Gas in Texas averaged $1.44 in 2000 — $2.67 in today’s money
Average, that year
$1.44
In 2025 dollars
$2.67
The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in Texas across 2000, shown both as it was at the pump and adjusted for inflation to constant 2025 dollars (CPI-U). EIA’s weekly series for Texas begins mid-2000, so this year reflects 30 weeks of data.
Across the year
How Texas prices moved through 2000
Weekly average for regular gasoline. The year’s high was $1.53 the week of July 10, 2000; the low was $1.31 the week of December 25, 2000 — a swing of 16.7%.
View the weekly data (30 weeks)
| Week of | Nominal | 2025 $ |
|---|---|---|
| June 5, 2000 | $1.47 | $2.76 |
| June 12, 2000 | $1.48 | $2.76 |
| June 19, 2000 | $1.52 | $2.84 |
| June 26, 2000 | $1.53 | $2.85 |
| July 3, 2000 | $1.53 | $2.86 |
| July 10, 2000 | $1.53 | $2.86 |
| July 17, 2000 | $1.51 | $2.82 |
| July 24, 2000 | $1.49 | $2.78 |
| July 31, 2000 | $1.46 | $2.73 |
| August 7, 2000 | $1.42 | $2.65 |
| August 14, 2000 | $1.41 | $2.63 |
| August 21, 2000 | $1.42 | $2.64 |
| August 28, 2000 | $1.42 | $2.64 |
| September 4, 2000 | $1.43 | $2.64 |
| September 11, 2000 | $1.46 | $2.70 |
| September 18, 2000 | $1.46 | $2.70 |
| September 25, 2000 | $1.46 | $2.70 |
| October 2, 2000 | $1.44 | $2.66 |
| October 9, 2000 | $1.40 | $2.60 |
| October 16, 2000 | $1.42 | $2.64 |
| October 23, 2000 | $1.43 | $2.64 |
| October 30, 2000 | $1.43 | $2.65 |
| November 6, 2000 | $1.42 | $2.62 |
| November 13, 2000 | $1.41 | $2.61 |
| November 20, 2000 | $1.40 | $2.59 |
| November 27, 2000 | $1.41 | $2.60 |
| December 4, 2000 | $1.39 | $2.56 |
| December 11, 2000 | $1.36 | $2.51 |
| December 18, 2000 | $1.33 | $2.46 |
| December 25, 2000 | $1.31 | $2.42 |
Year over year
How 2000 compares, adjusted for inflation
vs. prior year
No earlier year on record.
vs. following year · 2001
+10.9%
2001 averaged $2.41 in 2025 dollars.
2000 was Texas’s 21st-most-expensive year for gas on record, adjusted for inflation — equivalently, the 7th-cheapest of 27 years (2000–2026).
Every grade
Texas fuel prices by grade in 2000
Year-average price per grade. Premium figures are the spread drivers paid for higher-octane fuel that year.
| Grade | Avg / gal | 2025 $ | vs. regular |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | $1.44 | $2.67 | — |
| Midgrade | $1.54 | $2.85 | +9.9¢ |
| Premium | $1.64 | $3.04 | +19.8¢ |
Common questions
Texas gas prices in 2000, answered
- What was the average price of gas in Texas in 2000?
- The average price of regular gasoline in Texas in 2000 was $1.44 per gallon — about $2.67 in 2025 dollars after adjusting for inflation, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration weekly data.
- How high did gas prices get in Texas during 2000?
- Texas's weekly average for regular gasoline peaked at $1.53 the week of July 10, 2000 and bottomed out at $1.31 the week of December 25, 2000 — a swing of 16.7% across the year.
- How does 2000 rank for gas prices in Texas history?
- Adjusted for inflation, 2000 was the 21st-most-expensive year for regular gasoline in Texas out of the 27 years EIA has published weekly prices (2000–2026).