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In 2021, South Dakota collected $143.7 million in other selective sales and gross receipts taxes, ranking it 42nd 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	Texas	$6,522,820,000
2	New York	$5,922,833,000
3	California	$5,388,443,000
4	Illinois	$3,765,186,000
5	Pennsylvania	$2,315,053,000
6	Ohio	$2,256,603,000
7	Virginia	$2,134,314,000
8	Minnesota	$2,052,993,000
9	New Jersey	$2,023,002,000
10	Maryland	$1,738,046,000
11	Michigan	$1,729,045,000
12	Colorado	$1,548,697,000
13	Indiana	$1,497,997,000
14	Connecticut	$1,351,016,000
15	Washington	$1,282,554,000
16	Oregon	$1,273,625,000
17	North Carolina	$1,170,712,000
18	Florida	$986,396,000
19	Kentucky	$935,079,000
20	Massachusetts	$725,248,000
21	Alabama	$645,263,000
22	Tennessee	$625,892,000
23	West Virginia	$568,575,000
24	South Carolina	$552,152,000
25	Georgia	$519,077,000
26	Vermont	$468,383,000
27	Wisconsin	$428,437,000
28	New Hampshire	$400,137,000
29	Nevada	$340,603,000
30	Hawaii	$310,116,000
31	Utah	$294,584,000
32	Arkansas	$293,212,000
33	Mississippi	$276,090,000
34	Rhode Island	$229,443,000
35	Missouri	$181,509,000
36	Arizona	$174,980,000
37	North Dakota	$164,174,000
38	New Mexico	$162,039,000
39	Oklahoma	$157,465,000
40	Maine	$156,641,000
41	Delaware	$145,781,000
42	South Dakota	$143,713,000
43	Louisiana	$111,228,000
44	District of Columbia	$90,467,000
45	Montana	$77,454,000
46	Idaho	$76,479,000
47	Iowa	$49,883,000
48	Alaska	$39,382,000
49	Kansas	$33,768,000
50	Nebraska	$22,081,000
51	Wyoming	$3,364,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau