Oklahoma has some of the lowest gasoline prices in the U.S. despite signs of increases in the past few weeks.
The state’s average this week, according to AAA, reached $3 a gallon, up 3 cents for last week. A month earlier, the statewide average was $3.11.
Prices in Oklahoma City average $3.01, 9 cents more than a week ago. Tulsa’s average is $2.98, two cents higher than last week.
Lawton’s average is $2.90 per gallon or 11 cents more than one week earlier.
Coal County in the southeast still has the highest average in Oklahoma at $3.50 per gallon. Ellis County in the northwest isn’t far off with an average of $3.47 per gallon.
Cotton County along the southern border has the lowest average at $2.85 per gallon. Another fuel pricing group, GasBuddy, reported the cheapest gasoline found in Oklahoma was at a Valero station in Chickasha—$2.09 per gallon. It reported two stations in Norman had an average of $2.59 per gallon.
AAA reported that since last Thursday, these 10 states have seen the largest changes in their averages: Ohio (+17 cents), California (-10 cents), Nevada (-10 cents), Alaska (-10 cents), Michigan (+9 cents), Illinois (-9), Indiana (+9), Florida (-8), Washington (-7 cents), and Utah (-7 cents).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive markets are Mississippi ($2.93), Arkansas ($2.95), Oklahoma ($3.01), Louisiana ($3.01), Texas ($3.02), Kansas ($3.02), Tennessee ($3.03), Missouri ($3.05), Alabama ($3.08), and South Carolina ($3.11).
