Gasoline prices are falling in the Midwest. Here are the average costs

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, regional gasoline prices have fallen over the past week, averaging $3.43 per gallon of regular gasoline on Monday, down from the previous week’s price of $3.48 per gallon.

The average fuel price in the Midwest has increased by about 6 cents since last month. According to the EIA, gasoline prices across the region last year were as low as $2.77 on Jan. 8, 2024, and as high as $3.77 on Aug. 14, 2023.

A year ago, the average price of gasoline in the U.S. Midwest was $3.68 per gallon, an increase of 7 percent.

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The average price of gasoline in the United States last week was $3.45, putting prices in the Midwest about 0.6 percent below the national average. The average national price of gasoline is down from last week’s average of $3.48 per gallon.

Prices in the Midwestern states, as compiled by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, include Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Please leave feedback or corrections to this story Here. This story was written by Ozge Terzioglu.

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