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In 2021, North Carolina collected $5.3 million in alcoholic beverages license, ranking it 22nd 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	$213,953,000
2	California	$92,549,000
3	Texas	$77,839,000
4	New York	$55,626,000
5	Ohio	$52,218,000
6	Pennsylvania	$23,511,000
7	Michigan	$20,572,000
8	New Hampshire	$19,030,000
9	Iowa	$18,664,000
10	Illinois	$16,706,000
11	Virginia	$16,062,000
12	Indiana	$16,012,000
13	South Carolina	$15,414,000
14	Arizona	$9,679,000
15	Connecticut	$9,091,000
16	Maine	$8,499,000
17	Missouri	$6,509,000
18	District of Columbia	$6,186,000
19	Colorado	$6,138,000
20	Arkansas	$5,858,000
21	Oregon	$5,461,000
22	North Carolina	$5,306,000
23	New Jersey	$4,662,000
24	Georgia	$4,363,000
25	Florida	$4,346,000
26	Montana	$4,235,000
27	Massachusetts	$4,091,000
28	Alabama	$3,667,000
29	Kansas	$3,089,000
30	Minnesota	$3,070,000
31	West Virginia	$3,035,000
32	Wisconsin	$2,327,000
33	Idaho	$1,766,000
34	Delaware	$1,693,000
35	Tennessee	$1,669,000
36	South Dakota	$1,409,000
37	Mississippi	$1,347,000
38	Alaska	$1,279,000
39	Rhode Island	$1,242,000
40	Nebraska	$1,016,000
41	Maryland	$849,000
42	Vermont	$503,000
43	North Dakota	$424,000
44	Kentucky	$225,000
45	Oklahoma	$46,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau