The Daily Viz » AAA http://thedailyviz.com By Matt Stiles Thu, 09 May 2013 19:14:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Visualizing Gas Prices by State, Income and Time http://thedailyviz.com/2012/03/17/visualizing-gas-prices-by-state-income-and-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=visualizing-gas-prices-by-state-income-and-time http://thedailyviz.com/2012/03/17/visualizing-gas-prices-by-state-income-and-time/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:51:35 +0000 Matt Stiles http://mattstil.es/blog/?p=34 Continue reading →]]> Gas prices risen for the eighth straight day, part of a trend that’s driven the cost up 17% this year, according to AAA data reported by CNN Money:

The national average price for a gallon of gasoline rose for the eighth straight day on Saturday to $3.835. That is now only about 7% below the record high of $4.11 from July 2008.

CNN mapped the gas prices data by state: 

CNN also created a map illustrating the percentage of residents’ income spent on gas by state. Mississippi residents spend almost 12 percent of their income on gas, for example:  

This line chart uses Bureau of Labor Statistics data (not adjusted for inflation) to show the trend over my lifetime:

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