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In 2020, North Carolina collected $24.5 million in alcoholic beverages license, ranking it eighth 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	Washington	$187,534,000
2	Texas	$76,238,000
3	California	$66,660,000
4	New York	$55,626,000
5	West Virginia	$44,688,000
6	Pennsylvania	$38,186,000
7	Ohio	$30,047,000
8	North Carolina	$24,477,000
9	Michigan	$19,728,000
10	New Hampshire	$17,828,000
11	Iowa	$17,525,000
12	Virginia	$15,604,000
13	Indiana	$13,694,000
14	Illinois	$12,647,000
15	South Carolina	$12,645,000
16	Arizona	$10,326,000
17	Connecticut	$7,953,000
18	Colorado	$7,639,000
19	Alabama	$7,411,000
20	Maine	$7,256,000
21	Montana	$5,690,000
22	Utah	$5,577,000
23	Oregon	$5,286,000
24	District of Columbia	$4,979,000
25	Florida	$4,927,000
26	Missouri	$4,656,000
27	Arkansas	$4,540,000
28	Georgia	$4,124,000
29	Massachusetts	$3,906,000
30	Kentucky	$3,721,000
31	Kansas	$3,709,000
32	New Jersey	$3,492,000
33	Minnesota	$2,847,000
34	Wisconsin	$2,001,000
35	Idaho	$1,739,000
36	Maryland	$1,635,000
37	Tennessee	$1,556,000
38	Delaware	$1,468,000
39	Alaska	$1,429,000
40	South Dakota	$1,321,000
41	Mississippi	$1,276,000
42	Nebraska	$994,000
43	Vermont	$411,000
44	North Dakota	$408,000
45	Rhode Island	$86,000
46	Oklahoma	$80,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau