Sunflower State News

In 2020, Kansas collected $101.8 million in occupation and business license, nec, ranking it 32nd 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	$5,854,119,000
2	Pennsylvania	$1,129,790,000
3	Ohio	$860,701,000
4	Texas	$579,589,000
5	New Jersey	$538,792,000
6	Minnesota	$520,132,000
7	Illinois	$426,818,000
8	Oregon	$408,917,000
9	Tennessee	$381,875,000
10	Washington	$379,875,000
11	Wisconsin	$366,313,000
12	North Carolina	$335,928,000
13	Massachusetts	$320,192,000
14	Michigan	$256,843,000
15	Nevada	$255,310,000
16	Virginia	$213,191,000
17	Arizona	$205,639,000
18	Maryland	$195,835,000
19	New Hampshire	$192,402,000
20	Missouri	$180,685,000
21	Montana	$175,531,000
22	Florida	$164,729,000
23	Iowa	$138,016,000
24	South Dakota	$134,857,000
25	Kentucky	$134,316,000
26	Arkansas	$127,333,000
27	Delaware	$127,014,000
28	South Carolina	$124,334,000
29	New York	$122,849,000
30	Maine	$116,668,000
31	Louisiana	$108,312,000
32	Kansas	$101,828,000
33	Mississippi	$81,397,000
34	Georgia	$79,211,000
35	North Dakota	$77,968,000
36	Alaska	$71,637,000
37	District of Columbia	$69,827,000
38	Rhode Island	$69,691,000
39	Alabama	$67,867,000
40	Utah	$58,401,000
41	Idaho	$56,451,000
42	Connecticut	$56,326,000
43	Colorado	$52,221,000
44	New Mexico	$48,307,000
45	Wyoming	$43,222,000
46	Hawaii	$41,278,000
47	West Virginia	$40,541,000
48	Indiana	$37,700,000
49	Nebraska	$34,767,000
50	Vermont	$29,028,000
51	Oklahoma	$882,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau