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Nebraska On–Highway
Diesel Fuel Consumption

In Figure 1, diesel fuel's monthly consumption in May of 2024 was below May 2023's consumption, but above the center of the five–year range and above the five–year average.

chart showing monthly On-Highway Diesel Fuel Consumption in Nebraska

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As for annual consumption, it can be seen in Figure 2 that diesel fuel consumption in 2023 took a downturn although being historically high. Consumption from 2016 to 2022 had increased each year bringing consumption out of the plateau seen from 2010 to 2015.

chart showing annual on-highway diesel fuel consumption in Nebraska

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Indicator

An indicator to support high or low consumption of diesel fuel is reported in miles traveled. From month to month, the difference in miles traveled can be large. From year to year, the number of miles traveled indicate very little difference although there are small increases that add up when looking at the miles traveled ten years and twenty years ago. A drawback to the miles–traveled data is that the data for passenger cars, recreational vehicles, and diesel trucks are not separated.

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Nebraska's On–Highway
Diesel Fuel Consumption
1994 – 2024

(Gallons)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Total
2024 37,977,079 34,188,997 41,190,942 41,983,959 43,886,387 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
2023 36,115,614 34,268,284 42,036,923 41,046,587 46,193,347 47,758,505 43,681,902 47,382,932 47,468,207 49,052,979 44,078,061 40,482,510 519,565,851
2022 37,395,507 37,636,188 44,697,661 44,069,672 44,302,860 47,982,707 44,548,551 46,155,767 47,817,934 48,964,285 44,702,473 39,004,214 527,277,819
2021 35,415,392 34,915,524 41,694,066 44,840,506 44,400,903 46,305,106 45,078,692 47,725,680 48,374,558 49,065,719 43,825,314 41,677,901 523,319,361
2020 35,476,542 33,909,408 39,409,216 38,406,613 38,479,238 42,387,860 40,415,431 41,399,186 45,016,235 45,754,856 38,332,599 37,233,232 476,220,416
2019 35,135,171 30,531,921 35,260,840 40,626,273 42,015,383 40,719,569 40,633,114 41,451,042 42,327,790 47,677,620 41,241,888 35,812,818 473,433,429
2018 32,529,648 30,603,280 37,190,658 37,304,976 39,637,575 40,790,447 38,892,830 41,573,575 40,910,171 43,323,803 40,243,206 34,841,807 457,841,976
2017 30,701,663 30,327,326 38,849,316 36,583,423 39,763,927 41,372,854 37,891,924 40,051,488 38,448,211 43,380,210 40,132,998 36,998,036 454,501,376
2016 31,252,521 27,742,522 42,558,761 34,422,245 34,898,716 38,054,427 36,229,144 38,296,139 39,189,656 40,662,075 37,093,738 36,211,078 436,611,022
2015 32,779,471 29,085,239 34,508,826 34,215,811 32,531,744 36,012,578 35,100,133 35,141,137 37,046,584 40,687,003 34,114,017 32,897,928 414,120,471
2014 31,730,848 28,233,306 33,665,338 34,032,360 34,653,804 34,907,995 35,736,208 34,559,075 35,989,470 40,719,157 34,595,802 33,467,638 412,291,001
2013 29,224,939 27,203,406 32,771,145 31,921,544 34,281,054 33,742,327 39,236,091 33,339,343 33,664,177 41,629,638 32,314,199 31,704,697 401,032,560
2012 31,758,927 28,914,759 32,915,256 32,500,030 34,645,393 36,873,144 32,966,830 36,423,551 34,086,562 37,973,616 31,620,043 29,131,398 399,809,509
2011 31,006,299 30,702,078 34,398,588 33,133,910 33,556,468 34,969,575 32,116,748 35,995,644 36,987,940 37,894,550 34,202,849 31,966,794 406,931,443
2010 28,069,283 26,907,255 33,249,802 33,192,753 33,447,380 34,369,500 35,544,306 35,644,145 37,988,973 38,522,622 34,292,594 33,380,297 404,608,910
2009 27,794,341 25,173,915 30,268,416 31,293,421 32,258,465 31,446,880 32,205,072 30,724,128 33,726,191 34,030,085 31,700,612 31,909,087 372,530,613
2008 30,998,237 28,671,035 32,322,487 32,044,841 32,278,831 32,254,044 32,573,152 33,018,830 34,030,785 35,474,456 31,296,867 30,506,995 385,470,560
2007 33,916,621 28,460,456 35,881,444 34,680,681 38,105,493 37,520,528 34,984,281 35,182,841 36,094,952 39,428,338 36,247,467 29,968,048 420,471,150
2006 29,447,548 28,259,266 33,079,188 33,435,373 34,911,957 35,333,479 31,480,269 33,167,997 33,241,655 36,890,842 33,320,279 29,871,400 392,439,253
2005 27,646,645 25,834,921 35,380,547 32,188,005 33,912,770 37,509,816 32,544,692 35,875,098 39,090,523 34,815,280 32,606,863 32,001,895 399,407,055
2004 26,546,177 25,183,751 37,684,038 32,118,207 33,658,291 38,888,487 32,273,801 31,724,187 35,666,627 34,983,596 34,048,482 36,955,832 399,731,476
2003 27,335,388 24,020,991 33,825,011 28,142,590 28,042,620 34,329,573 30,376,581 28,905,040 42,423,085 33,489,525 28,314,356 35,503,646 374,708,406
2002 25,747,927 24,953,555 33,218,705 29,776,096 30,952,953 37,422,130 31,304,098 31,374,525 33,630,165 33,838,187 29,516,768 31,392,870 373,127,979
2001 25,468,609 24,180,562 32,060,934 28,302,802 29,406,805 32,708,810 30,028,125 30,655,378 33,741,034 37,049,780 30,154,449 31,108,372 364,865,660
2000 25,905,203 24,895,680 35,138,082 28,561,487 29,828,188 36,653,413 28,248,601 32,242,213 27,367,032 33,469,893 29,076,080 32,894,615 364,280,487
1999 25,734,424 22,629,620 35,543,767 27,527,700 28,026,726 33,478,334 28,707,346 29,071,758 34,604,102 32,999,719 29,088,735 31,872,594 359,284,825
1998 23,647,189 21,355,343 24,600,290 26,678,705 26,254,173 26,791,040 27,295,384 27,770,142 28,317,344 30,990,617 26,211,421 26,812,645 316,724,293
1997 22,322,791 19,471,387 23,270,117 23,207,534 24,738,446 23,543,978 24,294,208 23,870,204 24,943,394 28,260,671 24,694,433 23,490,325 286,107,488
1996 20,245,070 18,988,050 21,275,722 21,807,522 20,648,289 21,137,492 21,596,293 21,526,996 21,201,801 25,832,888 21,795,116 19,841,743 255,896,982
1995 20,614,763 17,688,766 20,954,389 21,079,940 21,381,917 22,796,589 19,267,264 21,733,304 20,341,252 22,898,888 20,854,849 18,849,658 248,461,579
1994 NA NA NA NA NA NA 19,255,761 20,580,981 21,293,317 21,539,334 20,023,580 18,338,835 121,031,808

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Sources: "Monthly Motor–Fuel Consumption." Nebraska Department of Revenue, Motor Fuels Division, Lincoln, NE. Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, Lincoln, NE.

Notes: Diesel fuel includes all combustible liquids suitable for use in diesel–powered motor vehicles. It does not include kerosene. The Diesel Fuel Tax Act replaced the Special Fuels Tax Act and became effective on July 1, 1994, so there are no numbers before July 1, 1994. NA indicates data is not available. Numbers in red have been revised.

This table was updated on August 28, 2024.
Typically, there is one month between updates.

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