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Effects of a Federal Gas Tax Holiday

A follow up post estimates the effects of a three-month federal gas tax holiday as proposed by the Biden Administration.
Summary: We estimate that suspending the federal gas tax from March to December 2022 would lower average gasoline spending per capita between $16 and $47, depending on geographic location and assumptions, but lower federal tax revenue by about $20 billion over that period.
Introduction

Last month, a group of senators introduced a bill that would suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline through the end of this year. The proposal was unveiled at a time of rising gasoline prices. Based on recent data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the average retail gasoline price reached $3.70 per gallon which was a 32.3 percent increase from a year ago. We examine the effects of a federal gasoline tax holiday on gasoline consumption expenditure and federal and state tax revenue. We report the national averages, as well as by state given the variation in gasoline consumption and taxation across states.

Gasoline prices and consumption expenditure

Gasoline prices have fluctuated over time. Figure 1 shows the real U.S. average price and consumption per capita from 1993 to 2021.1 Even though the prices rose and fell over the years, consumption stayed relatively flat. It dropped sharply in April 2020 as the pandemic lockdowns went into effect but have rebounded since then.

Figure 1: Retail gasoline price vs Consumption per capita

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Gasoline prices also vary considerably across states. Figure 2 shows the average gasoline price in each state as of March 3rd, 2022. Gasoline retail prices on the West Coast are generally higher compared to other regions. California has the highest price in the nation with a state average of $5.09 per gallon. On the other hand, Rocky Mountain and Gulf Coast regions generally see lower prices than average while Oklahoma has the lowest price in the nation at $3.61 per gallon.

Figure 2: U.S Average Gasoline Retail Prices by State

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Source: AAA Gas Price Website

The difference in gasoline prices along with the difference in gasoline consumption leads to a big variation in gasoline expenditure across states.2 The state total gasoline expenditure ranges from $358 million in the District of Columbia to $54 billion in California. The per capita gasoline expenditure is the highest at $1,853 in Alabama and the lowest at $534 in DC. Due to this variation, consumers in different states would experience different levels of change in their gasoline consumption expenditure following the suspension of the federal gasoline excise tax.

Figure 3: Total and Per Capita Gasoline Expenditures by State from March to December 2022

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Total Expenditures

Per Capita Expenditures

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, AAA Gas Price

Gasoline taxes in the United States

The federal gasoline tax was first introduced in 1933 and it has stayed at 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993.3 Because it is not adjusted for inflation, the federal gasoline tax has declined in real terms. In addition to the federal gasoline tax, there are also state excise taxes on gasoline and other taxes and fees such as environmental surcharges applied at the state and local level. The average state excise tax on gasoline is 25.45 cents per gallon which ranges from 0 in Pennsylvania to 51.1 cents per gallon in California. Other state taxes and fees applied to gasoline range from 0 in a few states such as Texas and Iowa to 58.7 cents per gallon in Pennsylvania with an average of 12.14 cents per gallon. Ultimately, the combined state excise tax and other state taxes and fees range from 15.13 cents per gallon in Alaska to 68.15 cents per gallon in California, with an average of 38.07 cents per gallon. Figure 4 shows the federal excise tax on gasoline along with the state excise taxes, other state taxes and fees and the gasoline retail prices for each state. Federal excise tax accounts for a small fraction of the gasoline prices consumers see at the pump, 4.61 percent on average, while the share of state taxes and fees varies by state. For example, on average, consumers from Pennsylvania and Alaska see similar gasoline prices at $4.16 per gallon but the composition of producer prices and taxes is different. Pennsylvania has relatively low producer prices of $3.39 per gallon while state taxes on gasoline are high. In contrast, Alaska has relatively low state level taxes, but the producer prices are higher at $3.82 per gallon.

Figure 4. Federal, State Taxes and Retail Gasoline Prices

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Source: AAA Gas Price Website, American Petroleum Institute

Effects of a federal gas tax holiday

The gasoline tax is an excise tax, and it is imposed on the producers and passed on to consumers through higher prices. The tax creates a wedge between the prices that consumers pay and the prices that producers receive. Consumers and producers share the burden of tax with more of the burden falling on the side of the market that is more inelastic. The U.S. gasoline market is typically characterized by inelastic supply and inelastic demand in the short run.4 For example, using excise tax returns from the IRS from 1990 to 2009, Coyle, et al. (2012) find the short-run price elasticity of demand for gasoline to be –0.07 and that of supply to be 0.29. These elasticities imply that 80% of the tax burden falls on consumers and as a result, 80% of a tax decrease would be passed on to consumers in the form of lower prices.5

We estimate the change in gasoline consumption and expenditure per capita in each state as well as the change in federal and state revenue in the case that the federal gas tax is suspended from March to December 2022. We make the following two assumptions: (1) 80% of the tax decrease, that is, 14.72 cents per gallon, translates into lower prices paid by consumers and (2) gasoline demand increases as a result of the lower prices with an elasticity of –0.07. Using different estimation methods and datasets, the literature finds a short-run gasoline demand elasticity that mostly falls between 0 and –0.4.6 We therefore also show the estimates with a demand elasticity of –0.4 and an implied tax incidence of 41.2% that falls on consumers.

Table 1 reports the change in federal tax revenue along with the average change in state tax revenue and gasoline consumption and expenditure per capita across states. We find that the federal gas tax holiday would reduce federal tax revenue by about $20 billion and increase state tax revenue by between $100 and $300 million on average due to increased consumption from lower consumer prices. Given that the federal tax on gasoline is small compared to prices and the demand for gasoline, at least in the short run, is very inelastic, we do not find a significant change in people’s gasoline consumption expenditure. From March to December 2022, the average increase in gasoline consumption per capita across states would be between 0.9 and 2.7 gallons and the average decrease in gasoline expenditure per capita would be between 16 and 47 dollars depending on the demand elasticity. When the demand elasticity is higher, people increase their gasoline consumption by more in response to lower consumer prices which leads to a smaller reduction in their gasoline expenditure.

Table 1: Change in Federal and State Tax Revenue, Gasoline Consumption and Expenditure

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Demand Elasticity Change In Federal Tax Revenue (billion $) Change In State Tax Revenue (billion $) Average Consumption Change (gallon) Average Expenditure Change ($)
-0.07 -19.86 0.10 0.90 -47.18
-0.40 -19.86 0.30 2.67 -15.83

Figure 5 shows the estimated change in gasoline consumption and expenditure per capita in each state under the two different demand elasticity assumptions. In both cases, the increases in consumption per capita are small. Generally, larger states like Wyoming where driving is the primary mode of transportation would experience a larger increase in consumption.7 States like Oklahoma where the retail gasoline prices are lower would also experience a larger increase in consumption as the federal excise tax accounts for a larger share of the prices.8 Consumers would benefit from the drop in gasoline prices, but the effects are small. The decreases in their gasoline consumption expenditure from March to December 2022 vary from $17 in DC to $67 in Alabama ($5.8 and $22.6, respectively, when demand elasticity is -0.4).

Figure 5: Estimated change in gasoline consumption and expenditure per capita by state

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Elasticity = 0.07

Elasticity = 0.4

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration



This analysis was prepared by Zheli He and Xiaoyue-Sun under the direction of Richard Prisinzano. Prepared for the website by Mariko Paulson.


  1. We use the GDP Implicit Price Deflators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis to convert the nominal gasoline retail prices to constant 2020 Q1 dollars and use their data on population to calculate per capita consumption. We seasonally adjust consumption per capita to make it comparable across time.  ↩

  2. Data on the state-level gasoline consumption from the EIA are only available through 2020. The EIA provides projections for gasoline consumption at the national level for 2022 based on different oil price scenarios. We calculate the percentage change in total U.S. gasoline consumption from 2020 to 2022 using EIA’s projections and impute each state’s gasoline consumption for 2022 assuming that the percentage change is the same across states between 2020 and 2022. We then adjust the annual consumption by the share of March to December based on monthly gasoline consumption. Finally, we calculate each state’s gasoline expenditure from March to December 2022 under the assumption that state gasoline prices stay at their March 3rd levels.  ↩

  3. The 18.4 cents per gallon includes $0.001 per gallon leaking underground storage tank fee.  ↩

  4. In the long run, consumers may exchange for electric cars, switch to other transportation modes, for example, by taking the bus rather than driving, or move for a shorter commute, in response to higher gasoline prices. As a result, gasoline demand becomes more elastic over time.  ↩

  5. Studying the suspension and reinstatement of the gasoline sales tax in Illinois and Indiana, Doyle and Samphantharak (2008) find that 70% of the tax suspension translates into lower prices for consumers and 80%-100% of the tax reinstatements fall on consumers.  ↩

  6. Hughes, Knittel and Sperling (2008) find that the short-run gasoline demand became more inelastic in the past decades from –0.21 to –0.34 between 1975 and 1980 to –0.034 to –0.077 between 2001 and 2006. Using leads and lags of gasoline taxes to separate out the variation in gasoline prices that is not driven by demand, Coglianese, et al. (2017) find a short-run demand elasticity of –0.37. Levin, Lewis and Wolak (2017) find short-run demand elasticities that range from –0.27 to –0.35 using data on daily credit card purchases of gasoline.  ↩

  7. Even if the percentage increases in consumption per capita are the same in two states, the state with a higher level of initial consumption per capita would experience a bigger increase in quantity consumed.  ↩

  8. These states would experience a bigger percentage decrease in gasoline consumer prices as a result of the federal gas tax.  ↩

  Date,Real Gasoline Price,Consumption per capita
  1993-04,1.779180325,35.49095589
  1993-05,1.815490128,36.66530053
  1993-06,1.810538791,35.58163357
  1993-07,1.768672746,36.29225741
  1993-08,1.742421574,36.75762157
  1993-09,1.722733194,36.52564553
  1993-10,1.781918371,36.45925944
  1993-11,1.739491744,37.14916707
  1993-12,1.654638488,36.88175832
  1994-01,1.620783001,36.2207933
  1994-02,1.638647343,35.79236185
  1994-03,1.637023312,36.21135564
  1994-04,1.659865136,36.24191394
  1994-05,1.692189676,36.11775326
  1994-06,1.742292714,36.68186263
  1994-07,1.777358873,36.12341303
  1994-08,1.85610262,36.12807981
  1994-09,1.838425452,36.22155348
  1994-10,1.780546344,37.00942492
  1994-11,1.788538024,37.07052815
  1994-12,1.804521385,37.56017827
  1995-01,1.796367181,37.38497056
  1995-02,1.780470126,36.57872575
  1995-03,1.778880421,37.08199533
  1995-04,1.830508947,37.73339006
  1995-05,1.938092878,37.47315651
  1995-06,1.960242511,38.2483563
  1995-07,1.890805556,37.3707157
  1995-08,1.842000417,37.50145683
  1995-09,1.823108105,37.40992239
  1995-10,1.776759891,37.26442913
  1995-11,1.737589699,37.4338531
  1995-12,1.751690968,36.96061239
  1996-01,1.772931655,36.9526459
  1996-02,1.771372348,37.09435955
  1996-03,1.844659761,37.38917529
  1996-04,1.979917387,36.39949103
  1996-05,2.05600833,36.99994063
  1996-06,2.018739297,36.86409312
  1996-07,1.968812126,36.91492902
  1996-08,1.936308152,36.38098704
  1996-09,1.930116919,36.82426424
  1996-10,1.922945274,36.55899285
  1996-11,1.967593323,36.7047094
  1996-12,1.973751674,37.03496885
  1997-01,1.963582474,36.28081031
  1997-02,1.952869241,36.22699202
  1997-03,1.914607696,36.97186519
  1997-04,1.900046139,37.09912435
  1997-05,1.901573508,37.22878949
  1997-06,1.896991403,36.98475617
  1997-07,1.855338915,37.91091597
  1997-08,1.928335856,37.6930645
  1997-09,1.940502013,37.37869717
  1997-10,1.882607379,37.86864025
  1997-11,1.843196919,36.99848962
  1997-12,1.784081228,37.42466857
  1998-01,1.713350408,37.56725155
  1998-02,1.658862232,38.13963694
  1998-03,1.610428299,37.31194424
  1998-04,1.626282483,38.46413946
  1998-05,1.668562807,37.41781336
  1998-06,1.665542784,37.56321757
  1998-07,1.644874698,37.72827092
  1998-08,1.601271987,38.01746003
  1998-09,1.577215318,38.52628908
  1998-10,1.587890598,37.82526765
  1998-11,1.553403834,37.40543935
  1998-12,1.479932031,37.9147182
  1999-01,1.464746885,38.14202358
  1999-02,1.43784337,38.48583395
  1999-03,1.527521751,38.8733564
  1999-04,1.743624261,37.64165951
  1999-05,1.743624261,37.77397289
  1999-06,1.718311185,38.13121929
  1999-07,1.77601563,38.46672539
  1999-08,1.869490137,37.75478868
  1999-09,1.921420418,38.53135025
  1999-10,1.896108963,38.81560938
  1999-11,1.906437961,38.18320193
  1999-12,1.937424956,38.00911154
  2000-01,1.948100019,38.13488562
  2000-02,2.074162173,38.20645826
  2000-03,2.28084547,37.81519431
  2000-04,2.193878134,38.20370523
  2000-05,2.223013302,38.34361783
  2000-06,2.426959477,38.50709469
  2000-07,2.304198485,37.40928149
  2000-08,2.181095486,37.73401965
  2000-09,2.299853673,38.11542118
  2000-10,2.262944363,37.77650277
  2000-11,2.242778086,38.33239722
  2000-12,2.136184907,37.79084696
  2001-01,2.127992298,37.72240201
  2001-02,2.132285491,37.59618686
  2001-03,2.075042927,37.89882324
  2001-04,2.263136252,38.21060845
  2001-05,2.472238093,37.99891255
  2001-06,2.358441173,37.73117402
  2001-07,2.077169308,38.55878839
  2001-08,2.070084829,38.36801337
  2001-09,2.20610683,37.69869455
  2001-10,1.916761443,38.02272038
  2001-11,1.711949056,38.66097964
  2001-12,1.591886622,38.24871085
