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2. Wyoming
Wyoming currently has the second lowest gasoline tax at $0.14, per gallon and a current average gas price of $3.34, according to AAA. However, the state won’t be on this list for long, as it passed a bill in February to raise the tax by $0.10 a gallon as of July 1. The increased revenue will mainly go to fund state highways, but smaller roads will also see some of the money.

3. New Jersey
New Jersey comes in at $0.145 per gallon and a current average gas price of $3.31. Along with Oregon, this state prohibits drivers from pumping their own gas. The law has been on the books since 1949 and has survived multiple attempts over the years to repeal it.

4. South Carolina
South Carolina’s tax is $0.168, and its current average price is $3.277. That probably won’t last much longer, though, as the state faces a massive $29 billion shortfall for its transportation infrastructure needs over the next 20 years. State lawmakers have been pushing bills to increase  the gasoline tax, though they’ve made little progress so far.

5. Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s tax is $0.17 and its average gas price is $3.305. It’s been 26 years since Oklahoma increased its tax, the second longest of any state, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

6. Missouri
Missouri taxes gas at $0.173 per gallon and has a current average price of $3.332. A proposed $0.01 increase to the state’s sales tax is moving through the state legislature to pay for transportation projects, and it it passes, it will still require voter approval. It’s expected to raise $8 billion over the next 10 years. Lawmakers estimated that to raise a similar amount of funds, the gas tax would have to increase by $0.20 to $0.25 per gallon.

7. New Hampshire
New Hampshire rounds out our list at $0.196 and an average $3.445, but it will soon fall out of the top seven. In March, the state passed a $0.12-per-gallon tax increase that will be phased in over three years in equal $0.04 increments, starting this July 1.

Foolish bottom line
We all feel the pinch at the pump, but don’t expect prices to drop anytime soon. Gas taxes will probably head higher all over the country over the next few years as the U.S. struggles to pay to upgrade the country’s declining infrastructure. Get ready to crack open that wallet a little wider.

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