Gas prices are up across the country, but nowhere are they up as much as in northern Douglas County, Ill., and Kingsbury County, S.D., where an average gallon of gas would run you as much as $4.87 a gallon Sunday, as much as 87% more than the price at the start of the Iran war.
How much gas prices have increased depends on where you live, an NBC News analysis of average gas price data from AAA shows. Douglas and Kingsbury county’s prices were up $2.12 a gallon, while Scott County in Indiana, population 24,384, prices had only increased 77 cents as of Sunday.
It also depends on the state. In Georgia, average gas prices are up $1.25 per gallon, the second-lowest state-level increase in the nation (Georgia suspended its 33 cents per gallon state gas tax in mid-March). But in Illinois, the average price is up $2.03 per gallon, the largest state-level increase in the U.S.
This map, showing the latest county-level 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, 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.
See the trends of gas prices nationally and on the state level with the NBC News gas price tracker.
