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In 2021, North Carolina collected $39.6 million in hunting and fishing license, ranking it 19th 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	$123,727,000
2	California	$119,279,000
3	Colorado	$115,697,000
4	Minnesota	$110,681,000
5	Pennsylvania	$86,559,000
6	Michigan	$76,709,000
7	Montana	$76,370,000
8	Wisconsin	$73,772,000
9	Oregon	$64,021,000
10	Idaho	$59,845,000
11	Ohio	$48,625,000
12	Washington	$47,739,000
13	Tennessee	$44,538,000
14	Wyoming	$42,975,000
15	Arizona	$42,209,000
16	Missouri	$41,203,000
17	New York	$40,184,000
18	Illinois	$39,783,000
19	North Carolina	$39,595,000
20	Georgia	$35,899,000
21	Iowa	$35,549,000
22	Alaska	$32,968,000
23	Utah	$32,623,000
24	South Dakota	$32,117,000
25	Kansas	$31,951,000
26	Kentucky	$31,326,000
27	Louisiana	$30,818,000
28	Arkansas	$30,622,000
29	Virginia	$27,602,000
30	New Mexico	$27,382,000
31	Oklahoma	$27,249,000
32	South Carolina	$21,855,000
33	Indiana	$21,565,000
34	Alabama	$21,506,000
35	Maine	$19,749,000
36	Nebraska	$19,575,000
37	Maryland	$19,157,000
38	North Dakota	$18,508,000
39	Florida	$17,083,000
40	New Jersey	$15,989,000
41	West Virginia	$15,302,000
42	Nevada	$14,066,000
43	New Hampshire	$12,900,000
44	Vermont	$8,533,000
45	Massachusetts	$6,337,000
46	Connecticut	$6,062,000
47	Delaware	$4,492,000
48	Mississippi	$3,072,000
49	Rhode Island	$2,213,000
50	Hawaii	$615,000
51	District of Columbia	$87,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau