Silver State Times

In 2020, Nevada collected $19.7 million in motor vehicle operators license, ranking it 30th 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	$285,557,000
2	Indiana	$261,793,000
3	Florida	$165,449,000
4	Texas	$155,619,000
5	West Virginia	$143,600,000
6	New York	$141,385,000
7	Virginia	$138,837,000
8	Illinois	$127,569,000
9	Georgia	$117,406,000
10	North Carolina	$109,255,000
11	Washington	$104,615,000
12	Pennsylvania	$77,883,000
13	Massachusetts	$74,816,000
14	Ohio	$71,277,000
15	Tennessee	$60,475,000
16	Michigan	$55,380,000
17	New Jersey	$53,070,000
18	Minnesota	$48,774,000
19	Alabama	$45,048,000
20	Oregon	$41,345,000
21	Arizona	$40,734,000
22	Colorado	$39,744,000
23	Wisconsin	$39,578,000
24	Connecticut	$33,585,000
25	Oklahoma	$29,677,000
26	Kansas	$28,036,000
27	Maryland	$26,923,000
28	Utah	$24,475,000
29	Arkansas	$24,089,000
30	Nevada	$19,725,000
31	Mississippi	$17,343,000
32	Vermont	$14,778,000
33	Missouri	$14,060,000
34	Kentucky	$14,038,000
35	Iowa	$13,726,000
36	Idaho	$11,325,000
37	Nebraska	$10,433,000
38	Maine	$10,267,000
39	New Hampshire	$7,836,000
40	Montana	$7,547,000
41	Delaware	$6,645,000
42	Rhode Island	$5,417,000
43	Louisiana	$5,389,000
44	New Mexico	$5,004,000
45	South Dakota	$4,912,000
46	North Dakota	$4,766,000
47	District of Columbia	$4,717,000
48	South Carolina	$4,711,000
49	Wyoming	$4,223,000
50	Hawaii	$356,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau