In fact, by New Year’s Day a gallon of gasoline could cost less than $2.00 a gallon throughout the entire state of Missouri, one of eight states we identified as most likely to see gasoline prices fall below $2.00 a gallon as early as the beginning of 2015.
The 15 cities where the average price of a gallon of gas is now less than $2.50 are:
- St. Louis, Mo., $2.389
- Lubbock, Texas, $2.402
- Amarillo, Texas, $2.421
- Santa Fe, N.M., $2.423
- Albuquerque, N.M., $2.442
- Spartanburg, S.C., $2.443
- Sioux Falls, S.D., $2.463
- Oklahoma, City, Okla., $2.463
- Kansas City, Mo., $2.468
- Chattanooga, Tenn., $2.471
- Greenville, S.C., $2.480
- El Paso, Texas, $2.481
- Myrtle Beach, S.C., $2.482
- Fort Worth, Texas, $2.486
- Dallas, Texas, $2.497
Only one state, Missouri, boasts an average price below $2.50 a gallon, but Oklahoma, South Carolina, Mississippi and Texas are close, ranging from $2.511 to $2.529.
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