Bluegrass Times

In 2021, Kentucky collected $61.6 million in death and gift taxes, ranking it 12th 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	New York	$1,537,437,000
2	Pennsylvania	$1,302,914,000
3	Massachusetts	$787,764,000
4	New Jersey	$530,341,000
5	Illinois	$478,611,000
6	Oregon	$410,270,000
7	Washington	$324,421,000
8	Connecticut	$285,779,000
9	Maryland	$240,585,000
10	Minnesota	$204,646,000
11	Iowa	$100,141,000
12	Kentucky	$61,625,000
13	Maine	$40,399,000
14	Rhode Island	$38,141,000
15	District of Columbia	$31,742,000
16	Hawaii	$31,275,000
17	Vermont	$26,924,000
18	Tennessee	$1,434,000
19	Indiana	$289,000
20	California	$77,000
21	Ohio	$62,000
22	North Carolina	$35,000
23	Oklahoma	$5,000
24	Missouri	$3,000
25	Delaware	$2,000
26	Wisconsin	$1,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau