The war in Iran has led to higher prices at the gas pump.
\n\nGas prices in the United States, up by more than 40% since the U.S. and Israel launched the war, have soared as the global oil supply constricts.
\n\nNow at a national average of more than $4 per gallon, according to data from motor club AAA, this price increase is straining already-stretched budgets in households across the country.
\n\nNBC News is tracking gas prices and how they change at the national, state and county levels, and will be updating this article daily with the latest data.
\n\nAverage gas prices have increased more than a dollar since the U.S. and Israel first attacked Iran.
\n\nIn six states — Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Nevada and Washington — average gas prices are at more than $5 per gallon. Indiana, Mississippi and Texas are paying the least, according to AAA data. According to a Brown University analysis, the increase in gas prices since the start of the war has cost Americans more than $50 billion.
\n\nFuel costs aren’t limited to gas. Jet fuel prices have been surging as well, leading airlines to increase airfares.
\n\nOil prices have spiked, then see-sawed, were approaching…
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