  2002-01,1.616332207,38.63855917
  2002-02,1.626187891,38.19681438
  2002-03,1.814853846,38.68877047
  2002-04,2.019049726,38.85006458
  2002-05,2.012034265,38.48464649
  2002-06,1.998003342,38.53984043
  2002-07,2.00797748,38.56406492
  2002-08,2.00797748,38.75653116
  2002-09,2.012166585,38.79853087
  2002-10,2.063158774,38.84469033
  2002-11,2.028448835,38.99880881
  2002-12,1.984020113,39.03451974
  2003-01,2.07226522,39.17464385
  2003-02,2.286399293,38.79654235
  2003-03,2.395538595,38.63507404
  2003-04,2.248251117,37.71577892
  2003-05,2.11883556,38.35927605
  2003-06,2.110574993,38.12185227
  2003-07,2.127393642,38.49415544
  2003-08,2.273874414,39.51246181
  2003-09,2.356013165,39.36660627
  2003-10,2.185120832,39.66836505
  2003-11,2.11573032,39.55603251
  2003-12,2.070830576,38.98412458
  2004-01,2.180588164,38.57173607
  2004-02,2.283267656,39.21010491
  2004-03,2.4021597,39.52832033
  2004-04,2.46477189,39.73439171
  2004-05,2.711383107,39.64021528
  2004-06,2.697980324,39.1915548
  2004-07,2.602195742,38.64984761
  2004-08,2.556917003,39.28347877
  2004-09,2.546263183,39.56836341
  2004-10,2.698525498,39.06282609
  2004-11,2.673416789,39.34634879
  2004-12,2.493691291,39.719494
  2005-01,2.458257666,39.67378481
  2005-02,2.560521185,39.72593549
  2005-03,2.779470001,39.38047354
  2005-04,2.974157805,39.47683692
  2005-05,2.870029742,39.72670957
  2005-06,2.860918537,39.78424839
  2005-07,3.009265744,39.55622706
  2005-08,3.262080183,39.32624005
  2005-09,3.806405148,38.1626304
  2005-10,3.537864085,38.19425147
  2005-11,2.946727301,39.09919798
  2005-12,2.852043055,39.45380854
  2006-01,2.998537816,39.94547356
  2006-02,2.955338542,39.81677809
  2006-03,3.135759038,39.35285156
  2006-04,3.5099478,39.08657705
  2006-05,3.7190082,39.24081648
  2006-06,3.690042,39.38153234
  2006-07,3.783286071,39.57115405
  2006-08,3.75076857,39.39937726
  2006-09,3.25925405,39.57598872
  2006-10,2.857106181,39.73167399
  2006-11,2.83467796,39.35991107
  2006-12,2.939342993,39.78892942
  2007-01,2.825041584,40.03337663
  2007-02,2.867003757,40.04198163
  2007-03,3.219979682,39.37896883
  2007-04,3.54432291,39.7670562
  2007-05,3.907214498,39.1641186
  2007-06,3.803005765,39.35950287
  2007-07,3.672374786,39.60295077
  2007-08,3.456496228,39.24612079
  2007-09,3.474791021,39.07570755
  2007-10,3.464979459,39.10064407
  2007-11,3.798968016,39.09217921
  2007-12,3.728526793,39.20542632
  2008-01,3.745724948,39.73018073
  2008-02,3.725150691,39.24613345
  2008-03,3.985354525,38.71427287
  2008-04,4.222930224,38.94650001
  2008-05,4.593806332,38.53427434
  2008-06,4.943007861,38.28887544
  2008-07,4.916759216,37.85278462
  2008-08,4.580928068,38.09865683
  2008-09,4.488903163,37.57194369
  2008-10,3.710437616,37.15348491
  2008-11,2.632598412,37.4471078
  2008-12,2.080563509,37.60983244
  2009-01,2.194917174,37.8667269
  2009-02,2.355957292,38.60297432
  2009-03,2.398901324,38.24091975
  2009-04,2.511842576,37.6115155
  2009-05,2.767567748,37.52869562
  2009-06,3.203734513,37.4539863
  2009-07,3.082117362,36.94523682
  2009-08,3.187162415,36.51651442
  2009-09,3.114347094,37.45506665
  2009-10,3.099355811,37.53274858
  2009-11,3.219522773,37.1024826
  2009-12,3.168362581,37.24304039
  2010-01,3.285546071,37.46353925
  2010-02,3.202487846,37.33740738
  2010-03,3.350806105,37.42914671
  2010-04,3.424279107,37.79861839
  2010-05,3.412471248,37.4342459
  2010-06,3.288488728,37.17391648
  2010-07,3.275052159,37.192882
  2010-08,3.276229389,37.43433003
  2010-09,3.245621425,37.20324393
  2010-10,3.339075832,37.16525551
  2010-11,3.409298247,36.98556147
