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In 2021, Tennessee collected $453.2 million in occupation and business license, nec, ranking it seventh 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	$4,840,571,000
2	Pennsylvania	$1,284,008,000
3	Ohio	$893,836,000
4	New Jersey	$622,514,000
5	Illinois	$589,448,000
6	Texas	$585,928,000
7	Tennessee	$453,191,000
8	Washington	$438,328,000
9	North Carolina	$379,170,000
10	Massachusetts	$351,358,000
11	Wisconsin	$349,380,000
12	Oregon	$306,162,000
13	Minnesota	$271,262,000
14	Michigan	$268,448,000
15	Nevada	$236,364,000
16	Maryland	$233,561,000
17	New Hampshire	$226,668,000
18	Virginia	$226,454,000
19	Arizona	$206,430,000
20	Missouri	$183,559,000
21	Montana	$176,809,000
22	South Carolina	$171,008,000
23	Delaware	$161,821,000
24	Iowa	$160,355,000
25	Florida	$159,607,000
26	Arkansas	$145,326,000
27	South Dakota	$136,919,000
28	Kentucky	$136,386,000
29	Maine	$130,503,000
30	New York	$120,914,000
31	Louisiana	$107,217,000
32	Kansas	$100,883,000
33	Idaho	$94,829,000
34	Georgia	$85,652,000
35	Rhode Island	$80,859,000
36	Mississippi	$78,063,000
37	Alaska	$74,622,000
38	Alabama	$69,799,000
39	North Dakota	$66,170,000
40	Utah	$59,270,000
41	Connecticut	$59,187,000
42	Colorado	$53,943,000
43	New Mexico	$49,990,000
44	Hawaii	$49,591,000
45	District of Columbia	$47,612,000
46	Indiana	$47,155,000
47	Wyoming	$44,658,000
48	Nebraska	$35,995,000
49	Vermont	$29,864,000
50	West Virginia	$14,521,000
51	Oklahoma	$836,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau