US states by residential natural gas price
Hawaii had the highest residential natural gas price of 51 states in 2016, at 36.48 USD per thousand cubic feet. North Dakota had the lowest, at 7.21 USD per thousand cubic feet. The median was 10.57 USD per thousand cubic feet and the figure for the United States was 10.05 USD per thousand cubic feet. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Map of states, 2016
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All states, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | States | 2016 | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | 36.48 | -9% |
| 2 | Florida | 20.27 | +4.8% |
| 3 | Arizona | 15.28 | -10.3% |
| 4 | Georgia | 14.56 | -0.4% |
| 5 | New Hampshire | 14.25 | -11.9% |
| 6 | Vermont | 14.15 | -2.8% |
| 7 | Alabama | 14.06 | -0.5% |
| 8 | Maine | 13.82 | -17.7% |
| 9 | Rhode Island | 13.8 | -3.1% |
| 10 | Connecticut | 12.91 | +3.3% |
| 11 | South Carolina | 12.62 | 0% |
| 12 | Massachusetts | 12.46 | -4.3% |
| 13 | Delaware | 11.88 | -5.9% |
| 14 | California | 11.84 | +4% |
| 15 | Texas | 11.73 | +10.2% |
| 16 | Oregon | 11.67 | -6.6% |
| 17 | Maryland | 11.53 | -4.2% |
| 18 | Louisiana | 11.35 | +5.4% |
| 19 | North Carolina | 11.31 | -2.2% |
| 20 | Arkansas | 11.17 | -3.5% |
| 21 | Missouri | 10.94 | -5.7% |
| 22 | District of Columbia | 10.9 | -9% |
| 23 | Virginia | 10.88 | -6.5% |
| 24 | New York | 10.84 | -3.2% |
| 25 | Washington | 10.78 | -8.7% |
| 26 | Oklahoma | 10.57 | +3.2% |
| 27 | Nevada | 10.23 | -13.5% |
| 28 | Pennsylvania | 10.18 | -7.8% |
| 29 | Kentucky | 10.14 | -6.7% |
| 30 | Mississippi | 10.06 | +3.7% |
| 31 | Kansas | 9.85 | -3.1% |
| 32 | Alaska | 9.81 | +1.8% |
| 33 | West Virginia | 9.26 | -11.6% |
| 34 | Tennessee | 9.21 | -4.3% |
| 35 | Utah | 9.12 | -6.2% |
| 36 | Ohio | 9.03 | -5% |
| 37 | Wyoming | 8.51 | -8.8% |
| 38 | New Jersey | 8.3 | -0.2% |
| 39 | Michigan | 8.21 | -6.8% |
| 40 | Idaho | 8.14 | -5.2% |
| 41 | Iowa | 8.13 | -4.5% |
| 42 | Wisconsin | 8.07 | -5.5% |
| 43 | New Mexico | 8.05 | -6.7% |
| 44 | Minnesota | 8.01 | -8.9% |
| 44 | Nebraska | 8.01 | -9.6% |
| 46 | Indiana | 7.92 | -11.2% |
| 47 | Illinois | 7.88 | -1.1% |
| 48 | South Dakota | 7.6 | -8.4% |
| 49 | Colorado | 7.35 | -11.1% |
| 50 | Montana | 7.27 | -11.4% |
| 51 | North Dakota | 7.21 | -11.5% |
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About this ranking
Annual average price of natural gas delivered to residential consumers, in nominal US dollars per thousand cubic feet, published by the US Energy Information Administration.
Includes delivery charges and taxes collected by the utility. Calculated from revenues and volumes of gas sold to residential consumers; excludes gas transported for third-party suppliers. It is not a wholesale price, a commercial price or a household bill. Missing values remain unavailable. Annual data can be revised.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Energy Information Administration. Annual average residential natural gas prices (NG.N3010<state>3.A). https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_pri_sum_a_EPG0_PRS_DMcf_a.htm. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2026). Annual average residential natural gas prices (NG.N3010<state>3.A) (US states by residential natural gas price, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_pri_sum_a_EPG0_PRS_DMcf_a.htm
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Annual average residential natural gas prices (NG.N3010<state>3.A), US states by residential natural gas price, 2016. U.S. Energy Information Administration, 30 Sept. 2026, https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_pri_sum_a_EPG0_PRS_DMcf_a.htm. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/residential-natural-gas-price/us-states?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) Annual average residential natural gas prices (NG.N3010<state>3.A), US states by residential natural gas price, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_pri_sum_a_EPG0_PRS_DMcf_a.htm, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/residential-natural-gas-price/us-states?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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Which state has the highest residential natural gas price?
Hawaii, with 36.48 USD per thousand cubic feet in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Which state has the lowest residential natural gas price?
North Dakota, with 7.21 USD per thousand cubic feet in 2016.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual average residential natural gas prices (NG.N3010<state>3.A). Retrieved 2026-10-12.