That’s according to data compiled by the American Petroleum Institute. North Carolina’s 27.1 cents-per-gallon excise tax rate on gasoline is lower only than those of Montana (27.75 cpg), Ohio (28), Rhode Island (30), Washington (31), Pennsylvania (31.1), Wisconsin (32.9) and New York (42.6 ? good heavens, if you can drive it there, you can drive it anywhere).
By way of comparison, North Carolina’s gas tax is considerably higher than its neighbor states’. NC’s rate is:
? 35.5% higher than Tennessee’s (20 cpg)
? 54.9% higher than Virginia’s (17.5 cpg)
? 69.4% higher than South Carolina’s (16 cpg)
? a whopping 261.3% higher than Georgia’s (7.5 cpg)
