GASOLINE

State average: $3.665/gallon (last year $3.331).

Upstate avg.: $3.638/gallon (last year $3.309).

Local: Citgo Inlet $3.759; Citgo Wells 3.799; Stewart’s Indian Lake $3.759; Stewart’s Long Lake $3.759; One Stop Indian Lake $3.779; Mountain Market Speculator $3.719 cash and $3.779 credit; Casey’s Corner Piseco $3.759.

DIESEL

Statewide avg.: $4.031/gallon (last year $3.556).

Local: Mountain Market Speculator $3.919 cash and $3.979 credit; Casey’s Corner Piseco $3.999.

HEATING OIL

Statewide avg.: $4.021/gallon (last year $3.568).

North Country avg.: $3.921/gallon (last year $3.456).

PROPANE

Statewide avg.: $3.109/gallon (last year $3.111).

North Country avg.: $3.464 (last year $3.615).

Average energy prices as of Jan. 30 are from New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Statewide and North Country gasoline prices (regular) as of Jan. 30 are provided by Oil Price Information Service and NYSERDA.

LATEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

NYS: Dec. 2010 - 9.1%; Dec. 2011 - 8.3%

Hamilton County: Dec. 2010 -10%; Dec. 2011 - 10%

Note: Hamilton County always has one of the highest unemployment rates in the winter and one of the lowest in the summer.