
Expenditures on petroleum products increased to $4,734.2 million ($4.7 billion) in 2010, which was a 25–percent increase from 2009 expenditures of $3,790.8 million ($3.8 billion).
Motor gasoline expenditures and distillate fuel (diesel fuel and heating oil) expenditures comprised nearly all (90 percent) of the money spent on petroleum products in 2010. Propane expenditures were 5 percent while expenditures on each of the other fuels were less than three percent of the total.
The expenditures are in nominal dollars to provide a better comparison.

| Year | Asphalt and Road Oil |
Aviation Gasoline |
Distillate Fuel |
Jet Fuel | Kerosene | Lubricants | Motor Gasoline |
Other Petroleum1 |
Propane | Residual Fuel |
Annual Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | $5.3 | $2.2 | $41.4 | $7.3 | $3.9 | $14.8 | $294.4 | $0.0 | $34.1 | $2.3 | $405.7 |
| 1971 | $6.1 | $2.2 | $43.9 | $7.8 | $4.7 | $14.2 | $303.0 | $0.9 | $32.5 | $2.0 | $417.3 |
| 1972 | $5.1 | $1.0 | $53.4 | $7.4 | $5.4 | $16.1 | $321.3 | $1.0 | $36.9 | $3.0 | $450.6 |
| 1973 | $5.1 | $2.0 | $69.4 | $8.5 | $6.7 | $17.5 | $352.8 | $1.4 | $52.9 | $2.9 | $519.2 |
| 1974 | $11.6 | $2.8 | $113.2 | $15.8 | $8.5 | $22.7 | $457.5 | $1.4 | $60.0 | $10.1 | $703.8 |
| 1975 | $10.3 | $2.5 | $117.9 | $19.3 | $8.2 | $22.3 | $516.3 | $1.4 | $68.0 | $11.2 | $777.5 |
| 1976 | $7.7 | $2.5 | $158.2 | $21.1 | $10.4 | $23.4 | $573.0 | $1.8 | $86.2 | $15.9 | $900.3 |
| 1977 | $15.0 | $3.7 | $185.6 | $26.2 | $10.2 | $16.4 | $606.3 | $1.7 | $87.2 | $11.9 | $964.3 |
| 1978 | $23.5 | $4.5 | $225.4 | $31.9 | $8.9 | $19.2 | $638.0 | $2.2 | $75.2 | $13.0 | $1,041.7 |
| 1979 | $14.0 | $5.2 | $317.5 | $42.3 | $1.4 | $27.0 | $796.6 | $2.6 | $75.4 | $9.8 | $1,291.9 |
| 1980 | $18.6 | $9.7 | $332.7 | $56.2 | $2.0 | $33.9 | $1,008.9 | $3.3 | $96.7 | $4.3 | $1,566.2 |
| 1981 | $24.5 | $11.7 | $362.4 | $60.9 | $3.7 | $40.7 | $1,095.0 | $6.8 | $87.6 | $1.7 | $1,695.0 |
| 1982 | $21.8 | $6.8 | $380.8 | $57.2 | $3.7 | $35.6 | $1,027.3 | $6.0 | $109.1 | $5.1 | $1,653.4 |
| 1983 | $21.5 | $6.3 | $459.0 | $53.9 | $3.3 | $36.7 | $904.3 | $5.9 | $117.4 | $2.9 | $1,611.2 |
| 1984 | $20.8 | $5.5 | $474.4 | $49.3 | $3.8 | $40.6 | $896.6 | $5.5 | $49.7 | $2.0 | $1,548.3 |
| 1985 | $15.8 | $4.9 | $470.8 | $45.9 | $3.2 | $37.8 | $901.4 | $5.6 | $68.9 | $1.7 | $1,556.0 |
| 1986 | $24.9 | $5.0 | $393.2 | $32.8 | $4.8 | $32.7 | $679.4 | $6.6 | $66.2 | $4.3 | $1,249.8 |
| 1987 | $31.7 | $3.4 | $442.6 | $32.9 | $3.0 | $32.2 | $711.9 | $6.7 | $83.4 | $4.2 | $1,352.2 |
| 1988 | $29.7 | $3.6 | $462.0 | $34.2 | $2.1 | $33.5 | $705.4 | $6.1 | $92.3 | $5.6 | $1,374.3 |
