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In 2022, North Carolina collected $1,003,553,000 in insurance premiums sales tax, ranking it seventh 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	$3,319,048,000
2	Texas	$3,121,923,000
3	New York	$2,409,677,000
4	Florida	$1,571,412,000
5	Tennessee	$1,223,183,000
6	Louisiana	$1,080,293,000
7	North Carolina	$1,003,553,000
8	Pennsylvania	$913,085,000
9	Washington	$823,878,000
10	Maryland	$791,320,000
11	New Jersey	$747,723,000
12	Arizona	$732,224,000
13	Minnesota	$718,431,000
14	Virginia	$683,923,000
15	Ohio	$675,158,000
16	Massachusetts	$587,997,000
17	Nevada	$518,019,000
18	Alabama	$513,226,000
19	Illinois	$491,053,000
20	Georgia	$482,092,000
21	Kansas	$466,396,000
22	Missouri	$465,920,000
23	Michigan	$398,371,000
24	Mississippi	$383,652,000
25	Oklahoma	$349,723,000
26	Arkansas	$345,234,000
27	Colorado	$338,355,000
28	South Carolina	$289,114,000
29	Indiana	$257,529,000
30	Wisconsin	$247,174,000
31	New Mexico	$235,866,000
32	Hawaii	$201,859,000
33	Connecticut	$191,176,000
34	Utah	$189,609,000
35	Kentucky	$179,015,000
36	Rhode Island	$159,612,000
37	Montana	$153,056,000
38	Iowa	$152,546,000
39	Delaware	$146,051,000
40	Idaho	$137,183,000
41	New Hampshire	$136,733,000
42	Maine	$136,120,000
43	West Virginia	$135,847,000
44	South Dakota	$97,571,000
45	Oregon	$85,403,000
46	Nebraska	$78,815,000
47	North Dakota	$75,216,000
48	Vermont	$68,799,000
49	Alaska	$68,590,000
50	Wyoming	$33,611,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau