I am working on a presentation regarding gas stations in the United
States. I dont need "exact" answers, but i do require a "source" for
any statistics quoted. I am going to list each of my questions as a
separate entry:

1) I need total gallons (and total dollar value) of gasoline sold in
the United States for the past five years (ten if possible)- if 2006
numbers are not available, no problem

Dear phillyboy1960,

Here are the figures you were looking for, taken from U.S. government statistics:

Year: 2001
Estimated gallons of gasoline sold: 132,029,187,000
Average end user price per gallon: 103.2 cents
Annual dollar value of gasoline sold: $136,254,120,984

Year: 2002
Estimated gallons of gasoline sold: 131,831,356,800
Average end user price per gallon: 94.7 cents
Annual dollar value of gasoline sold: $124,844,294,889

Year: 2003
Estimated gallons of gasoline sold: 135,392,917,500
Average end user price per gallon: 115.6 cents
Annual dollar value of gasoline sold: $156,514,212,630

Year: 2004
Estimated gallons of gasoline sold: 136,265,679,600
Average end user price per gallon: 143.5 cents
Annual dollar value of gasoline sold: $195,541,250,226

Year: 2005
Estimated gallons of gasoline sold: 138,142,791,000
Average end user price per gallon: 182.9 cents
Annual dollar value of gasoline sold: $252,663,164,739


Hope this answers your question!
Regards,
Scriptor




Sources:

U.S. Energy Information Administration: Prime Supplier Sales Volumes
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_cons_prim_dcu_nus_a.htm

U.S. Energy Information Administration: Refiner Gasoline Prices by
Grade and Sales Type
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_refmg_dcu_nus_a.htm

thank you