Bluegrass Times

In 2020, Kentucky collected $5.5 billion in income taxes, ranking it 21st 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	$94,230,200,000
2	New York	$58,483,690,000
3	Illinois	$21,448,044,000
4	Massachusetts	$19,947,124,000
5	New Jersey	$18,977,957,000
6	Virginia	$16,358,821,000
7	Pennsylvania	$14,882,239,000
8	North Carolina	$13,168,249,000
9	Georgia	$12,688,415,000
10	Minnesota	$12,527,608,000
11	Maryland	$12,024,332,000
12	Connecticut	$10,239,719,000
13	Wisconsin	$9,955,825,000
14	Michigan	$9,842,335,000
15	Oregon	$9,528,152,000
16	Indiana	$9,060,144,000
17	Ohio	$8,288,666,000
18	Colorado	$8,235,796,000
19	Missouri	$6,266,128,000
20	South Carolina	$5,600,556,000
21	Kentucky	$5,470,599,000
22	Arizona	$5,053,472,000
23	Alabama	$5,028,324,000
24	Iowa	$4,580,513,000
25	Louisiana	$4,366,639,000
26	Utah	$4,094,707,000
27	Kansas	$3,813,961,000
28	Oklahoma	$3,666,521,000
29	Arkansas	$3,383,968,000
30	District of Columbia	$3,104,933,000
31	Nebraska	$2,836,811,000
32	Florida	$2,481,710,000
33	Hawaii	$2,402,772,000
34	Mississippi	$2,282,688,000
35	Idaho	$2,159,428,000
36	West Virginia	$2,099,935,000
37	Maine	$2,059,590,000
38	Delaware	$1,930,761,000
39	Tennessee	$1,562,523,000
40	Montana	$1,525,034,000
41	Rhode Island	$1,455,159,000
42	New Mexico	$1,323,482,000
43	Vermont	$904,264,000
44	New Hampshire	$903,303,000
45	North Dakota	$458,354,000
46	Alaska	$162,611,000
47	South Dakota	$37,459,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau