--- description: All 48 states in continental U.S. had statewide average gas prices below $3. title: Gas Was Dirt Cheap This Weekend image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt274b3cab6cd3f2fe/69876eb08e0601544d459364/gas-prices1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Economy](/tag/economy/) ## Economy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Gas Was Dirt Cheap This Weekend  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 15, 2014 3:13 PM CUT  Man filling car with gas Man filling car with gasTom Merton—Getty Images/OJO Images RF  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 15, 2014 3:13 PM CUT Gas prices fell under $2.oo in 13 states across the U.S. this weekend, sending the nationwide average down to $2.55 per gallon — a low Americans haven’t seen since Oct. 2009. Oklahoma, Louisiana and Ohio had at least one gas station each with regular gas prices below $1.90 per gallon, [_CNNMoney_ reported](http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/15/news/economy/2-dollar-gas/index.html?iid=Lead "undefined") Monday, citing data from GasBuddy.com. Another ten states had stations with prices below $2.00 per gallon: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas and Virginia. Meanwhile, all 48 states in continental U.S. had statewide average gas prices below $3. The nationwide decrease in gas prices is due to falling oil prices, as economic downturns and the rise of fuel efficient vehicles slash demand for oil. \[[_CNNMoney_](http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/15/news/economy/2-dollar-gas/index.html?iid=Lead "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3633467/gas-price/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3633467/gas-price/"},"headline":"Gas Was Dirt Cheap This Weekend","datePublished":"2014-12-15T15:13:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:51:14.655Z","description":"All 48 states in continental U.S. had average prices below $3","url":"https://time.com/3633467/gas-price/","keywords":["Economy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt274b3cab6cd3f2fe/69876eb08e0601544d459364/gas-prices1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt274b3cab6cd3f2fe/69876eb08e0601544d459364/gas-prices1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Gas Prices $2","caption":"Gas Prices $2","creditText":"Tom Merton—Getty Images/OJO Images RF","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/economy/","name":"Economy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3633467/gas-price/","name":"Gas Was Dirt Cheap This Weekend"}}]}] ```