| 1989 | $23.2 | $3.9 | $473.6 | $37.1 | $0.7 | $34.0 | $814.6 | $8.9 | $103.0 | $4.8 | $1,503.8 |
| 1990 | $29.0 | $3.9 | $562.3 | $50.0 | $1.9 | $35.3 | $920.2 | $7.4 | $98.2 | $3.6 | $1,711.7 |
| 1991 | $29.9 | $3.7 | $542.6 | $33.1 | $0.7 | $36.3 | $882.0 | $2.4 | $94.4 | $2.5 | $1,627.5 |
| 1992 | $15.6 | $3.5 | $566.7 | $30.7 | $0.7 | $40.4 | $857.6 | $3.8 | $90.2 | $2.3 | $1,611.6 |
| 1993 | $15.5 | $3.0 | $563.8 | $27.8 | $0.8 | $42.5 | $859.6 | $3.2 | $74.9 | $3.9 | $1,595.0 |
| 1994 | $19.9 | $3.0 | $582.3 | $28.1 | $0.7 | $44.8 | $869.4 | $4.2 | $80.4 | $2.8 | $1,635.6 |
| 1995 | $20.2 | $3.2 | $587.1 | $22.7 | $0.5 | $44.7 | $928.0 | $4.0 | $79.6 | $1.8 | $1,691.9 |
| 1996 | $36.7 | $3.5 | $774.9 | $27.9 | $0.7 | $44.9 | $1,017.7 | $3.6 | $123.8 | $3.1 | $2,036.7 |
| 1997 | $33.0 | $4.2 | $741.5 | $28.0 | $0.8 | $42.5 | $995.0 | $3.4 | $101.5 | $1.8 | $1,951.8 |
| 1998 | $28.6 | $2.6 | $689.6 | $21.4 | $0.6 | $47.2 | $867.3 | $2.7 | $85.1 | $1.9 | $1,746.9 |
| 1999 | $38.7 | $3.2 | $733.0 | $36.2 | $0.3 | $41.9 | $931.0 | $2.5 | $99.0 | $1.3 | $1,886.9 |
| 2000 | $29.5 | $3.5 | $853.2 | $47.2 | $0.8 | $44.3 | $1,287.0 | $2.3 | $146.6 | $3.5 | $2,417.7 |
| 2001 | $24.3 | $4.8 | $746.2 | $37.5 | $1.0 | $42.9 | $1,231.6 | $3.7 | $149.4 | $3.2 | $2,244.6 |
| 2002 | $23.0 | $5.0 | $681.4 | $47.1 | $0.3 | $48.5 | $1,182.0 | $3.0 | $169.7 | $2.6 | $2,162.6 |
| 2003 | $42.1 | $5.1 | $840.2 | $45.0 | $0.8 | $54.6 | $1,316.3 | $2.9 | $183.5 | $3.4 | $2,494.0 |
| 2004 | $41.2 | $4.3 | $1,138.3 | $45.7 | $1.3 | $61.3 | $1,579.9 | $3.2 | $194.3 | $7.3 | $3,076.6 |
| 2005 | $41.6 | $7.7 | $1,543.4 | $69.9 | $1.6 | $79.7 | $1,876.5 | $3.6 | $219.1 | $5.9 | $3,849.1 |
| 2006 | $54.4 | $9.0 | $1,778.6 | $88.4 | $0.9 | $93.3 | $2,145.1 | $5.4 | $243.4 | $3.8 | $4,422.2 |
| 2007 | $52.1 | $9.5 | $2,014.0 | $87.8 | $1.1 | $100.6 | $2,404.7 | $5.4 | $254.4 | $3.5 | $4,933.1 |
| 2008 | $50.3 | $9.1 | $2,451.1 | $113.6 | $0.6 | $101.2 | $2,630.6 | $6.9 | $291.9 | $5.9 | $5,661.2 |
| 2009 | $47.3 | $6.5 | $1,432.8 | $48.2 | $0.8 | $83.1 | $1,925.3 | $3.9 | $242.8 | $0.1 | $3,790.8 |
| 2010 | $50.9 | $6.0 | $1,887.0 | $78.5 | $0.7 | $102.0 | $2,365.7 | $6.1 | $237.3 | $0.1 | $4,734.2 |
Sources: State Energy Price and Expenditure Report. Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.
Notes: Totals may not equal the sum of the components due to independent rounding.
1Other petroleum is the subtotal of sixteen (16) petroleum products consumed in the industrial sector.
The table and graph were updated on April 22, 2013. Typically, there are one to two years between updates.