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In 2021, California collected $248.2 billion in total taxes, ranking it first in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

The STC survey includes five broad tax categories and up to 25 subcategories. Data is gathered from all 50 state governments and all dependent state-level entities.

The Census Bureau cautions it sets the tax classifications among the survey categories, and they may differ from the classifications set by the state governments.

Below is a breakdown of how taxes were classified by the bureau and how much was collected.

Rank	State	Amount
1	California	$248,188,154,000
2	New York	$93,503,736,000
3	Texas	$65,377,430,000
4	Illinois	$55,531,962,000
5	Pennsylvania	$49,571,347,000
6	Florida	$49,314,384,000
7	New Jersey	$43,683,029,000
8	Massachusetts	$36,336,125,000
9	Ohio	$34,909,388,000
10	North Carolina	$34,711,694,000
11	Michigan	$34,431,625,000
12	Washington	$32,614,091,000
13	Virginia	$32,328,105,000
14	Minnesota	$31,793,412,000
15	Georgia	$27,850,996,000
16	Indiana	$26,645,852,000
17	Maryland	$25,220,541,000
18	Wisconsin	$22,300,918,000
19	Connecticut	$22,066,648,000
20	Arizona	$20,817,605,000
21	Tennessee	$19,977,968,000
22	Colorado	$18,817,848,000
23	Oregon	$17,799,808,000
24	Missouri	$15,091,423,000
25	Kentucky	$14,617,202,000
26	Alabama	$14,251,329,000
27	South Carolina	$13,286,248,000
28	Utah	$12,631,617,000
29	Louisiana	$12,257,234,000
30	Iowa	$11,816,502,000
31	Arkansas	$11,726,678,000
32	Kansas	$11,615,757,000
33	Oklahoma	$11,299,244,000
34	Nevada	$10,416,344,000
35	Mississippi	$9,353,158,000
36	District of Columbia	$8,980,395,000
37	Hawaii	$8,046,691,000
38	New Mexico	$7,471,575,000
39	Nebraska	$6,960,988,000
40	Idaho	$6,472,467,000
41	West Virginia	$6,046,197,000
42	Maine	$5,452,250,000
43	Delaware	$5,395,712,000
44	Rhode Island	$4,344,340,000
45	Vermont	$4,102,929,000
46	North Dakota	$3,908,672,000
47	Montana	$3,880,366,000
48	New Hampshire	$3,213,039,000
49	South Dakota	$2,149,543,000
50	Wyoming	$1,874,876,000
51	Alaska	$1,053,400,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau