Mountain State Times

In 2022, West Virginia collected $419,593,000 in motor fuels sales tax, ranking it 33rd 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	California	$8,638,712,000
2	Texas	$3,783,904,000
3	Pennsylvania	$3,180,204,000
4	Florida	$3,111,445,000
5	Ohio	$2,710,980,000
6	Illinois	$2,527,365,000
7	North Carolina	$2,193,373,000
8	Indiana	$1,658,104,000
9	Georgia	$1,602,054,000
10	Washington	$1,598,550,000
11	Virginia	$1,596,148,000
12	New York	$1,511,214,000
13	Michigan	$1,416,157,000
14	Tennessee	$1,274,055,000
15	Wisconsin	$1,179,935,000
16	Maryland	$1,113,264,000
17	Alabama	$949,982,000
18	South Carolina	$944,249,000
19	Minnesota	$900,563,000
20	Missouri	$803,261,000
21	Arizona	$792,145,000
22	Kentucky	$728,190,000
23	Massachusetts	$722,788,000
24	Iowa	$701,213,000
25	Colorado	$665,944,000
26	Louisiana	$650,966,000
27	Arkansas	$606,201,000
28	Oregon	$600,717,000
29	Oklahoma	$600,189,000
30	Utah	$581,850,000
31	Kansas	$466,589,000
32	Mississippi	$449,230,000
33	West Virginia	$419,593,000
34	New Jersey	$414,269,000
35	Idaho	$412,051,000
36	Nebraska	$384,474,000
37	Nevada	$377,553,000
38	Connecticut	$373,779,000
39	Montana	$292,452,000
40	New Mexico	$266,949,000
41	Maine	$246,951,000
42	South Dakota	$201,021,000
43	New Hampshire	$180,010,000
44	North Dakota	$179,821,000
45	Rhode Island	$138,906,000
46	Delaware	$134,474,000
47	Vermont	$121,774,000
48	Wyoming	$119,353,000
49	Hawaii	$81,845,000
50	Alaska	$45,078,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau