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In 2020, North Carolina collected $8.5 billion in general sales and gross receipts taxes, ranking it 13th 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	$43,650,233,000
2	Texas	$38,412,349,000
3	Florida	$26,960,208,000
4	Washington	$16,929,551,000
5	New York	$15,965,689,000
6	Ohio	$12,864,718,000
7	Illinois	$11,861,155,000
8	Pennsylvania	$11,630,402,000
9	New Jersey	$11,068,018,000
10	Tennessee	$9,708,042,000
11	Michigan	$9,223,410,000
12	Arizona	$8,861,931,000
13	North Carolina	$8,473,886,000
14	Indiana	$8,233,400,000
15	Massachusetts	$6,815,727,000
16	Minnesota	$6,435,200,000
17	Georgia	$6,163,508,000
18	Wisconsin	$5,836,215,000
19	Virginia	$5,720,715,000
20	Nevada	$5,479,823,000
21	Maryland	$4,936,660,000
22	Connecticut	$4,581,615,000
23	Kentucky	$4,191,324,000
24	Mississippi	$3,808,624,000
25	Missouri	$3,793,379,000
26	Hawaii	$3,697,191,000
27	Arkansas	$3,691,920,000
28	Louisiana	$3,571,559,000
29	South Carolina	$3,565,480,000
30	Iowa	$3,546,984,000
31	Kansas	$3,414,591,000
32	Colorado	$3,400,110,000
33	Utah	$3,105,441,000
34	New Mexico	$3,103,765,000
35	Alabama	$2,980,152,000
36	Oklahoma	$2,960,531,000
37	Nebraska	$2,169,821,000
38	Idaho	$2,099,543,000
39	Maine	$1,666,718,000
40	West Virginia	$1,386,571,000
41	District of Columbia	$1,221,472,000
42	South Dakota	$1,204,351,000
43	Rhode Island	$1,157,312,000
44	North Dakota	$1,067,967,000
45	Wyoming	$764,917,000
46	Vermont	$431,582,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau