Gasoline explained Use of gasoline

Gasoline is the primary U.S. transportation fuel

In 2025, Americans used about 136.72 billion gallons of gasoline, including 136.53 billion gallons of finished motor gasoline (about 374.05 million gallons per day) and about 0.19 billion gallons of finished aviation gasoline. Motor gasoline is one of the most consumed fuels in the United States and the main product that U.S. oil refineries produce. Most of the finished motor gasoline sold for vehicles in the United States is about 10% fuel ethanol by volume.

U.S. consumers use gasoline in:

• Cars, sport utility vehicles, light trucks, and motorcycles
• Recreational vehicles and boats
• Small aircraft
• Equipment and tools used in construction, farming, forestry, and landscaping
• Electricity generators for portable and emergency power supply

In 2025, total gasoline consumption, based on energy content, accounted for about 56% of total energy consumption in the transportation sector and 16% of U.S. total energy consumption, and based on volume, 46% of total petroleum consumption.¹

Light-duty vehicles (cars, sport utility vehicles, and small trucks) account for about 91% of all gasoline consumption in the United States.²

Texas and California consume the most gasoline

Gasoline use various among the states, but Texas and California have historically accounted for the largest shares of total U.S. motor gasoline consumption.