Golden State Today

In 2021, California collected $19 million in pari-mutuels sales tax, 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	Kentucky	$31,596,000
2	California	$18,974,000
3	New York	$13,939,000
4	Connecticut	$11,738,000
5	Pennsylvania	$10,367,000
6	Wyoming	$8,064,000
7	Illinois	$7,811,000
8	Florida	$7,184,000
9	Louisiana	$5,535,000
10	Texas	$4,972,000
11	Alabama	$4,112,000
12	Iowa	$3,870,000
13	Ohio	$3,690,000
14	West Virginia	$2,850,000
15	Michigan	$2,656,000
16	Minnesota	$2,463,000
17	Oregon	$2,336,000
18	Arkansas	$1,670,000
19	North Dakota	$1,663,000
20	Indiana	$1,589,000
21	Idaho	$1,524,000
22	Maine	$1,141,000
23	Maryland	$1,119,000
24	Massachusetts	$1,117,000
25	Oklahoma	$1,088,000
26	Washington	$883,000
27	New Mexico	$842,000
28	New Hampshire	$566,000
29	Rhode Island	$393,000
30	Colorado	$306,000
31	Nebraska	$180,000
32	South Dakota	$120,000
33	Arizona	$109,000
34	Montana	$104,000
35	Delaware	$39,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau