Evergreen Reporter

In 2022, Washington collected $2,468,426,000 in documentarty and stock transfer taxes, ranking it third 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	Florida	$6,166,778,000
2	New York	$3,657,497,000
3	Washington	$2,468,426,000
4	Pennsylvania	$1,042,331,000
5	New Jersey	$948,373,000
6	Virginia	$853,896,000
7	Massachusetts	$542,995,000
8	Michigan	$542,386,000
9	Tennessee	$522,660,000
10	Minnesota	$393,946,000
11	Maryland	$357,373,000
12	Connecticut	$328,938,000
13	Delaware	$324,273,000
14	South Carolina	$237,831,000
15	New Hampshire	$235,385,000
16	Nevada	$191,497,000
17	Hawaii	$188,418,000
18	North Carolina	$162,055,000
19	Illinois	$121,871,000
20	Wisconsin	$121,382,000
21	Vermont	$113,493,000
22	Arkansas	$87,752,000
23	Alabama	$78,057,000
24	Maine	$61,859,000
25	Iowa	$38,021,000
26	Oklahoma	$37,756,000
27	Nebraska	$27,151,000
28	Rhode Island	$20,495,000
29	Arizona	$20,095,000
30	West Virginia	$17,856,000
31	Missouri	$15,496,000
32	Kentucky	$9,879,000
33	Oregon	$3,859,000
34	South Dakota	$195,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau