Golden State Today

In 2021, California collected $61.2 billion in sales and gross receipts 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	$61,191,853,000
2	Texas	$56,641,560,000
3	Florida	$38,522,113,000
4	New York	$27,164,353,000
5	Pennsylvania	$24,412,646,000
6	Washington	$24,013,256,000
7	Illinois	$23,486,335,000
8	Ohio	$22,148,518,000
9	New Jersey	$17,871,986,000
10	Michigan	$15,925,763,000
11	North Carolina	$14,568,180,000
12	Tennessee	$14,492,861,000
13	Indiana	$13,847,723,000
14	Virginia	$11,719,392,000
15	Arizona	$11,290,897,000
16	Minnesota	$11,204,458,000
17	Maryland	$10,587,203,000
18	Massachusetts	$10,427,871,000
19	Georgia	$10,257,930,000
20	Wisconsin	$9,184,622,000
21	Nevada	$8,392,630,000
22	Connecticut	$8,148,270,000
23	Kentucky	$7,088,138,000
24	Alabama	$7,014,522,000
25	Louisiana	$6,853,513,000
26	Colorado	$6,572,936,000
27	South Carolina	$6,119,790,000
28	Missouri	$5,945,293,000
29	Arkansas	$5,752,828,000
30	Mississippi	$5,657,362,000
31	Iowa	$5,522,117,000
32	Oklahoma	$4,975,670,000
33	Kansas	$4,970,129,000
34	Utah	$4,803,232,000
35	Hawaii	$4,147,624,000
36	New Mexico	$3,822,575,000
37	Idaho	$3,180,226,000
38	Nebraska	$3,040,622,000
39	West Virginia	$2,968,554,000
40	Maine	$2,629,517,000
41	Oregon	$2,386,620,000
42	Rhode Island	$2,131,988,000
43	South Dakota	$1,783,982,000
44	District of Columbia	$1,646,672,000
45	North Dakota	$1,426,888,000
46	Vermont	$1,247,617,000
47	New Hampshire	$977,640,000
48	Wyoming	$927,089,000
49	Montana	$768,499,000
50	Delaware	$587,923,000
51	Alaska	$267,842,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau