Golden State Today

In 2021, California collected $385.8 million in motor vehicle operators license, 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	$385,767,000
2	Indiana	$278,503,000
3	Florida	$218,600,000
4	Illinois	$209,309,000
5	Texas	$187,285,000
6	West Virginia	$148,902,000
7	New York	$134,842,000
8	Washington	$125,839,000
9	North Carolina	$119,437,000
10	Georgia	$117,993,000
11	Pennsylvania	$94,891,000
12	Massachusetts	$86,081,000
13	Ohio	$83,059,000
14	Virginia	$80,230,000
15	Michigan	$66,802,000
16	New Jersey	$60,487,000
17	Minnesota	$59,219,000
18	Connecticut	$51,650,000
19	Tennessee	$48,880,000
20	Oregon	$48,734,000
21	Colorado	$44,038,000
22	Alabama	$43,783,000
23	Wisconsin	$41,167,000
24	Arizona	$35,777,000
25	Nevada	$30,163,000
26	Utah	$29,576,000
27	Kansas	$28,775,000
28	Maryland	$23,715,000
29	Kentucky	$23,037,000
30	Iowa	$21,978,000
31	Oklahoma	$21,471,000
32	Arkansas	$19,739,000
33	Mississippi	$19,466,000
34	Missouri	$17,234,000
35	Vermont	$14,464,000
36	Maine	$13,178,000
37	Idaho	$12,261,000
38	Nebraska	$11,523,000
39	New Hampshire	$10,200,000
40	Delaware	$8,379,000
41	Rhode Island	$8,049,000
42	Montana	$7,947,000
43	South Dakota	$5,942,000
44	District of Columbia	$5,784,000
45	Louisiana	$5,619,000
46	North Dakota	$5,386,000
47	New Mexico	$5,004,000
48	South Carolina	$4,915,000
49	Wyoming	$4,675,000
50	Hawaii	$327,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau