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Mississippi

What's this: Effective Date | Total - Non-light Duty Vehicles
  Gasoline Diesel  
Excise Tax Rate (cents/gallon) 18 18  
State Fees (cents/gallon) 0 0  
State Sales Taxes (cents/gallon) 0 0  
Other Taxes (cents/gallon) 0 0  
Local Taxes (cents/gallon) 0 0  
Total (cents/gallon) 18 18
Total - Non-light Duty Vehicles(cents/gallon) - 18  
Effective Date 7/1/1990 7/1/1990  
Histogram View state benchmarking data for 1992 to 2019 in graphical (histogram) format.
Non-transportation purposes: 0.4 cpg on gasoline and diesel dedicated to the Groundwater Protection Trust Fund (susnded between 7/1/2013 and 8/1/2014); In Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties there is an additional 3 cpg Seawall tax on gasoline only.

2016 Snapshot data is derived from the 2016 Transportation Governance and Finance.

1992-2019 data is derived from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, FHWA Highway Statistics, American Petroleum Institute, state government websites (motor fuel tax data), and toll facility owner/operator websites.