Bluegrass Times

In 2022, Kentucky collected $47,733,000 in pari-mutuels sales tax, ranking it first 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	Kentucky	$47,733,000
2	California	$18,244,000
3	New York	$13,899,000
4	Florida	$12,311,000
5	Wyoming	$9,436,000
6	Pennsylvania	$8,690,000
7	Illinois	$7,668,000
8	Louisiana	$5,727,000
9	Connecticut	$5,708,000
10	Alabama	$5,221,000
11	Texas	$5,059,000
12	Ohio	$3,987,000
13	Iowa	$3,947,000
14	Oregon	$3,156,000
15	West Virginia	$2,937,000
16	Michigan	$2,924,000
17	Maine	$1,911,000
18	Minnesota	$1,906,000
19	Arkansas	$1,858,000
20	Indiana	$1,696,000
21	North Dakota	$1,579,000
22	Virginia	$1,543,000
23	Idaho	$1,447,000
24	Washington	$1,285,000
25	New Mexico	$1,184,000
26	Maryland	$1,124,000
27	Oklahoma	$1,105,000
28	Massachusetts	$1,080,000
29	Rhode Island	$515,000
30	New Hampshire	$497,000
31	Colorado	$373,000
32	Arizona	$186,000
33	Mississippi	$184,000
34	Nebraska	$175,000
35	Montana	$169,000
36	South Dakota	$113,000
37	Delaware	$62,000
38	Nevada	$3,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau