Another look at the numbers:
The top ten hybrid-drivin' states. On a per capita basis it still looks pretty dismal:
| California | 0.15% |
| Virginia | 0.12% |
| Washington | 0.11% |
| Maryland | 0.10% |
| Massachusetts | 0.09% |
| Florida | 0.06% |
| Illinois | 0.06% |
| Pennsylvania | 0.06% |
| New York | 0.05% |
| Texas | 0.04% |
Alternately, here is the distribution of hybrid cars, in pure numbers, for the top ten states, including the percentage of total hybrids nationwide.
| California | 52,619 | 26.4% |
| Florida | 10,470 | 5.3% |
| Texas | 9,632 | 4.8% |
| New York | 9,372 | 4.7% |
| Virginia | 8,650 | 4.3% |
| Illinois | 7,286 | 3.7% |
| Washington | 6,970 | 3.5% |
| Pennsylvania | 6,948 | 3.5% |
| Massachusetts | 6,060 | 3.0% |
| Maryland | 5,673 | 2.8% |
Now if we want to get really interesting, let's look at gas prices compared to hybrid use. This chart shows the ratio between gas prices and per-capita hybrid use, with California (being the best) normalized to zero. That means higher values are worse and, in the end it sort of makes Virginia, Maryland, and Mass look a lot less altruistic.. especially considering California's $3.37 average gas price far outweighs any other states on the list.
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