolina*
30.2
13
30.2
16
 Maine
29.1
14
29.5
17
 Ohio
28
20
28
18
 Montana
27.8
16
28.6
19
 Georgia
26
18
28.2
20
 Kansas
25
21
27
21
 Idaho
25
23
25
22
 Oregon
25
26
24.3
23
 Utah
24.5
24
24.5
24
 South Dakota
24
27
24
25
 Nebraska*
23.9
30
23.3
26
 Maryland
23.5
25
24.3
27
 Massachusetts
23.5
29
23.5
28
 North Dakota
23
31
23
29
 Delaware
23
33
22
30
 Minnesota
22
34
22
31
 Colorado
22
36
20.5
32
 Arkansas
21.8
32
22.8
33
 Iowa
21.7
28
23.5
34
 Tennessee
21.4
43
18.4
35
 Alabama
20.2
35
21.2
36
 Vermont
20
22
26
37
 Louisiana
20
37
20
38
 Texas
20
38
20
39
 New Hampshire
19.6
39
19.6
40
 Virginia
19.6
40
19.6
41
 Arizona
19
19
28
42
 Mississippi
18.8
42
18.8
43
 Kentucky*
18.5
47
15.5
44
 New Mexico
18
41
19
45
 Missouri
17.6
44
17.6
46
 Oklahoma
17
48
14
47
 South Carolina
16.8
46
16.8
48
 New Jersey
14.5
45
17.5
49
 Wyoming
14
49
14
50
 Alaska
8
50
8
United States *
25.4
26.2
NYS % +/- U.S.
62%
54%
*Rates effective as of 1/1/2008
**Average calculated by the Public Policy Institute
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