  2010-12,3.56729868,37.54055564
  2011-01,3.665412118,37.47211317
  2011-02,3.80047813,37.15741921
  2011-03,4.209169252,37.46165825
  2011-04,4.455691884,36.85932806
  2011-05,4.580617824,36.62195753
  2011-06,4.320355448,36.83463214
  2011-07,4.259312643,36.28820218
  2011-08,4.248966134,36.03474968
  2011-09,4.215627385,36.00793004
  2011-10,4.025681018,35.89665983
  2011-11,3.953342768,35.00312081
  2011-12,3.819000304,35.38819659
  2012-01,3.926074532,35.15059372
  2012-02,4.154334679,34.42969056
  2012-03,4.459061976,34.56554841
  2012-04,4.499147233,35.39386429
  2012-05,4.309314593,35.19763855
  2012-06,4.087653726,34.97382217
  2012-07,3.955744867,34.67719229
  2012-08,4.274647112,35.00088773
  2012-09,4.421658785,35.13841579
  2012-10,4.289095992,35.0495713
  2012-11,3.961675495,34.83930868
  2012-12,3.804153606,34.49443228
  2013-01,3.800202549,34.87869068
  2013-02,4.186834775,35.47332329
  2013-03,4.235023719,34.6557087
  2013-04,4.065472532,34.28171144
  2013-05,4.106820109,34.17748086
  2013-06,4.122465138,34.63005139
  2013-07,4.071985025,35.28199058
  2013-08,4.05418886,35.16005403
  2013-09,4.008586187,35.19325047
  2013-10,3.781332683,35.44022145
  2013-11,3.672978706,36.02030315
  2013-12,3.711676555,35.60056783
  2014-01,3.734817975,35.14195471
  2014-02,3.781062773,34.828534
  2014-03,3.970446232,35.0337459
  2014-04,4.089324414,35.11874859
  2014-05,4.105747404,35.11239048
  2014-06,4.12326526,35.16952181
  2014-07,4.020312646,34.59270085
  2014-08,3.886229551,34.70558436
  2014-09,3.797930927,34.84103481
  2014-10,3.542402592,35.13157568
  2014-11,3.261622295,35.9810564
  2014-12,2.864394354,36.76185999
  2015-01,2.403810936,37.25266677
  2015-02,2.505058408,35.82445629
  2015-03,2.771785618,35.58737036
  2015-04,2.766596578,35.50975293
  2015-05,3.034052294,35.72293981
  2015-06,3.123926077,36.36421494
  2015-07,3.109244588,36.49325066
  2015-08,2.94298637,36.33477925
  2015-09,2.657972283,35.68049448
  2015-10,2.57724785,35.83158606
  2015-11,2.440125739,36.27634856
  2015-12,2.314880347,36.65293877
  2016-01,2.222724839,36.22665427
  2016-02,2.022820077,37.05353732
  2016-03,2.237852767,37.33051641
  2016-04,2.377738044,37.04007496
  2016-05,2.544050949,37.28226446
  2016-06,2.647057651,36.92211658
  2016-07,2.509193611,36.9404793
  2016-08,2.443922476,36.75157788
  2016-09,2.489933276,36.50067065
  2016-10,2.510947008,35.79453856
  2016-11,2.442824664,35.80645591
  2016-12,2.518397889,35.4311493
  2017-01,2.603171857,34.87044513
  2017-02,2.558691296,34.83202763
  2017-03,2.580931577,36.02616415
  2017-04,2.668728292,36.22438475
  2017-05,2.642336596,36.21578214
  2017-06,2.596942879,36.24575793
  2017-07,2.535770498,36.44506385
  2017-08,2.619805974,36.30593334
  2017-09,2.900274376,36.23734409
  2017-10,2.733779939,36.45792317
  2017-11,2.793232612,36.13497882
  2017-12,2.705618147,35.91626969
  2018-01,2.770862119,36.27626178
  2018-02,2.806133296,36.5384251
  2018-03,2.810282846,36.25575431
  2018-04,2.954107245,36.4018793
  2018-05,3.071325562,36.26368411
  2018-06,3.053845637,35.95243659
  2018-07,3.000778394,36.11601877
  2018-08,2.98643041,35.75924375
  2018-09,2.987455266,36.13349523
  2018-10,3.000470232,35.40559107
  2018-11,2.789427983,35.36607848
  2018-12,2.504979735,35.54409295
  2019-01,2.376409671,35.95120462
  2019-02,2.432313234,36.39247588
  2019-03,2.636615349,35.61756709
  2019-04,2.911671892,36.48798472
  2019-05,2.977363899,35.84188517
  2019-06,2.833852129,36.13551764
  2019-07,2.84379923,35.55715921
  2019-08,2.726944568,35.64226926
  2019-09,2.700753006,35.83586348
  2019-10,2.732872807,35.84399952
