US states by residential natural gas price

Hawaii had the highest residential natural gas price of 51 states in 2023, at 53.1 USD per thousand cubic feet. Idaho had the lowest, at 9.75 USD per thousand cubic feet. The median was 15.63 USD per thousand cubic feet and the figure for the United States was 15.4 USD per thousand cubic feet. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Highest53.1Hawaii

Lowest9.75Idaho

Median15.6351 states

United States15.4History

Map of states, 2023

Under 12
12 to 14
14 to 16
16 to 17
17 to 19
19 and over

USD per thousand cubic feet, 2023. Source: EIA, Annual average residential natural gas prices (NG.N3010<state>3.A). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2023

USD per thousand cubic feet. Source: EIA, Annual average residential natural gas prices (NG.N3010<state>3.A). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2023 USD per thousand cubic feet	Change on 2022
1	Hawaii	53.1	-7.6%
2	Florida	25.17	-4.4%
3	California	21.84	+8.4%
4	Massachusetts	21.44	+4.8%
5	New Hampshire	21.02	+2.5%
6	Rhode Island	20.52	+12.9%
7	Alabama	20.1	+15.8%
8	Arizona	19.44	+9.2%
9	Maine	19.1	-7.9%
10	Georgia	19.03	+5.4%
11	Connecticut	18.88	+2.8%
12	Arkansas	17.86	+5.4%
13	Delaware	17.69	+17.9%
14	South Carolina	17.46	+11.4%
15	Texas	17.39	+5.3%
16	Maryland	17.35	+2.2%
17	North Carolina	17.33	+0.8%
18	Virginia	17.21	+6.9%
19	Missouri	17.17	+20.2%
20	Vermont	17.14	+10.5%
21	Nevada	16.97	+33.4%
22	New York	16.9	+3.4%
23	District of Columbia	16.79	+0.7%
24	Louisiana	16.27	+2.4%
25	Oregon	15.77	+22.9%
26	Mississippi	15.63	+7.4%
27	West Virginia	15.61	+29.2%
28	Washington	15.55	+21.2%
29	Kentucky	15.5	+6.3%
30	Pennsylvania	15.43	+3.3%
31	Oklahoma	15.06	+1.9%
32	Kansas	14.55	+1.3%
33	Wyoming	13.72	+2.4%
34	Ohio	13.67	+4.6%
35	Utah	13.45	+28.3%
36	New Jersey	13.21	+5.4%
37	Nebraska	13.1	+2.1%
38	Minnesota	11.95	-1.4%
39	Colorado	11.88	-6.6%
40	Iowa	11.77	-9.7%
41	Tennessee	11.68	-6.2%
42	New Mexico	11.66	-6.8%
43	Indiana	11.64	+0.3%
44	Illinois	11.57	-16.2%
45	Michigan	11.48	+1.5%
46	Alaska	11.39	+2.8%
47	Wisconsin	10.9	-3.9%
48	South Dakota	10.41	-5.3%
49	Montana	10.17	-2.4%
50	North Dakota	9.76	-10.5%
51	Idaho	9.75	+22.3%

Other periods

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.

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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.

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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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_pri_sum_a_EPG0_PRS_DMcf_a.htm. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/residential-natural-gas-price/us-states?period=2023.

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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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest residential natural gas price?

Hawaii, with 53.1 USD per thousand cubic feet in 2023, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Which state has the lowest residential natural gas price?

Idaho, with 9.75 USD per thousand cubic feet in 2023.

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.