Highway traffic is responsible for the greatest gasoline consumption within the transportation sector in the United States. Motor vehicles demanded some 135.2 billion gallons of gasoline 2018, far more than marine transportation, which followed with 2.1 billion gallons. Total refined petroleum demand in the transportation sector reached 25.82 British thermal units in 2019.
Domestic demand for gasoline in the United States in 2018, by transportation mode
(in million gallons)
All non-highway uses of gasoline were estimated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.
* Does not include aviation jet fuel.
** Includes state, county, and municipal use, industrial and commercial use, construction use, and miscellaneous.
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