  2019-11,2.701771832,35.72544967
  2019-12,2.653615483,35.72235499
  2020-01,2.636,35.31596554
  2020-02,2.533,35.51304931
  2020-03,2.329,35.63946946
  2020-04,1.9463627,23.88601196
  2020-05,1.969461948,24.99608338
  2020-06,2.179363808,29.23390664
  2020-07,2.261187412,31.89195515
  2020-08,2.261187412,32.28208847
  2020-09,2.263177894,32.39023978
  2020-10,2.226529487,32.54934795
  2020-11,2.178987932,32.16312545
  2020-12,2.262185653,30.8447445
  2021-01,2.371747311,31.67613607
  2021-02,2.535417477,31.80840799
  2021-03,2.840216408,32.57063945
  2021-04,2.845885958,34.15755922
  2021-05,2.969452241,34.08372794
  2021-06,3.04764653,34.0677985
  2021-07,3.074515603,34.84393344
  2021-08,3.09735323,34.95475196
  2021-09,3.113529883,34.9327257
  2021-10,3.164971235,35.52611627
  2021-11,3.26504568,35.50163742
  2021-12,3.185547289,35.49639954
  2022-01,,33.98252688
  State,Price
  AK,4.156666667
  AL,3.777
  AR,3.609333333
  AZ,4.159
  CA,5.088
  CO,3.781333333
  CT,4.059666667
  DC,4.214
  DE,4.038666667
  FL,3.936
  GA,3.916
  HI,4.842666667
  IA,3.696
  ID,3.800666667
  IL,4.349
  IN,3.992333333
  KS,3.681
  KY,3.739333333
  LA,3.778
  MA,3.958
  MD,4.067
  ME,3.975333333
  MI,4.005
  MN,3.776333333
  MO,3.651
  MS,3.661333333
  MT,3.796666667
  NC,3.959666667
  ND,3.705333333
  NE,3.676333333
  NH,3.919
  NJ,4.006666667
  NM,3.908333333
  NV,4.327
  NY,4.162333333
  OH,3.892
  OK,3.607666667
  OR,4.301
  PA,4.157
  RI,3.991
  SC,3.897333333
  SD,3.674
  TN,3.873333333
  TX,3.667333333
  UT,3.753333333
  VA,3.916333333
  VT,3.957333333
  WA,4.286
  WI,3.777
  WV,3.761333333
  WY,3.729
  State	Total Expenditures	TotalExpendituresCut	Per Capita Expenditures	PerCapitaExpendituresCut
  AK	890.1551999	Below $2,000	1214.942	20%-40%
  AL	9337.133901	$5,000 - $10,000	1852.651146	Top 20%
  AR	4458.412019	$5,000 - $10,000	1473.421223	60%-80%
  AZ	9696.141931	$5,000 - $10,000	1332.561963	40%-60%
  CA	54063.84518	Above $20,000	1377.849818	40%-60%
  CO	6765.096688	$5,000 - $10,000	1163.973912	Bottom 20%
  CT	4401.816334	$5,000 - $10,000	1220.82871	20%-40%
  DC	358.1623476	Below $2,000	534.5307777	Bottom 20%
  DE	1601.880769	Below $2,000	1596.478287	Top 20%
  FL	27963.1041	Above $20,000	1283.822587	20%-40%
  GA	15608.33569	Above $20,000	1445.274346	60%-80%
  HI	1527.285045	Below $2,000	1059.472003	Bottom 20%
  IA	4423.638182	$5,000 - $10,000	1385.383256	40%-60%
  ID	2560.991071	$2,000 - $5,000	1347.235564	40%-60%
  IL	14565.65309	$10,000 - $20,000	1149.484175	Bottom 20%
  IN	9718.16255	$5,000 - $10,000	1427.884803	60%-80%
  KS	3995.822558	$2,000 - $5,000	1361.632613	40%-60%
  KY	6506.719691	$5,000 - $10,000	1442.925522	60%-80%
  LA	6435.673949	$5,000 - $10,000	1391.783853	40%-60%
  MA	7568.873022	$5,000 - $10,000	1083.632525	Bottom 20%
  MD	7603.957573	$5,000 - $10,000	1233.381746	20%-40%
  ME	2042.707634	$2,000 - $5,000	1488.585972	60%-80%
  MI	13932.27444	$10,000 - $20,000	1386.184104	40%-60%
  MN	7419.94656	$5,000 - $10,000	1300.059495	20%-40%
  MO	9195.055439	$5,000 - $10,000	1490.722548	60%-80%
  MS	5148.378169	$5,000 - $10,000	1745.233645	Top 20%
  MT	1672.737197	Below $2,000	1514.788668	Top 20%
  NC	14835.87413	$10,000 - $20,000	1406.089123	60%-80%
  ND	1264.333405	Below $2,000	1631.50741	Top 20%
  NE	2677.975919	$2,000 - $5,000	1363.745393	40%-60%
  NH	2109.996366	$2,000 - $5,000	1519.084607	Top 20%
  NJ	10821.6653	$10,000 - $20,000	1167.747221	Bottom 20%
  NM	3086.047349	$2,000 - $5,000	1458.519257	60%-80%
  NV	3981.521523	$2,000 - $5,000	1266.390878	20%-40%
  NY	17189.09161	Above $20,000	866.5641764	Bottom 20%
  OH	14825.98234	$10,000 - $20,000	1258.570539	20%-40%
  OK	5569.416859	$5,000 - $10,000	1397.020613	60%-80%
  OR	5185.420513	$5,000 - $10,000	1221.203774	20%-40%
  PA	15083.57385	Above $20,000	1163.491877	Bottom 20%
  RI	1113.435735	Below $2,000	1016.270146	Bottom 20%
  SC	8554.734058	$5,000 - $10,000	1648.087121	Top 20%
  SD	1441.216832	Below $2,000	1609.621915	Top 20%
  TN	10550.8369	$10,000 - $20,000	1512.617512	Top 20%
  TX	40455.71549	Above $20,000	1370.082509	40%-60%
  UT	3772.666539	$2,000 - $5,000	1130.226122	Bottom 20%
  VA	12410.79552	$10,000 - $20,000	1436.056704	60%-80%
  VT	870.9641776	Below $2,000	1349.139795	40%-60%
  WA	8661.708752	$5,000 - $10,000	1119.272966	Bottom 20%
  WI	7711.268257	$5,000 - $10,000	1307.901727	20%-40%
  WV	2321.223593	$2,000 - $5,000	1301.893982	20%-40%
  WY	1003.850019	Below $2,000	1734.355245	Top 20%
  State,Price Less All Taxes,Federal Excise Tax,State Excise Tax,Other State Taxes & Fees
  CA,4.2225,0.184,0.511,0.1705
  HI,4.141766667,0.184,0.16,0.3569
  IL,3.569,0.184,0.392,0.204
  NV,3.6382,0.184,0.23,0.2748
  OR,3.7287,0.184,0.36,0.0283
  WA,3.608,0.184,0.494,0
  DC,3.692,0.184,0.235,0.103
  NY,3.496133333,0.184,0.0805,0.4017
  AZ,3.785,0.184,0.18,0.01
  PA,3.386,0.184,0,0.587
  AK,3.821366667,0.184,0.0895,0.0618
  MD,3.522,0.184,0.271,0.09
  CT,3.518166667,0.184,0.25,0.1075
  DE,3.624666667,0.184,0.23,0
  NJ,3.315666667,0.184,0.105,0.402
  MI,3.3693,0.184,0.2717,0.18
  IN,3.310433333,0.184,0.32,0.1779
  RI,3.457,0.184,0.34,0.01
  ME,3.491233333,0.184,0.3,0.0001
  NC,3.388166667,0.184,0.385,0.0025
  MA,3.5086,0.184,0.24,0.0254
  VT,3.451933333,0.184,0.121,0.2004
  FL,3.3165,0.184,0.04,0.3955
  NH,3.4967,0.184,0.222,0.0163
  VA,3.388333333,0.184,0.262,0.082
  GA,3.3565,0.184,0.287,0.0885
  NM,3.535533333,0.184,0.17,0.0188
  SC,3.445833333,0.184,0.26,0.0075
  OH,3.3229,0.184,0.385,0.0001
  TN,3.415333333,0.184,0.26,0.014
  ID,3.286666667,0.184,0.32,0.01
  MT,3.280166667,0.184,0.325,0.0075
  CO,3.377333333,0.184,0.22,0
  LA,3.3939,0.184,0.2,0.0001
  AL,3.2799,0.184,0.28,0.0331
  WI,3.264,0.184,0.309,0.02
  MN,3.286333333,0.184,0.285,0.021
  WV,3.220333333,0.184,0.205,0.152
  UT,3.250233333,0.184,0.319,0.0001
  KY,3.295333333,0.184,0.246,0.014
  WY,3.305,0.184,0.23,0.01
  ND,3.291333333,0.184,0.23,0
  IA,3.212,0.184,0.3,0
  KS,3.2567,0.184,0.24,0.00025
  NE,3.235333333,0.184,0.248,0.009
  SD,3.19,0.184,0.28,0.02
  TX,3.283333333,0.184,0.2,0
  MS,3.289433333,0.184,0.18,0.0079
  MO,3.2678,0.184,0.195,0.0042
  AR,3.177333333,0.184,0.245,0.003
  OK,3.223666667,0.184,0.19,0.01  
  State	Elasticity	PerCapitaExpenditureChange	PerCapitaConsumptionChange
  AK	Elasticity=0.07	-40.11965361	0.7245544
  AL	Elasticity=0.07	-67.34564726	1.338152254
  AR	Elasticity=0.07	-56.05596058	1.165410124
  AZ	Elasticity=0.07	-43.97893135	0.793807909
  CA	Elasticity=0.07	-37.15268671	0.548420307
  CO	Elasticity=0.07	-42.26293894	0.838801446
  CT	Elasticity=0.07	-41.27991278	0.763272881
  DC	Elasticity=0.07	-17.41042228	0.310162654
  DE	Elasticity=0.07	-54.26322049	1.008539347
  FL	Elasticity=0.07	-44.77766808	0.853887553
  GA	Elasticity=0.07	-50.66702295	0.971115258
  HI	Elasticity=0.07	-30.01844265	0.465506964
  IA	Elasticity=0.07	-51.46697888	1.044989338
  ID	Elasticity=0.07	-48.6674637	0.961014244
  IL	Elasticity=0.07	-36.27516152	0.626224466
  IN	Elasticity=0.07	-49.09765217	0.923092945
  KS	Elasticity=0.07	-50.79139263	1.035461987
  KY	Elasticity=0.07	-52.98163983	1.063313685
  LA	Elasticity=0.07	-50.57924827	1.004740102
  MA	Elasticity=0.07	-37.58469378	0.712748484
  MD	Elasticity=0.07	-41.62896619	0.768342793
  ME	Elasticity=0.07	-51.40434857	0.97058298
  MI	Elasticity=0.07	-47.51261576	0.890474984
  MN	Elasticity=0.07	-47.26677769	0.939352149
  MO	Elasticity=0.07	-56.06498231	1.152335667
  MS	Elasticity=0.07	-65.4511529	1.341469762
  MT	Elasticity=0.07	-54.77796131	1.082811748
  NC	Elasticity=0.07	-48.74818887	0.924062707
  ND	Elasticity=0.07	-60.45736318	1.224447965
  NE	Elasticity=0.07	-50.93497088	1.039703205
  NH	Elasticity=0.07	-53.21370993	1.019148069
  NJ	Elasticity=0.07	-40.00881404	0.749528699
  NM	Elasticity=0.07	-51.23193399	0.983863443
  NV	Elasticity=0.07	-40.16818933	0.696947129
  NY	Elasticity=0.07	-28.57650621	0.515386297
  OH	Elasticity=0.07	-44.39459126	0.856126122
  OK	Elasticity=0.07	-53.17394654	1.106001858
  OR	Elasticity=0.07	-38.96967444	0.680228937
  PA	Elasticity=0.07	-38.41758549	0.693759841
  RI	Elasticity=0.07	-34.95603697	0.657433095
  SC	Elasticity=0.07	-58.0545494	1.118023447
  SD	Elasticity=0.07	-60.15658869	1.228715742
  TN	Elasticity=0.07	-53.61366841	1.038879622
  TX	Elasticity=0.07	-51.29761646	1.04966762
  UT	Elasticity=0.07	-41.34462725	0.826679026
  VA	Elasticity=0.07	-50.33958279	0.964757449
  VT	Elasticity=0.07	-46.80144886	0.887682251
  WA	Elasticity=0.07	-35.84229709	0.627823447
  WI	Elasticity=0.07	-47.54348306	0.944684944
  WV	Elasticity=0.07	-47.5227927	0.948195356
  WY	Elasticity=0.07	-63.85940854	1.285165745
  AK	Elasticity=0.4	-13.45628404	2.132260092
  AL	Elasticity=0.4	-22.60921876	3.937990918
  AR	Elasticity=0.4	-18.82804045	3.429635508
  AZ	Elasticity=0.4	-14.75062303	2.336063276
  CA	Elasticity=0.4	-12.43980567	1.613922619
  CO	Elasticity=0.4	-14.18830785	2.468472826
  CT	Elasticity=0.4	-13.84853364	2.246203051
  DC	Elasticity=0.4	-5.838778496	0.912764381
  DE	Elasticity=0.4	-18.20506376	2.967987221
  FL	Elasticity=0.4	-15.02647465	2.512869083
  GA	Elasticity=0.4	-17.00367946	2.857853473
  HI	Elasticity=0.4	-10.05495339	1.369920493
  IA	Elasticity=0.4	-17.28233893	3.075254338
  ID	Elasticity=0.4	-16.33755034	2.828127634
  IL	Elasticity=0.4	-12.16179307	1.842889144
  IN	Elasticity=0.4	-16.47387865	2.716530666
  KS	Elasticity=0.4	-17.05621044	3.047216705
  KY	Elasticity=0.4	-17.78878904	3.129180272
  LA	Elasticity=0.4	-16.98037251	2.956806585
  MA	Elasticity=0.4	-12.6119668	2.097516967
  MD	Elasticity=0.4	-13.96539255	2.261123076
  ME	Elasticity=0.4	-17.24856913	2.856287056
  MI	Elasticity=0.4	-15.941556	2.620540667
  MN	Elasticity=0.4	-15.86838793	2.764379181
  MO	Elasticity=0.4	-18.82876063	3.39115925
  MS	Elasticity=0.4	-21.98033559	3.947753871
  MT	Elasticity=0.4	-18.38902759	3.186560286
  NC	Elasticity=0.4	-16.35793557	2.719384539
  ND	Elasticity=0.4	-20.30072539	3.603375441
  NE	Elasticity=0.4	-17.10465422	3.059698002
  NH	Elasticity=0.4	-17.85820328	2.999207175
  NJ	Elasticity=0.4	-13.42380682	2.205755886
  NM	Elasticity=0.4	-17.19359623	2.895369562
  NV	Elasticity=0.4	-13.46760169	2.051015836
  NY	Elasticity=0.4	-9.584546549	1.516708245
  OH	Elasticity=0.4	-14.89958421	2.519456872
  OK	Elasticity=0.4	-17.86012009	3.254805469
  OR	Elasticity=0.4	-13.06647341	2.001816586
  PA	Elasticity=0.4	-12.88539427	2.041636103
  RI	Elasticity=0.4	-11.72893933	1.934731679
  SC	Elasticity=0.4	-19.48383371	3.290183287
  SD	Elasticity=0.4	-20.20153401	3.615934898
  TN	Elasticity=0.4	-17.99452962	3.057274315
  TX	Elasticity=0.4	-17.22688178	3.089021852
  UT	Elasticity=0.4	-13.88107986	2.432798275
  VA	Elasticity=0.4	-16.8937774	2.839143351
  VT	Elasticity=0.4	-15.70477862	2.612322053
  WA	Elasticity=0.4	-12.01824889	1.847594716
  WI	Elasticity=0.4	-15.9612544	2.780072834
  WV	Elasticity=0.4	-15.95499132	2.790403477
  WY	Elasticity=0.4	-21.44165844	3.782059194