Gas prices are up across the country, but nowhere are they up as much as in northern Kentucky’s Kenton County, where an average gallon of gas would run you $4.92 a gallon Tuesday, nearly double the price it was at the start of the Iran war.
How much gas prices have increased depends entirely on where you live, an NBC News analysis of average gas price data from AAA shows. Kenton County prices were up $2.32 a gallon, while Fisher County in Texas, population 3,692, prices had only increased 60 cents as of Tuesday.
It also depends on the state. In Georgia, gas prices are up an average of $1.16 per gallon, the lowest state-level increase in the nation. But in Ohio, the average price is up $2.06 a gallon, the largest state-level increase in the U.S.
This map, showing the latest gas prices and the change in prices since the start of the war, will be updated daily.
Polling consistently indicates that prices and the economy rank among voters’ top issues ahead of the midterm elections. A recent poll showed gas prices were a problem for nearly two-thirds of Americans.
As of May 5, most counties have seen increases of an average of $1.47 per gallon. However, about 100 counties, mostly in Indiana and Ohio, have seen price increases of $2 per gallon or more. Conversely, a little more than a dozen counties — mostly in Georgia and Nebraska — have seen price increases of less than $1 per gallon.
Georgia’s price increases are low because the state suspended its 33 cents per gallon gas tax in mid March, for 60 days.
See the trends of gas prices nationally and on the state level with the NBC News gas price tracker.
