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In 2020, North Carolina collected $452.4 million in alcoholic beverages sales tax, ranking it second 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	Texas	$1,132,858,000
2	North Carolina	$452,442,000
3	Washington	$420,292,000
4	California	$407,884,000
5	Pennsylvania	$391,289,000
6	Illinois	$302,685,000
7	Florida	$300,379,000
8	Virginia	$266,361,000
9	New York	$259,018,000
10	Alabama	$241,721,000
11	Tennessee	$213,823,000
12	Georgia	$207,639,000
13	South Carolina	$187,462,000
14	Michigan	$181,064,000
15	Kentucky	$159,588,000
16	New Jersey	$151,731,000
17	Kansas	$139,208,000
18	Oklahoma	$135,956,000
19	Ohio	$108,185,000
20	Minnesota	$94,319,000
21	Massachusetts	$88,370,000
22	Arizona	$80,587,000
23	Louisiana	$77,102,000
24	Connecticut	$64,774,000
25	Wisconsin	$63,263,000
26	Arkansas	$60,539,000
27	Indiana	$52,895,000
28	Hawaii	$50,674,000
29	Colorado	$49,778,000
30	Nevada	$43,410,000
31	Mississippi	$41,703,000
32	Missouri	$41,000,000
33	Alaska	$40,692,000
34	Montana	$40,465,000
35	Nebraska	$32,590,000
36	Delaware	$25,204,000
37	Maryland	$24,460,000
38	Rhode Island	$20,115,000
39	New Mexico	$20,061,000
40	South Dakota	$18,505,000
41	Oregon	$18,414,000
42	West Virginia	$18,181,000
43	Maine	$17,878,000
44	Iowa	$15,505,000
45	New Hampshire	$13,176,000
46	Vermont	$10,762,000
47	Idaho	$10,277,000
48	Utah	$9,498,000
49	North Dakota	$9,116,000
50	District of Columbia	$6,009,000
51	Wyoming	$2,062,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau