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In 2021, North Carolina collected $533.8 million in alcoholic beverages sales tax, ranking it second 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	Texas	$1,262,775,000
2	North Carolina	$533,809,000
3	Washington	$472,949,000
4	Pennsylvania	$445,401,000
5	California	$411,969,000
6	Florida	$338,642,000
7	Illinois	$312,101,000
8	Virginia	$295,471,000
9	Alabama	$272,021,000
10	New York	$271,087,000
11	Michigan	$235,383,000
12	Georgia	$227,872,000
13	Tennessee	$210,708,000
14	South Carolina	$208,490,000
15	New Jersey	$174,692,000
16	Kentucky	$174,267,000
17	Kansas	$148,735,000
18	Oklahoma	$146,821,000
19	Ohio	$118,746,000
20	Minnesota	$101,472,000
21	Massachusetts	$93,206,000
22	Arizona	$89,138,000
23	Louisiana	$79,279,000
24	Connecticut	$79,109,000
25	Wisconsin	$73,778,000
26	Arkansas	$68,024,000
27	Indiana	$58,542,000
28	Colorado	$53,433,000
29	Montana	$46,484,000
30	Missouri	$46,316,000
31	Mississippi	$45,761,000
32	Hawaii	$45,178,000
33	Nevada	$44,690,000
34	Alaska	$41,126,000
35	Maryland	$38,941,000
36	Nebraska	$35,338,000
37	Delaware	$32,719,000
38	Iowa	$29,798,000
39	New Mexico	$24,359,000
40	Rhode Island	$22,112,000
41	South Dakota	$20,021,000
42	Maine	$18,461,000
43	Oregon	$18,086,000
44	Utah	$17,880,000
45	West Virginia	$17,304,000
46	New Hampshire	$13,701,000
47	Vermont	$12,035,000
48	Idaho	$10,980,000
49	North Dakota	$9,612,000
50	District of Columbia	$6,197,000
51	Wyoming	$2,238,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau