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Motor Gasoline and Ethanol-Blended Fuel
Consumption in Nebraska

The total of both motor gasoline consumption and ethanol–blended fuel consumption was 1.8 percent higher than last year. As of November 2012, consumption for the year totaled 767,366,497 gallons while consumption during the same time period in 2011 totaled 753,817,298 gallons. Total consumption of motor gasoline and ethanol–blended fuel in the month of November 2012 was 66,530,149 gallons, which was 2 percent less than a year ago and 6 percent less than a month ago. As shown in the graph below, consumption has changed very little over the last decade. The driving season is traditionally the months between the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends each year, so the months of June, July, and August usually have higher demand for these transportation fuels

Motor Gasoline and Ethanol-Blended Fuel Consumption in Nebraska
2001 – 2012

(Gallons)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2001 59,947,919 57,883,009 64,384,908 63,787,370 69,631,410 74,521,137 76,128,058 79,275,607 69,506,847 73,439,718 70,427,809 71,024,902
2002 65,575,599 60,411,966 63,387,755 66,924,566 75,778,317 72,768,803 80,776,184 79,900,559 69,803,818 73,995,843 69,367,820 71,664,606
2003 67,676,679 57,664,236 64,456,595 64,423,591 75,385,756 73,197,846 79,618,036 78,265,198 71,979,025 73,496,678 67,662,209 73,235,512
2004 65,988,208 60,627,361 67,420,309 67,440,267 69,743,122 72,844,885 77,580,255 73,426,107 71,772,722 71,913,058 67,804,518 75,364,176
2005 59,885,575 56,812,671 69,261,164 63,909,771 72,200,538 75,415,551 76,733,461 79,278,235 64,806,461 66,752,160 65,843,831 71,183,207
2006 62,064,636 61,106,531 65,221,568 66,005,286 69,776,026 73,434,619 70,945,889 72,776,455 66,956,495 70,212,126 68,475,998 68,674,923
2007 66,288,679 59,618,079 66,885,597 67,702,484 70,974,633 72,489,090 74,766,738 75,129,037 68,491,995 72,152,144 67,856,373 66,301,764
2008 64,436,992 62,124,307 65,376,364 65,913,463 69,552,777 68,813,866 73,829,957 77,300,626 67,613,275 70,088,547 67,248,501 72,933,398
2009 64,044,822 59,560,170 63,780,726 60,655,451 72,486,184 72,927,490 79,848,158 71,674,511 70,981,667 69,229,569 66,494,689 66,285,104
2010 61,255,104 60,146,552 66,411,745 69,083,642 71,003,979 75,106,842 79,495,590 76,304,635 72,015,115 70,706,681 69,127,648 73,593,034
2011 63,897,314 59,773,743 66,278,779 65,458,949 69,464,805 72,470,084 74,416,630 75,337,483 70,536,484 68,156,393 68,026,634 68,847,923
2012 64,805,302 62,396,090 67,815,299 67,452,722 74,789,400 75,456,489 75,330,186 75,478,158 66,179,346 71,133,356 66,530,149 NA

Source:  "Monthly Motor-Fuel Consumption."  Nebraska Department of Revenue, Motor Fuels Division, Lincoln, NE.

Notes:  The numbers are net volume numbers which exclude motor fuel for aviation use, nonhighway agricultural use, and industrial use.  NA indicates data is not available.  Numbers in red have been revised.

This table was updated on March 4, 2013.  Typically, there is one month between updates.