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STATE MOTOR FUEL TAX RATES
INCLUDING SALES TAX
As of April 1, 2012

RANK STATES GASOLINE
TAX RATE		     RANK STATES DIESEL
TAX RATE
1 NEW YORK 51.20   1 CALIFORNIA 55.10
2 CALIFORNIA 50.60   2 INDIANA 51.80
3 HAWAII 49.60   3 HAWAII 50.80
4 CONNECTICUT 46.00   4 NEW YORK 50.70
5 ILLINOIS 44.40   5 CONNECTICUT 46.20
6 INDIANA 43.00   6 ILLINOIS 45.70
7 MICHIGAN 42.90   7 MICHIGAN 40.00
8 NORTH CAROLINA 39.20   8 NORTH CAROLINA 39.20
9 WASHINGTON 37.50   9 PENNSYLVANIA 39.20
10 FLORIDA 35.00   10 WASHINGTON 37.50
11 WEST VIRGINIA 33.40   11 RHODE ISLAND 33.00
12 NEVADA 33.10   12 WISCONSIN 32.90
13 RHODE ISLAND 33.00   13 MAINE 32.70
14 WISCONSIN 32.90   14 WEST VIRGINIA 32.10
15 PENNSYLVANIA 32.30   15 GEORGIA  31.90
16 MAINE 31.50   16 FLORIDA 30.50
17 OREGON 31.00   17 OREGON 30.30
18 GEORGIA 29.40   18 VERMONT 29.00
19 MINNESOTA 28.10   19 MONTANA 28.60
20 OHIO 28.00   20 NEVADA 28.60
21 KENTUCKY 27.80   21 OHIO 28.00
22 MONTANA 27.80   22 MINNESOTA 27.60
23 NEBRASKA 27.60   23 KANSAS 27.00
24 VERMONT 25.50   24 NEBRASKA 27.00
25 IDAHO 25.00   25 IDAHO 25.00
26 KANSAS 25.00   26 UTAH 24.50
27 UTAH 24.50   27 MARYLAND 24.30
28 SOUTH DAKOTA 24.00   28 SOUTH DAKOTA 24.00
29 DIST. OF COL. 23.50   29 DIST. OF COL. 23.50
30 MARYLAND 23.50   30 IOWA 23.50
31 MASSACHUSETTS 23.50   31 MASSACHUSETTS 23.50
32 DELAWARE 23.00   32 NORTH DAKOTA 23.00
33 NORTH DAKOTA 23.00   33 ARKANSAS 22.80
34 COLORADO 22.00   34 NEW MEXICO 22.80
35 IOWA 22.00   35 DELAWARE 22.00
36 ARKANSAS 21.80   36 ALABAMA 21.90
37 TENNESSEE 21.40   37 COLORADO 20.50
38 ALABAMA 20.90   38 VIRGINIA 20.30
39 VIRGINIA 20.20   39 LOUISIANA 20.00
40 LOUISIANA 20.00   40 TEXAS 20.00
41 TEXAS 20.00   41 NEW HAMPSHIRE 19.60
42 NEW HAMPSHIRE 19.60   42 KENTUCKY 19.50
43 ARIZONA 19.00   43 ARIZONA 19.00
44 NEW MEXICO 18.90   44 MISSISSIPPI 18.80
45 MISSISSIPPI 18.80   45 TENNESSEE 18.40
46 MISSOURI 17.30   46 NEW JERSEY 17.50
47 OKLAHOMA 17.00   47 MISSOURI 17.30
48 SOUTH CAROLINA 16.80   48 SOUTH CAROLINA 16.80
49 NEW JERSEY 14.50   49 OKLAHOMA 14.00
50 WYOMING 14.00   50 WYOMING 14.00
51 ALASKA 8.00     51 ALASKA 8.00
This information obtained at http://www.api.org/statistics/fueltaxes/index.cfm NATIONAL AVERAGE  
   
Gasoline 27.61
Diesel 27.84