Silver State Times

In 2020, Nevada collected $7.6 billion in sales and gross receipts taxes, ranking it 21st 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	$62,553,028,000
2	Texas	$53,342,923,000
3	Florida	$35,167,486,000
4	New York	$28,388,278,000
5	Washington	$21,763,083,000
6	Pennsylvania	$21,445,063,000
7	Illinois	$20,650,013,000
8	Ohio	$20,052,085,000
9	New Jersey	$16,271,749,000
10	Michigan	$13,409,169,000
11	Tennessee	$13,219,753,000
12	North Carolina	$12,839,610,000
13	Indiana	$12,506,535,000
14	Minnesota	$11,352,902,000
15	Arizona	$10,892,993,000
16	Virginia	$10,067,447,000
17	Georgia	$9,538,551,000
18	Maryland	$9,510,784,000
19	Massachusetts	$9,489,653,000
20	Wisconsin	$8,697,812,000
21	Nevada	$7,594,926,000
22	Connecticut	$7,468,451,000
23	Kentucky	$6,539,197,000
24	Louisiana	$6,059,685,000
25	Colorado	$6,011,981,000
26	Alabama	$5,903,861,000
27	Missouri	$5,458,755,000
28	South Carolina	$5,381,858,000
29	Mississippi	$5,264,298,000
30	Arkansas	$5,137,583,000
31	Iowa	$4,958,143,000
32	Hawaii	$4,923,969,000
33	Oklahoma	$4,611,976,000
34	Kansas	$4,598,189,000
35	Utah	$4,226,560,000
36	New Mexico	$3,935,006,000
37	West Virginia	$2,818,977,000
38	Nebraska	$2,812,655,000
39	Idaho	$2,714,828,000
40	Maine	$2,401,733,000
41	Oregon	$1,928,326,000
42	Rhode Island	$1,878,089,000
43	South Dakota	$1,678,709,000
44	District of Columbia	$1,653,702,000
45	North Dakota	$1,564,960,000
46	Vermont	$1,164,652,000
47	New Hampshire	$973,219,000
48	Wyoming	$951,816,000
49	Montana	$678,835,000
50	Delaware	$585,504,000
51	Alaska	$268,355,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau