Bluegrass Times

In 2021, Kentucky collected $5.2 billion in individual income taxes, ranking it 23rd 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	$146,324,579,000
2	New York	$54,996,670,000
3	Illinois	$21,870,696,000
4	Massachusetts	$19,683,486,000
5	Virginia	$17,066,596,000
6	New Jersey	$16,833,495,000
7	Pennsylvania	$15,977,933,000
8	North Carolina	$15,908,051,000
9	Minnesota	$15,170,613,000
10	Georgia	$14,220,906,000
11	Michigan	$11,999,165,000
12	Oregon	$11,256,904,000
13	Ohio	$10,662,810,000
14	Indiana	$10,578,929,000
15	Connecticut	$10,259,183,000
16	Colorado	$10,246,531,000
17	Maryland	$10,186,240,000
18	Wisconsin	$9,035,988,000
19	Missouri	$7,715,511,000
20	Utah	$6,672,695,000
21	Arizona	$6,532,753,000
22	South Carolina	$5,456,360,000
23	Kentucky	$5,212,818,000
24	Alabama	$4,908,837,000
25	Kansas	$4,617,143,000
26	Iowa	$4,266,534,000
27	Louisiana	$3,933,108,000
28	Oklahoma	$3,767,669,000
29	Arkansas	$3,467,141,000
30	Hawaii	$3,354,690,000
31	Nebraska	$3,130,599,000
32	District of Columbia	$2,643,213,000
33	Mississippi	$2,515,630,000
34	Idaho	$2,457,943,000
35	West Virginia	$2,253,788,000
36	Delaware	$2,148,289,000
37	Maine	$2,075,273,000
38	Montana	$1,889,444,000
39	Rhode Island	$1,757,678,000
40	Vermont	$1,233,157,000
41	New Mexico	$1,198,906,000
42	North Dakota	$448,704,000
43	Tennessee	$179,379,000
44	New Hampshire	$148,648,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau