Green Mountain Times

In 2020, Vermont collected $5.7 million in taxes, NEC, ranking it 17th 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	New York	$1,676,698,000
2	Nevada	$642,603,000
3	Maryland	$256,141,000
4	Georgia	$152,391,000
5	Arizona	$128,880,000
6	Oklahoma	$83,629,000
7	Virginia	$72,541,000
8	District of Columbia	$58,484,000
9	Arkansas	$54,332,000
10	New Mexico	$54,253,000
11	Minnesota	$53,334,000
12	Pennsylvania	$35,619,000
13	Tennessee	$15,872,000
14	Wisconsin	$14,606,000
15	West Virginia	$7,144,000
16	Wyoming	$5,774,000
17	Vermont	$5,670,000
18	Montana	$4,090,000
19	Idaho	$2,730,000
20	Delaware	$1,223,000
21	South Dakota	$815,000
22	Connecticut	$271,000
23	Utah	$146,000
24	Missouri	$89,000
25	Washington	$8,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau