Evergreen Reporter

In 2022, Washington collected $1,274,584,000 in other selective sales and gross receipts taxes, ranking it 16th 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	$7,508,290,000
2	New York	$7,239,233,000
3	California	$4,794,602,000
4	Illinois	$3,872,700,000
5	Ohio	$2,625,028,000
6	Virginia	$2,470,888,000
7	Pennsylvania	$2,433,309,000
8	New Jersey	$2,321,841,000
9	Minnesota	$2,179,607,000
10	Maryland	$1,743,953,000
11	Michigan	$1,642,635,000
12	Colorado	$1,638,553,000
13	Connecticut	$1,553,162,000
14	Oregon	$1,458,418,000
15	Indiana	$1,392,536,000
16	Washington	$1,274,584,000
17	North Carolina	$1,235,035,000
18	Florida	$1,092,870,000
19	Kentucky	$962,714,000
20	Massachusetts	$949,903,000
21	Hawaii	$830,759,000
22	West Virginia	$650,969,000
23	Tennessee	$627,343,000
24	Alabama	$612,505,000
25	Vermont	$557,280,000
26	South Carolina	$545,330,000
27	Georgia	$533,368,000
28	Nevada	$469,751,000
29	Arizona	$442,820,000
30	Wisconsin	$433,152,000
31	New Hampshire	$390,142,000
32	Utah	$311,222,000
33	Mississippi	$290,616,000
34	Arkansas	$290,427,000
35	Rhode Island	$278,542,000
36	Delaware	$173,896,000
37	Maine	$167,723,000
38	New Mexico	$163,272,000
39	North Dakota	$161,470,000
40	Oklahoma	$151,997,000
41	South Dakota	$151,959,000
42	Louisiana	$145,703,000
43	Montana	$121,270,000
44	Missouri	$105,729,000
45	Idaho	$82,458,000
46	Iowa	$55,993,000
47	Alaska	$54,924,000
48	Kansas	$53,019,000
49	Nebraska	$31,743,000
50	Wyoming	$3,108,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau