Report: Oklahoma No. 5 In Gas Price ‘Vulnerability’

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  Joe Wertz was a reporter and managing editor for StateImpact Oklahoma from 2011-2019. He reported on energy and environment issues for national NPR audiences and other national outlets. He previously worked as a managing editor, assistant editor and staff reporter at several major Oklahoma newspapers and studied journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma.

National Resource Defense Council

Oklahoma ranked No. 5 in the percent of income drivers spent on gasoline in 2011. Click here to read more from the NRDC's report.

The average Oklahoma driver spent $2,818 on gasoline in 2011 — or about 7.56 percent of their annual income — the fifth-highest in the country, according to a new report from a national environmental group.

Last year, Oklahoma ranked No. 6 in the National Resource Defense Council report, which used data from 2010. (Right-click here to download a .pdf of the report.)

The NRDC — which advocates for curbing global warming and reduced dependence on oil — also ranked states on the “adoption of smart solutions to reduce their oil dependence.” Oklahoma ranked No. 36 on that list.