Bluegrass Times

In 2020, Kentucky collected $160.9 million in other taxes, ranking it 26th 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	$4,273,807,000
2	New York	$4,025,710,000
3	Florida	$3,346,493,000
4	North Dakota	$2,086,801,000
5	Washington	$1,899,831,000
6	Pennsylvania	$1,723,540,000
7	New Mexico	$1,469,859,000
8	Massachusetts	$1,055,839,000
9	New Jersey	$981,216,000
10	Oklahoma	$934,324,000
11	Nevada	$873,113,000
12	Maryland	$680,360,000
13	Virginia	$628,959,000
14	Alaska	$609,307,000
15	Minnesota	$575,980,000
16	District of Columbia	$548,472,000
17	Wyoming	$511,347,000
18	Louisiana	$447,026,000
19	Michigan	$419,854,000
20	Illinois	$378,703,000
21	Connecticut	$321,949,000
22	Tennessee	$320,790,000
23	West Virginia	$286,381,000
24	Delaware	$187,592,000
25	Montana	$177,914,000
26	Kentucky	$160,917,000
27	Arizona	$160,414,000
28	Georgia	$152,391,000
29	New Hampshire	$152,084,000
30	Colorado	$147,878,000
31	South Carolina	$136,197,000
32	Arkansas	$134,799,000
33	Oregon	$131,274,000
34	California	$110,282,000
35	Hawaii	$106,561,000
36	Wisconsin	$104,067,000
37	Iowa	$99,609,000
38	North Carolina	$97,722,000
39	Alabama	$93,794,000
40	Rhode Island	$69,874,000
41	Ohio	$66,718,000
42	Maine	$62,604,000
43	Vermont	$60,613,000
44	Utah	$53,334,000
45	Mississippi	$36,507,000
46	Kansas	$32,412,000
47	Nebraska	$20,977,000
48	Missouri	$13,628,000
49	Idaho	$8,511,000
50	South Dakota	$6,877,000
51	Indiana	$991,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau