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In 2021, North Carolina collected $16 thousand in amusements sales tax, ranking it 43rd 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	Pennsylvania	$1,754,340,000
2	Maryland	$1,034,508,000
3	Illinois	$881,505,000
4	Nevada	$764,287,000
5	Louisiana	$686,865,000
6	Indiana	$608,043,000
7	Missouri	$354,428,000
8	Iowa	$339,345,000
9	New Jersey	$308,883,000
10	Massachusetts	$224,641,000
11	Connecticut	$222,943,000
12	Ohio	$219,979,000
13	Florida	$168,200,000
14	Michigan	$157,621,000
15	Minnesota	$132,221,000
16	Montana	$116,507,000
17	Colorado	$115,624,000
18	Mississippi	$114,778,000
19	Arkansas	$70,993,000
20	New Mexico	$68,021,000
21	Maine	$43,368,000
22	South Carolina	$36,213,000
23	West Virginia	$27,584,000
24	Oregon	$27,122,000
25	Tennessee	$24,503,000
26	Oklahoma	$22,652,000
27	North Dakota	$19,616,000
28	New Hampshire	$17,936,000
29	Texas	$17,514,000
30	Rhode Island	$16,586,000
31	Alaska	$15,480,000
32	South Dakota	$11,045,000
33	Nebraska	$6,180,000
34	Virginia	$5,557,000
35	Wyoming	$5,018,000
36	District of Columbia	$2,141,000
37	Washington	$281,000
38	Arizona	$258,000
39	Kansas	$256,000
40	New York	$76,000
41	Wisconsin	$47,000
42	Kentucky	$22,000
43	North Carolina	$16,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau