Rushmore State News

In 2022, South Dakota collected $54,385,000 in tobacco products sales tax, ranking it 44th 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	$1,853,535,000
2	Pennsylvania	$1,223,160,000
3	Texas	$1,210,716,000
4	Florida	$1,048,913,000
5	New York	$929,109,000
6	Ohio	$885,881,000
7	Illinois	$841,366,000
8	Michigan	$805,030,000
9	Minnesota	$610,055,000
10	Wisconsin	$580,949,000
11	New Jersey	$566,185,000
12	Maryland	$479,132,000
13	Oregon	$459,571,000
14	Oklahoma	$441,544,000
15	Massachusetts	$390,686,000
16	Indiana	$387,364,000
17	Kentucky	$374,873,000
18	Washington	$353,075,000
19	Colorado	$352,438,000
20	Connecticut	$303,664,000
21	North Carolina	$295,188,000
22	Arizona	$287,427,000
23	Virginia	$278,758,000
24	Louisiana	$258,537,000
25	Georgia	$238,574,000
26	Tennessee	$228,231,000
27	Arkansas	$223,936,000
28	Iowa	$190,402,000
29	New Hampshire	$182,626,000
30	Nevada	$179,824,000
31	West Virginia	$165,066,000
32	Alabama	$156,313,000
33	Rhode Island	$144,900,000
34	Maine	$141,941,000
35	Mississippi	$136,113,000
36	Kansas	$119,585,000
37	Delaware	$115,332,000
38	Utah	$109,658,000
39	New Mexico	$101,968,000
40	Missouri	$96,111,000
41	Hawaii	$91,658,000
42	Vermont	$75,991,000
43	Montana	$74,249,000
44	South Dakota	$54,385,000
45	Nebraska	$52,147,000
46	Alaska	$48,924,000
47	Idaho	$45,499,000
48	South Carolina	$27,914,000
49	North Dakota	$24,677,000
50	Wyoming	$21,569,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau