Key Points:
- Gas prices climbed to an average of $3.81 a gallon nationally over Labor Day weekend, $0.02 higher than last year, and near the all-time Labor Day record of $3.84.
- Diesel prices have jumped $0.27 in the last month.
- 16 States and D.C. have prices above the U.S. average and 34 states have lower prices.
- The highest gas prices are in California ($5.29), Washington ($5.10), Hawaii ($4.79), Oregon ($4.76), Alaska ($4.61), Nevada ($4.51), Arizona ($4.32), Utah ($4.32), Idaho ($4.16) and Illinois ($4.06).
- The lowest gas prices are in Mississippi ($3.29), Louisiana ($3.36), Texas ($3.38), Arkansas ($3.39), Alabama ($3.41), Tennessee ($3.41), South Carolina ($3.46), Missouri ($3.47), Kentucky ($3.48) and Oklahoma ($3.49).
- The Right Facts will continue to monitor gas prices across the country.