Golden State Today

In 2021, California collected $3.2 billion in property taxes, ranking it second 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	Washington	$4,350,245,000
2	California	$3,151,488,000
3	District of Columbia	$2,994,580,000
4	Michigan	$2,396,416,000
5	Arkansas	$1,308,040,000
6	Arizona	$1,266,990,000
7	Vermont	$1,203,059,000
8	Maryland	$893,215,000
9	Kansas	$815,701,000
10	Minnesota	$809,160,000
11	Georgia	$732,325,000
12	Kentucky	$707,461,000
13	Alabama	$468,015,000
14	New Hampshire	$401,407,000
15	Nevada	$386,450,000
16	Montana	$334,759,000
17	Wyoming	$295,925,000
18	Alaska	$120,028,000
19	Louisiana	$103,750,000
20	Wisconsin	$95,757,000
21	New Mexico	$91,813,000
22	South Carolina	$78,975,000
23	Illinois	$59,589,000
24	Maine	$44,636,000
25	Virginia	$43,332,000
26	Pennsylvania	$40,395,000
27	Missouri	$37,418,000
28	Mississippi	$29,885,000
29	Oregon	$21,310,000
30	Indiana	$13,876,000
31	Massachusetts	$10,368,000
32	West Virginia	$8,122,000
33	North Dakota	$5,207,000
34	New Jersey	$5,166,000
35	Rhode Island	$3,864,000
36	Iowa	$2,024,000
37	Nebraska	$123,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau