Mountain State Times

In 2021, West Virginia collected $298.3 million in other taxes, ranking it 24th 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	$5,089,433,000
2	Florida	$4,875,626,000
3	New York	$4,595,189,000
4	Washington	$2,177,956,000
5	Pennsylvania	$2,139,647,000
6	New Mexico	$1,862,066,000
7	North Dakota	$1,662,082,000
8	Massachusetts	$1,267,153,000
9	New Jersey	$1,026,284,000
10	Nevada	$1,014,004,000
11	Virginia	$924,388,000
12	Oklahoma	$869,570,000
13	Maryland	$743,738,000
14	Minnesota	$680,128,000
15	Connecticut	$664,295,000
16	District of Columbia	$649,177,000
17	Illinois	$566,990,000
18	Wyoming	$439,365,000
19	Michigan	$434,961,000
20	Oregon	$427,709,000
21	Tennessee	$408,140,000
22	Alaska	$387,367,000
23	Louisiana	$301,942,000
24	West Virginia	$298,344,000
25	Delaware	$247,867,000
26	Arizona	$202,960,000
27	New Hampshire	$202,700,000
28	South Carolina	$183,899,000
29	Arkansas	$156,361,000
30	Kentucky	$149,663,000
31	Georgia	$138,964,000
32	Montana	$137,542,000
33	California	$130,825,000
34	Iowa	$130,739,000
35	Wisconsin	$126,671,000
36	North Carolina	$122,844,000
37	Alabama	$119,348,000
38	Vermont	$108,754,000
39	Hawaii	$93,998,000
40	Maine	$92,585,000
41	Ohio	$63,045,000
42	Rhode Island	$55,857,000
43	Utah	$38,333,000
44	Mississippi	$29,635,000
45	Kansas	$27,553,000
46	Nebraska	$23,653,000
47	Missouri	$14,648,000
48	South Dakota	$10,914,000
49	Idaho	$8,947,000
50	Indiana	$1,057,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau