Beaver State News

In 2021, Oregon collected $2.4 million in amusements license, 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	Oklahoma	$165,847,000
2	Illinois	$73,270,000
3	New Jersey	$60,072,000
4	Pennsylvania	$48,133,000
5	Nevada	$36,886,000
6	Ohio	$29,865,000
7	Iowa	$27,920,000
8	California	$22,219,000
9	Mississippi	$18,108,000
10	Florida	$15,000,000
11	Washington	$13,791,000
12	Texas	$12,801,000
13	Massachusetts	$11,396,000
14	Kansas	$9,213,000
15	South Carolina	$6,925,000
16	Indiana	$5,925,000
17	Minnesota	$5,575,000
18	South Dakota	$5,210,000
19	Montana	$4,770,000
20	West Virginia	$4,394,000
21	Oregon	$2,429,000
22	New Mexico	$2,364,000
23	North Dakota	$2,195,000
24	District of Columbia	$1,429,000
25	Maryland	$1,342,000
26	Arkansas	$1,131,000
27	Colorado	$960,000
28	Nebraska	$432,000
29	Maine	$404,000
30	Tennessee	$380,000
31	Delaware	$333,000
32	New Hampshire	$325,000
33	Kentucky	$243,000
34	Idaho	$241,000
35	Connecticut	$229,000
36	Rhode Island	$182,000
37	North Carolina	$176,000
38	Virginia	$116,000
39	Wisconsin	$36,000
40	Missouri	$20,000
41	Vermont	$17,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau