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In 2022, Delaware collected $6,310,891,000 in total 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	California	$280,828,418,000
2	New York	$117,983,717,000
3	Texas	$82,259,732,000
4	Illinois	$62,571,178,000
5	Florida	$59,236,859,000
6	Pennsylvania	$53,679,801,000
7	New Jersey	$52,771,929,000
8	Massachusetts	$43,492,334,000
9	North Carolina	$38,453,594,000
10	Ohio	$37,388,627,000
11	Michigan	$37,056,989,000
12	Virginia	$36,754,617,000
13	Washington	$36,071,826,000
14	Minnesota	$34,911,881,000
15	Georgia	$33,933,816,000
16	Maryland	$29,361,279,000
17	Indiana	$29,258,967,000
18	Arizona	$24,356,760,000
19	Wisconsin	$23,363,814,000
20	Tennessee	$22,650,165,000
21	Connecticut	$22,477,477,000
22	Colorado	$21,711,093,000
23	Oregon	$18,885,694,000
24	Missouri	$16,887,389,000
25	Kentucky	$16,546,544,000
26	Alabama	$16,324,900,000
27	South Carolina	$16,051,549,000
28	Louisiana	$14,484,028,000
29	Utah	$13,786,248,000
30	Oklahoma	$13,188,031,000
31	Iowa	$12,908,955,000
32	Arkansas	$12,768,129,000
33	Kansas	$12,592,576,000
34	Nevada	$12,072,213,000
35	Hawaii	$10,279,504,000
36	Mississippi	$10,182,769,000
37	New Mexico	$8,601,717,000
38	Idaho	$7,710,289,000
39	Nebraska	$7,475,982,000
40	West Virginia	$7,064,214,000
41	Maine	$6,439,268,000
42	Delaware	$6,310,891,000
43	North Dakota	$5,350,784,000
44	Rhode Island	$4,796,030,000
45	Montana	$4,622,866,000
46	Vermont	$4,415,490,000
47	New Hampshire	$3,497,660,000
48	South Dakota	$2,475,394,000
49	Wyoming	$2,441,007,000
50	Alaska	$2,427,795,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau