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In 2020, Pennsylvania collected $9.8 billion in selective sales and gross receipts taxes, ranking it fourth 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	$18,902,795,000
2	Texas	$14,930,574,000
3	New York	$12,422,589,000
4	Pennsylvania	$9,814,661,000
5	Illinois	$8,788,858,000
6	Florida	$8,207,278,000
7	Ohio	$7,187,367,000
8	New Jersey	$5,203,731,000
9	Minnesota	$4,917,702,000
10	Washington	$4,833,532,000
11	Maryland	$4,574,124,000
12	North Carolina	$4,365,724,000
13	Virginia	$4,346,732,000
14	Indiana	$4,273,135,000
15	Michigan	$4,185,759,000
16	Tennessee	$3,511,711,000
17	Georgia	$3,375,043,000
18	Alabama	$2,923,709,000
19	Connecticut	$2,886,836,000
20	Wisconsin	$2,861,597,000
21	Massachusetts	$2,673,926,000
22	Colorado	$2,611,871,000
23	Louisiana	$2,488,126,000
24	Kentucky	$2,347,873,000
25	Nevada	$2,115,103,000
26	Arizona	$2,031,062,000
27	Oregon	$1,928,326,000
28	South Carolina	$1,816,378,000
29	Missouri	$1,665,376,000
30	Oklahoma	$1,651,445,000
31	Mississippi	$1,455,674,000
32	Arkansas	$1,445,663,000
33	West Virginia	$1,432,406,000
34	Iowa	$1,411,159,000
35	Hawaii	$1,226,778,000
36	Kansas	$1,183,598,000
37	Utah	$1,121,119,000
38	New Hampshire	$973,219,000
39	New Mexico	$831,241,000
40	Maine	$735,015,000
41	Vermont	$733,070,000
42	Rhode Island	$720,777,000
43	Montana	$678,835,000
44	Nebraska	$642,834,000
45	Idaho	$615,285,000
46	Delaware	$585,504,000
47	North Dakota	$496,993,000
48	South Dakota	$474,358,000
49	District of Columbia	$432,230,000
50	Alaska	$268,355,000
51	Wyoming	$186,899,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau