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In 2022, Tennessee collected $486,472,000 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	$4,500,750,000
2	Pennsylvania	$1,291,254,000
3	Texas	$1,209,890,000
4	Ohio	$957,708,000
5	New Jersey	$651,094,000
6	Illinois	$604,295,000
7	Tennessee	$486,472,000
8	Washington	$426,738,000
9	Massachusetts	$418,163,000
10	North Carolina	$397,873,000
11	Wisconsin	$355,818,000
12	Virginia	$313,906,000
13	Maryland	$307,187,000
14	Michigan	$292,138,000
15	Minnesota	$273,841,000
16	Oregon	$259,691,000
17	New Hampshire	$250,192,000
18	Nevada	$244,478,000
19	Florida	$202,755,000
20	Arizona	$198,323,000
21	Montana	$183,629,000
22	Missouri	$182,212,000
23	Iowa	$162,295,000
24	South Dakota	$151,748,000
25	Arkansas	$147,819,000
26	New York	$145,200,000
27	South Carolina	$140,838,000
28	Delaware	$140,463,000
29	Kentucky	$134,556,000
30	Maine	$128,544,000
31	Louisiana	$109,448,000
32	Mississippi	$98,567,000
33	Idaho	$97,555,000
34	Kansas	$92,717,000
35	Rhode Island	$86,715,000
36	Georgia	$85,652,000
37	Alabama	$70,335,000
38	Colorado	$67,582,000
39	Indiana	$62,918,000
40	Utah	$60,064,000
41	Hawaii	$57,933,000
42	North Dakota	$57,603,000
43	Alaska	$53,084,000
44	New Mexico	$52,214,000
45	Wyoming	$45,505,000
46	Nebraska	$38,055,000
47	Connecticut	$33,872,000
48	Vermont	$32,384,000
49	West Virginia	$13,630,000
50	Oklahoma	$909,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau