The National Average price for a gallon of regular gasoline passed the $5.00 mark on last Saturday (June 11th) and continued to inch higher throughout the weekend.
As of Monday, prices were around $5.01 a gallon, according to Triple . According to a series of reports by the New York Times a price increase per gallon of a single penny equates to a collective cost of $4 million dollars each day for American drivers.
The White House has confirmed that President Biden will visit Saudi Arabia in July – with speculation being that he will appeal to the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to increase oil production. Biden’s visit would reneg on a campaign promise to make Mohammed bin Salman, a “pariah” for his role in the murder of an American journalist (Jamal Khashoggi).
Stacker has compiled statistics on gasoline prices in Alabama using data from AAA – Gas prices are as of June 14th with the national average currently standing at $5.01 a gallon Alabama’s average price per gallon is $4.63, and in Cherokee County, the price is currently averaging $4.57 a gallon, with the lowest price listed at $4.54 a gallon.
Alabama by the numbers
- Gas current price: $4.63
- Week change: +$0.05 (+1.2%)
- Year change: +$1.82 (+64.6%)
- Gas tax: $0.24 per gallon (#33 highest among all states)
- Historical expensive gas price: $4.63 (6/14/22)
- Diesel current price: $5.64
- Week change: +$0.08 (+1.4%)
- Year change: +$2.63 (+87.0%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $5.64 (6/14/22)
Metros with most expensive gas in Alabama
- Russell County: $4.76
- Daphne-Fairhope-Foley: $4.68
- Montgomery: $4.67
- Dothan: $4.66
- Auburn: $4.64
- Tuscaloosa: $4.63
- Mobile: $4.62
- Birmingham: $4.61
- Florence-Muscle Shoals: $4.61
- Huntsville: $4.60
- Decatur: $4.59
- Anniston-Oxford: $4.57
- Gadsden: $4.54
States with the most expensive gas
- California: $6.44
- Nevada: $5.67
- Alaska: $5.58
States with the least expensive gas
- Georgia: $4.49
- Mississippi: $4.53
- Arkansas: $4.54
States with the highest gas tax per gallon
- Pennsylvania: $0.59
- California: $0.53
- Washington: $0.52
States with the lowest gas tax per gallon
- Alaska: $0.0895
- Hawaii: $0.16
- Virginia: $0.162