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economy_fuel_prices_region_year

EIA Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update. Annual-average retail prices ($/gal, incl. taxes) for regular gasoline and on-highway diesel No. 2 by national, PADD region, sub-region, and ~9 states (CA only for state diesel). No county-native data — see economy_fuel_prices_county_year view for county broadcast. 2022 diesel sample redesign break; 2023 PADD 1A gasoline correction noted in methodology_note.

tier aTier A: EIA survey from retail fuel stations. Region boundaries are PADD districts, not county-based.

grain

area_code-year-product

years

1994 – 2025

cadence

Annual (aggregated from weekly EIA releases)

overview

668 region-year rows for EIA PADD districts. Annual averages of weekly retail gasoline and diesel prices.

current vintage — 2025

history — Yes — 1994–2025

provenance

source & licensing

authority

U.S. Energy Information Administration

dataset

Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update (GDFU)

source url

https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/

methodology

https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/

license

Public domain (U.S. Federal Government work)

citation

U.S. Energy Information Administration (2025). Weekly Retail Gasoline and Diesel Prices.

schema

fields

name	type	definition
area_codekey	string	EIA area code: NUS (national), R1X/R20/R30/R40/R50 (PADDs), R1A/R1B/R1C/R5XCA (sub-PADDs), SCA/SCO/SFL/SMA/SMN/SNY/SOH/STX/SWA (states).
area_name	string	EIA human-readable area name (e.g. East Coast (PADD 1), California).
area_type	string	Geographic type: national, padd, subpadd, or state.
methodology_note	string	Null for clean series. Populated for 2022 diesel break and 2023 PADD 1A gasoline correction.
padd_code	string	PADD this area belongs to (1-5). Null for national.
price_usd_per_gal	float64	Annual-average retail price in nominal dollars per gallon including taxes.
productkey	string	Fuel product: gasoline_regular or diesel_no2.
state_fips	string	2-digit state FIPS for state-grain rows. Null for PADD/national rows.
yearkey	int64	Reference year (annual average of weekly survey prices).

relationships

joins

primary key

area_code, year, product

common joins

economy_fuel_prices_county_year on (region, year)

usage

how to use this table

method

Annual average of weekly EIA regional retail prices.

do not use for

County-level fuel price analysis — EIA regions are not county-mapped.

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last updated · Jul 7, 2026