Golden State Today

In 2021, California collected $87.9 million in corporations in general license, ranking it 17th 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	Delaware	$1,822,622,000
2	Tennessee	$1,381,686,000
3	Oregon	$1,231,713,000
4	North Carolina	$990,019,000
5	Florida	$535,900,000
6	New Jersey	$517,923,000
7	Illinois	$401,332,000
8	Ohio	$277,431,000
9	Texas	$259,538,000
10	Louisiana	$237,606,000
11	Mississippi	$213,898,000
12	Alabama	$187,666,000
13	Maryland	$168,085,000
14	South Carolina	$148,137,000
15	Kentucky	$116,242,000
16	Nevada	$87,976,000
17	California	$87,904,000
18	New Hampshire	$80,162,000
19	Virginia	$76,769,000
20	Georgia	$66,937,000
21	Iowa	$64,639,000
22	Oklahoma	$55,849,000
23	Washington	$50,387,000
24	New Mexico	$42,949,000
25	District of Columbia	$37,014,000
26	Michigan	$33,845,000
27	Connecticut	$33,456,000
28	Arkansas	$32,373,000
29	Kansas	$32,099,000
30	Wisconsin	$29,288,000
31	Arizona	$28,484,000
32	Massachusetts	$27,548,000
33	Colorado	$25,975,000
34	Wyoming	$17,751,000
35	Minnesota	$16,055,000
36	Pennsylvania	$15,125,000
37	Maine	$15,039,000
38	Indiana	$11,810,000
39	South Dakota	$7,398,000
40	Montana	$7,279,000
41	Rhode Island	$7,034,000
42	Nebraska	$6,988,000
43	Idaho	$5,381,000
44	Vermont	$3,185,000
45	Hawaii	$2,203,000
46	New York	$879,000
47	West Virginia	$756,000
48	Utah	$465,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau