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In 2022, Pennsylvania collected $1,026,909,000 in public utilities sales tax, ranking it third 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	Florida	$1,799,972,000
2	Illinois	$1,257,528,000
3	Pennsylvania	$1,026,909,000
4	Ohio	$1,017,791,000
5	New Jersey	$949,949,000
6	New York	$776,052,000
7	Texas	$748,572,000
8	California	$741,713,000
9	Washington	$725,502,000
10	Alabama	$702,352,000
11	Virginia	$491,211,000
12	Wisconsin	$384,026,000
13	Connecticut	$246,437,000
14	Indiana	$218,703,000
15	Maryland	$141,835,000
16	Hawaii	$122,068,000
17	West Virginia	$111,101,000
18	Rhode Island	$89,400,000
19	Minnesota	$87,276,000
20	Kentucky	$77,310,000
21	Iowa	$71,453,000
22	Utah	$61,486,000
23	Nebraska	$59,836,000
24	Oklahoma	$55,280,000
25	Nevada	$49,872,000
26	Delaware	$43,826,000
27	Michigan	$42,928,000
28	Montana	$39,067,000
29	New Mexico	$35,695,000
30	North Dakota	$35,122,000
31	South Carolina	$29,128,000
32	New Hampshire	$29,079,000
33	Arizona	$22,149,000
34	Oregon	$22,101,000
35	Maine	$21,784,000
36	Louisiana	$11,299,000
37	Vermont	$9,705,000
38	Tennessee	$6,506,000
39	Wyoming	$4,984,000
40	Alaska	$4,291,000
41	South Dakota	$4,024,000
42	Mississippi	$1,786,000
43	Idaho	$1,619,000
44	Kansas	$349,000
45	North Carolina	$295,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau