The 27 Cities With Highest Gas Prices in America

By Jon C. Ogg Updated Apr 28, 5:58AM EDT · Published Feb 24, 2:18PM EST

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With the turmoil out of Libya and Bahrain on the heels of North African and Egyptian strife in recent weeks, it is no wonder that $100.00+ oil prices rose and drove gasoline higher. Still, it is always interesting to see where gasoline is the most expensive in the nation at any given point in time.

We took a look at GasBuddy.com and took a snapshot the 27 highest city averages in America. With the super-high taxes in California, it was no shock to see California dominate the highest prices with the bulk of the highest cities being California. Honolulu. Hawaii was also no shock when you consider how everything has to be imported there and it is even expensive to breath in Hawaii. What about elsewhere?

Ankorage, Alaska was also no shock. New York City made the list, another city where even breathing costs money, followed very closely by Chicago. Connecticut made the grade here for highest gas prices as well with the three cities of Hartford, Bridgeport, and Waterbury all on the list (hope you work for a hedge fund there).

On a statewide basis, the highest is Hawaii, followed by 2-California, 3-Alaska, 4-New York, 5-Connecticut, and 6- Illinois. Here is a list of the highest 27 cities based on a snapshot as of 2:00 PM EST today:

CITY, STATE	$/Gal.	Change
Tacoma, WA	$3.40	+0.005
Hartford, CT	$3.41	+0.032
Waterbury, CT	$3.42	+0.040
Albany, NY	$3.45	+0.025
Bridgeport, CT	$3.45	+0.042
Long Island, NY	$3.48	+0.026
Chicago, IL	$3.49	+0.029
Salinas, CA	$3.53	-0.03
New York City, NY	$3.53	+0.041
Fresno, CA	$3.53	0.00
Anchorage, AK	$3.56	-0.01
Stockton, CA	$3.56	+0.016
Sacramento, CA	$3.57	+0.015
Modesto, CA	$3.57	+0.029
San Bernardino, CA	$3.57	+0.019
Riverside, CA	$3.58	+0.014
Chico, CA	$3.61	+0.044
San Diego, CA	$3.62	+0.015
Los Angeles, CA	$3.62	+0.030
Ventura, CA	$3.62	+0.017
Orange County, CA	$3.63	+0.035
Oakland, CA	$3.63	+0.022
Bakersfield, CA	$3.64	+0.068
San Jose, CA	$3.66	+0.043
Honolulu, HI	$3.66	+0.018
San Francisco, CA	$3.71	+0.056
Santa Barbara, CA	$3.75	+0.127

Want to know what cities are calling for $4.00 gas or $5.00 gas at the pump, our own Paul Ausick broke out a city by city list here from local papers.

JON C. OGG

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.