Mountain State Times

In 2020, West Virginia collected $2.9 million in pari-mutuels sales tax, ranking it 13th 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	$16,078,000
2	New York	$15,939,000
3	California	$15,280,000
4	Connecticut	$11,224,000
5	Florida	$7,995,000
6	Pennsylvania	$6,918,000
7	Wyoming	$6,521,000
8	Illinois	$6,122,000
9	Louisiana	$5,242,000
10	Texas	$4,210,000
11	Ohio	$3,819,000
12	Iowa	$3,058,000
13	West Virginia	$2,876,000
14	Alabama	$2,204,000
15	Oregon	$1,979,000
16	Arkansas	$1,747,000
17	Michigan	$1,726,000
18	Indiana	$1,659,000
19	Oklahoma	$1,499,000
20	Minnesota	$1,366,000
21	North Dakota	$1,190,000
22	Idaho	$1,074,000
23	Washington	$1,030,000
24	Maryland	$962,000
25	Maine	$956,000
26	Rhode Island	$845,000
27	New Mexico	$842,000
28	Massachusetts	$741,000
29	Wisconsin	$402,000
30	Colorado	$387,000
31	New Hampshire	$314,000
32	Arizona	$160,000
33	Montana	$117,000
34	Nebraska	$116,000
35	South Dakota	$98,000
36	Delaware	$51,000
37	Nevada	$3,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau