Rushmore State News

In 2021, South Dakota collected $90.1 million in insurance premiums sales tax, ranking it 45th 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	$3,116,772,000
2	Texas	$2,699,643,000
3	New York	$2,078,985,000
4	Florida	$1,491,831,000
5	Tennessee	$1,108,673,000
6	Louisiana	$1,004,261,000
7	Pennsylvania	$852,301,000
8	Maryland	$757,839,000
9	North Carolina	$725,207,000
10	Washington	$683,639,000
11	Arizona	$680,245,000
12	Ohio	$666,671,000
13	Minnesota	$650,137,000
14	New Jersey	$639,103,000
15	Virginia	$551,005,000
16	Georgia	$538,106,000
17	Massachusetts	$537,405,000
18	Illinois	$513,239,000
19	Nevada	$489,269,000
20	Alabama	$468,162,000
21	Kansas	$450,742,000
22	Oklahoma	$448,883,000
23	Missouri	$447,949,000
24	Mississippi	$397,786,000
25	Michigan	$349,170,000
26	Colorado	$347,690,000
27	Arkansas	$310,009,000
28	South Carolina	$273,744,000
29	New Mexico	$235,054,000
30	Indiana	$234,753,000
31	Wisconsin	$226,531,000
32	Hawaii	$191,516,000
33	Kentucky	$187,041,000
34	Connecticut	$181,373,000
35	Utah	$165,995,000
36	Rhode Island	$146,288,000
37	Iowa	$143,752,000
38	Montana	$138,905,000
39	New Hampshire	$138,900,000
40	District of Columbia	$133,546,000
41	Delaware	$123,324,000
42	Idaho	$118,439,000
43	West Virginia	$118,061,000
44	Maine	$101,947,000
45	South Dakota	$90,063,000
46	Nebraska	$69,558,000
47	Vermont	$63,343,000
48	Alaska	$61,558,000
49	North Dakota	$59,178,000
50	Oregon	$49,633,000
51	Wyoming	$36,231,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau