Golden State Today

In 2021, California collected $4.4 million in other license taxes, ranking it 33rd 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	Massachusetts	$315,269,000
2	Michigan	$219,386,000
3	Washington	$163,246,000
4	Texas	$159,022,000
5	Ohio	$136,816,000
6	Missouri	$89,877,000
7	Minnesota	$86,585,000
8	Indiana	$86,400,000
9	Wisconsin	$62,868,000
10	Virginia	$62,790,000
11	Mississippi	$59,950,000
12	District of Columbia	$50,741,000
13	North Carolina	$50,379,000
14	Georgia	$32,399,000
15	Illinois	$32,182,000
16	Pennsylvania	$23,225,000
17	South Dakota	$22,498,000
18	South Carolina	$22,249,000
19	Montana	$15,944,000
20	Delaware	$14,758,000
21	Oregon	$12,500,000
22	Maine	$12,368,000
23	Hawaii	$11,828,000
24	Florida	$11,790,000
25	Vermont	$11,391,000
26	Tennessee	$10,105,000
27	Nevada	$8,277,000
28	Utah	$6,960,000
29	Rhode Island	$6,639,000
30	West Virginia	$5,041,000
31	Connecticut	$4,906,000
32	Louisiana	$4,736,000
33	California	$4,364,000
34	Idaho	$4,271,000
35	Kansas	$3,139,000
36	New Hampshire	$2,499,000
37	Kentucky	$2,395,000
38	Arizona	$2,334,000
39	New Jersey	$2,065,000
40	Maryland	$2,043,000
41	Nebraska	$1,270,000
42	Oklahoma	$1,060,000
43	Iowa	$1,011,000
44	Arkansas	$936,000
45	New York	$730,000
46	Colorado	$36,000
47	Alabama	$1,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau