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In 2020, North Carolina collected $18.9 million in public utilities license, ranking it 14th 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	$628,587,000
2	Wisconsin	$66,173,000
3	Pennsylvania	$62,800,000
4	Idaho	$62,471,000
5	New York	$37,088,000
6	Michigan	$32,263,000
7	New Hampshire	$24,138,000
8	Florida	$23,982,000
9	Ohio	$23,015,000
10	New Jersey	$21,565,000
11	Texas	$20,880,000
12	Washington	$20,778,000
13	Alabama	$19,464,000
14	North Carolina	$18,943,000
15	Missouri	$17,979,000
16	Hawaii	$17,491,000
17	Oregon	$16,361,000
18	South Carolina	$13,740,000
19	Colorado	$13,309,000
20	Illinois	$11,823,000
21	Iowa	$11,062,000
22	Alaska	$8,978,000
23	Arkansas	$8,628,000
24	Louisiana	$7,315,000
25	Mississippi	$6,863,000
26	Tennessee	$5,937,000
27	Kansas	$5,698,000
28	Rhode Island	$2,440,000
29	New Mexico	$1,710,000
30	Minnesota	$642,000
31	Virginia	$635,000
32	Delaware	$531,000
33	West Virginia	$340,000
34	Montana	$12,000
35	North Dakota	$5,000
35	Oklahoma	$5,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau