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In 2020, North Carolina collected $288.7 million in tobacco products sales tax, ranking it 20th 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	$2,122,673,000
2	Texas	$1,299,014,000
3	Pennsylvania	$1,239,528,000
4	Florida	$1,097,766,000
5	New York	$1,035,160,000
6	Ohio	$914,339,000
7	Michigan	$826,928,000
8	Illinois	$730,407,000
9	Wisconsin	$661,240,000
10	Minnesota	$616,192,000
11	New Jersey	$583,839,000
12	Massachusetts	$523,963,000
13	Oklahoma	$458,201,000
14	Indiana	$409,215,000
15	Washington	$390,317,000
16	Kentucky	$382,071,000
17	Maryland	$362,901,000
18	Connecticut	$320,931,000
19	Arizona	$307,903,000
20	North Carolina	$288,657,000
21	Oregon	$245,318,000
22	Tennessee	$236,922,000
23	Arkansas	$228,521,000
24	Georgia	$225,531,000
25	Iowa	$211,564,000
26	New Hampshire	$209,201,000
27	Colorado	$187,129,000
28	Nevada	$179,895,000
29	Alabama	$173,628,000
30	West Virginia	$168,750,000
31	Virginia	$162,294,000
32	Louisiana	$160,097,000
33	Mississippi	$138,923,000
34	Rhode Island	$138,761,000
35	Maine	$137,331,000
36	Kansas	$125,636,000
37	Delaware	$119,153,000
38	Hawaii	$111,920,000
39	Utah	$105,047,000
40	Missouri	$96,760,000
41	New Mexico	$95,080,000
42	Montana	$75,486,000
43	Vermont	$71,189,000
44	Alaska	$58,356,000
45	Nebraska	$55,394,000
46	South Dakota	$51,081,000
47	Idaho	$49,464,000
48	South Carolina	$26,694,000
49	North Dakota	$26,639,000
50	District of Columbia	$24,934,000
51	Wyoming	$21,223,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau