Mountain State Times

In 2022, West Virginia collected $391,000 in public utilities license, ranking it 34th 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	$569,181,000
2	Pennsylvania	$78,104,000
3	Wisconsin	$68,200,000
4	Idaho	$64,442,000
5	Texas	$45,765,000
6	Michigan	$32,696,000
7	Florida	$24,180,000
8	Illinois	$23,302,000
9	Washington	$23,093,000
10	New Jersey	$20,961,000
11	New Hampshire	$20,912,000
12	North Carolina	$18,876,000
13	Missouri	$18,442,000
14	Colorado	$16,545,000
15	Hawaii	$15,153,000
16	South Carolina	$14,713,000
17	Oregon	$13,899,000
18	Alabama	$12,792,000
19	Iowa	$11,841,000
20	New York	$11,458,000
21	Arkansas	$8,940,000
22	Alaska	$8,103,000
23	Louisiana	$7,406,000
24	Minnesota	$7,297,000
25	Mississippi	$6,579,000
26	Kansas	$6,522,000
27	Tennessee	$6,099,000
28	Rhode Island	$2,809,000
29	Ohio	$2,801,000
30	New Mexico	$1,856,000
31	Virginia	$716,000
32	Delaware	$700,000
33	Connecticut	$578,000
34	West Virginia	$391,000
35	Arizona	$30,000
36	Montana	$5,000
36	Oklahoma	$5,000
38	North Dakota	$2,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau