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In 2020, North Carolina collected $28.3 billion in total taxes, ranking it 11th 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	$171,964,222,000
2	New York	$92,720,854,000
3	Texas	$61,013,294,000
4	Illinois	$45,284,625,000
5	Florida	$43,117,933,000
6	Pennsylvania	$40,684,520,000
7	New Jersey	$37,927,482,000
8	Massachusetts	$31,630,313,000
9	Ohio	$30,581,546,000
10	Washington	$29,017,067,000
11	North Carolina	$28,303,127,000
12	Virginia	$28,064,536,000
13	Michigan	$28,061,998,000
14	Minnesota	$26,790,884,000
15	Maryland	$23,882,883,000
16	Georgia	$23,760,988,000
17	Indiana	$22,374,096,000
18	Wisconsin	$20,114,894,000
19	Connecticut	$18,400,534,000
20	Arizona	$17,787,240,000
21	Tennessee	$16,775,270,000
22	Colorado	$15,074,484,000
23	Kentucky	$13,370,578,000
24	Oregon	$12,774,909,000
25	Missouri	$12,409,761,000
26	Alabama	$12,044,879,000
27	South Carolina	$11,794,684,000
28	Louisiana	$11,381,008,000
29	Iowa	$10,661,437,000
30	Oklahoma	$10,256,615,000
31	Arkansas	$10,255,155,000
32	Kansas	$9,659,846,000
33	Nevada	$9,452,840,000
34	Utah	$8,731,412,000
35	District of Columbia	$8,423,580,000
36	Mississippi	$8,099,990,000
37	Hawaii	$7,707,502,000
38	New Mexico	$7,150,005,000
39	Nebraska	$5,857,227,000
40	West Virginia	$5,468,925,000
41	Idaho	$5,282,551,000
42	Maine	$4,851,219,000
43	Delaware	$4,555,474,000
44	North Dakota	$4,336,232,000
45	Rhode Island	$3,526,786,000
46	Vermont	$3,419,990,000
47	Montana	$3,168,411,000
48	New Hampshire	$2,858,212,000
49	South Dakota	$2,018,423,000
50	Wyoming	$1,963,896,000
51	Alaska	$1,318,156,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau