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North Carolina ranks 45th in the U.S. for the most public utilities sales tax paid in 2020

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In 2020, North Carolina collected $277 thousand in public utilities sales tax, ranking it 45th 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.

U.S. public utilities sales tax by State in 2020
RankStateAmount
1Florida$1,660,059,000
2Illinois$1,370,658,000
3Pennsylvania$1,109,338,000
4New Jersey$910,079,000
5New York$906,990,000
6Ohio$759,146,000
7California$702,579,000
8Alabama$685,575,000
9Texas$658,891,000
10Washington$585,310,000
11Virginia$518,794,000
12Wisconsin$350,881,000
13Connecticut$268,919,000
14Indiana$187,813,000
15District of Columbia$177,703,000
16Maryland$137,713,000
17West Virginia$137,346,000
18Hawaii$134,640,000
19Rhode Island$105,991,000
20Iowa$71,987,000
21Kentucky$70,648,000
22Nebraska$60,211,000
23Utah$51,229,000
24Delaware$50,905,000
25North Dakota$50,469,000
26Nevada$47,372,000
27Oklahoma$47,048,000
28Montana$43,351,000
29New Hampshire$42,245,000
30Michigan$35,656,000
31New Mexico$33,791,000
32South Carolina$27,904,000
33Maine$22,167,000
34Arizona$21,937,000
35Oregon$16,995,000
36Louisiana$10,274,000
37Vermont$9,311,000
38Tennessee$7,479,000
39Wyoming$4,955,000
40Alaska$4,413,000
41South Dakota$3,179,000
42Idaho$2,066,000
43Mississippi$1,778,000
44Kansas$348,000
45North Carolina$277,000
46Minnesota$53,000
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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