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In 2021, Oregon collected $2.4 billion in selective sales and gross receipts taxes, ranking it 25th 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	$19,217,894,000
2	Texas	$16,227,687,000
3	New York	$11,551,492,000
4	Pennsylvania	$10,694,965,000
5	Illinois	$10,056,980,000
6	Florida	$8,648,445,000
7	Ohio	$7,755,321,000
8	Virginia	$5,191,915,000
9	Maryland	$5,128,294,000
10	New Jersey	$5,068,719,000
11	Washington	$4,956,647,000
12	North Carolina	$4,850,582,000
13	Michigan	$4,735,465,000
14	Indiana	$4,564,816,000
15	Minnesota	$4,505,898,000
16	Tennessee	$3,432,404,000
17	Georgia	$3,309,634,000
18	Alabama	$3,102,485,000
19	Colorado	$2,912,346,000
20	Connecticut	$2,895,587,000
21	Wisconsin	$2,811,139,000
22	Louisiana	$2,804,897,000
23	Massachusetts	$2,642,763,000
24	Kentucky	$2,529,699,000
25	Oregon	$2,386,620,000
26	Nevada	$2,213,033,000
27	Arizona	$2,105,939,000
28	South Carolina	$1,965,427,000
29	Oklahoma	$1,859,475,000
30	Missouri	$1,825,622,000
31	Arkansas	$1,565,355,000
32	Iowa	$1,519,624,000
33	West Virginia	$1,431,309,000
34	Mississippi	$1,426,971,000
35	Kansas	$1,202,695,000
36	Utah	$1,174,720,000
37	New Hampshire	$977,640,000
38	Hawaii	$851,356,000
39	New Mexico	$850,605,000
40	Rhode Island	$797,057,000
41	Montana	$768,499,000
42	Vermont	$740,358,000
43	Maine	$719,821,000
44	Idaho	$663,229,000
45	Nebraska	$658,241,000
46	Delaware	$587,923,000
47	South Dakota	$510,407,000
48	North Dakota	$506,973,000
49	District of Columbia	$445,326,000
50	Alaska	$267,842,000
51	Wyoming	$192,304,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau