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In 2020, North Carolina collected $1.9 billion in motor fuels sales tax, ranking it sixth 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	$8,449,593,000
2	Texas	$3,524,712,000
3	Pennsylvania	$3,110,295,000
4	Florida	$2,762,052,000
5	Ohio	$2,527,816,000
6	North Carolina	$1,943,572,000
7	Georgia	$1,873,220,000
8	Illinois	$1,803,859,000
9	New York	$1,675,483,000
10	Washington	$1,564,979,000
11	Indiana	$1,449,018,000
12	Tennessee	$1,210,141,000
13	Michigan	$1,199,557,000
14	Wisconsin	$1,103,699,000
15	Virginia	$1,101,139,000
16	Maryland	$1,076,207,000
17	Arizona	$879,833,000
18	Minnesota	$879,639,000
19	Alabama	$774,990,000
20	South Carolina	$756,658,000
21	Missouri	$708,455,000
22	Massachusetts	$707,877,000
23	Kentucky	$690,280,000
24	Iowa	$670,179,000
25	Colorado	$663,889,000
26	Louisiana	$611,027,000
27	Oklahoma	$580,104,000
28	Oregon	$547,483,000
29	Arkansas	$542,943,000
30	New Jersey	$487,883,000
31	Utah	$482,527,000
32	Connecticut	$472,732,000
33	Kansas	$453,222,000
34	Mississippi	$428,360,000
35	West Virginia	$427,273,000
36	Nebraska	$397,341,000
37	Idaho	$375,532,000
38	Nevada	$338,020,000
39	Montana	$260,531,000
40	Maine	$242,580,000
41	New Mexico	$230,303,000
42	North Dakota	$193,763,000
43	South Dakota	$188,356,000
44	New Hampshire	$170,001,000
45	Delaware	$136,824,000
46	Wyoming	$118,945,000
47	Vermont	$116,428,000
48	Hawaii	$81,611,000
49	Rhode Island	$71,415,000
50	Alaska	$48,554,000
51	District of Columbia	$22,472,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau