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Of the $5.4 billion in taxes collected by Delaware in 2021, $39,000 came from pari-mutuels sales tax, a 23.5 percent decrease from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Delaware collected $51,000 in pari-mutuels sales tax in 2020.

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 sets the tax classifications among the survey categories and cautions they may differ from the classifications set by the state governments.

Below is a breakdown of how taxes were classified by subcategory and how much was collected.

Type of Tax	2021 amount	2020 amount
Corporations net income taxes	$334,805,000	$244,913,000
Public utilities license	$550,000	$531,000
Motor vehicle license	$62,180,000	$56,082,000
Tobacco products sales tax	$115,700,000	$119,153,000
Insurance premiums sales tax	$123,324,000	$118,599,000
Hunting and fishing license	$4,492,000	$4,136,000
Other license taxes	$14,758,000	$11,561,000
Pari-mutuels sales tax	$39,000	$51,000
Motor vehicle operators license	$8,379,000	$6,645,000
Documentarty and stock transfer taxes	$246,549,000	$186,158,000
Alcoholic beverages sales tax	$32,719,000	$25,204,000
Public utilities sales tax	$45,518,000	$50,905,000
Amusements license	$333,000	$284,000
Occupation and business license, NEC	$161,821,000	$127,014,000
Taxes, NEC	$1,314,000	$1,223,000
Alcoholic beverages license	$1,693,000	$1,468,000
Corporations in general license	$1,822,622,000	$1,643,896,000
Individual income taxes	$2,148,289,000	$1,685,848,000
Motor fuels sales tax	$124,842,000	$136,824,000
Selective sales and gross receipts taxes	$587,923,000	$585,504,000
Death and gift taxes	$2,000	$211,000
Severance taxes	$2,000	$0
Other selective sales and gross receipts taxes	$145,781,000	$134,768,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau