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In 2022, North Carolina collected $11,039,816,000 in general sales and gross receipts taxes, ranking it 13th 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	$52,228,035,000
2	Texas	$48,866,003,000
3	Florida	$37,841,294,000
4	Washington	$21,477,182,000
5	New York	$18,034,495,000
6	Ohio	$15,640,329,000
7	Illinois	$15,289,031,000
8	Pennsylvania	$14,760,853,000
9	New Jersey	$14,178,031,000
10	Tennessee	$12,887,107,000
11	Michigan	$12,204,862,000
12	Arizona	$11,169,103,000
13	North Carolina	$11,039,816,000
14	Indiana	$10,388,976,000
15	Massachusetts	$8,716,276,000
16	Georgia	$8,320,361,000
17	Minnesota	$7,287,411,000
18	Virginia	$7,097,323,000
19	Wisconsin	$6,978,336,000
20	Maryland	$6,638,205,000
21	Nevada	$5,506,268,000
22	Connecticut	$5,193,413,000
23	Kentucky	$5,162,018,000
24	South Carolina	$4,876,547,000
25	Mississippi	$4,770,468,000
26	Louisiana	$4,748,279,000
27	Arkansas	$4,587,956,000
28	Missouri	$4,553,244,000
29	Alabama	$4,329,546,000
30	Colorado	$4,286,196,000
31	Utah	$4,280,780,000
32	Kansas	$4,269,472,000
33	Hawaii	$4,265,799,000
34	Iowa	$4,235,827,000
35	Oklahoma	$3,546,080,000
36	New Mexico	$3,291,197,000
37	Idaho	$2,904,133,000
38	Nebraska	$2,635,775,000
39	Maine	$2,171,258,000
40	West Virginia	$1,655,483,000
41	South Dakota	$1,524,337,000
42	Rhode Island	$1,499,910,000
43	North Dakota	$1,074,703,000
44	Wyoming	$978,080,000
45	Vermont	$545,564,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau