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Pennsylvania ranks first in the U.S. for the most amusements sales tax paid in 2022

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In 2022, Pennsylvania collected $1,758,352,000 in amusements sales tax, ranking it first 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.

U.S. amusements sales tax by State in 2022
RankStateAmount
1Pennsylvania$1,758,352,000
2Nevada$1,689,128,000
3Illinois$1,258,697,000
4Maryland$1,194,074,000
5Louisiana$760,972,000
6Indiana$722,972,000
7Missouri$390,854,000
8New Jersey$386,996,000
9Iowa$373,500,000
10Ohio$334,176,000
11Massachusetts$301,510,000
12Michigan$285,629,000
13Connecticut$260,239,000
14Minnesota$201,832,000
15Florida$178,210,000
16Mississippi$169,119,000
17Colorado$153,595,000
18Montana$123,282,000
19Arkansas$85,468,000
20New Mexico$69,276,000
21Maine$68,073,000
22South Carolina$53,981,000
23Tennessee$46,079,000
24West Virginia$39,214,000
25Virginia$37,153,000
26Oklahoma$30,878,000
27New Hampshire$24,323,000
28North Dakota$23,928,000
29Rhode Island$20,385,000
30Texas$17,720,000
31Oregon$12,427,000
32South Dakota$12,323,000
33Arizona$8,198,000
34Nebraska$7,613,000
35Alaska$6,805,000
36Wyoming$5,402,000
37Washington$4,432,000
38New York$1,710,000
39Kansas$291,000
40Kentucky$136,000
41Wisconsin$108,000
42North Carolina$6,000
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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