Mountain State Times

In 2021, West Virginia collected $274.3 million in severance taxes, ranking it ninth 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	New Mexico	$1,804,377,000
3	North Dakota	$1,662,082,000
4	Oklahoma	$754,292,000
5	Wyoming	$435,314,000
6	Alaska	$387,367,000
7	Louisiana	$301,942,000
8	Nevada	$278,504,000
9	West Virginia	$274,256,000
10	Montana	$130,998,000
11	California	$130,748,000
12	Kentucky	$84,446,000
13	Minnesota	$64,652,000
14	Ohio	$62,983,000
15	Washington	$43,020,000
16	Alabama	$38,852,000
17	Utah	$37,985,000
18	Arizona	$35,610,000
19	Arkansas	$33,004,000
20	Mississippi	$29,635,000
21	Florida	$29,541,000
22	Kansas	$27,553,000
23	Michigan	$23,549,000
24	Oregon	$15,482,000
25	South Dakota	$9,811,000
26	Idaho	$5,870,000
27	Wisconsin	$3,991,000
28	Virginia	$3,453,000
29	Nebraska	$2,514,000
30	North Carolina	$1,801,000
31	Indiana	$768,000
32	Tennessee	$381,000
33	Delaware	$2,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau