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In 2022, Tennessee collected $826,000 in severance taxes, ranking it 33rd 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	Texas	$10,945,517,000
2	North Dakota	$2,858,236,000
3	New Mexico	$2,250,072,000
4	Oklahoma	$1,529,945,000
5	Alaska	$1,479,380,000
6	Wyoming	$770,487,000
7	West Virginia	$768,794,000
8	Louisiana	$491,032,000
9	Colorado	$306,810,000
10	Montana	$227,029,000
11	Nevada	$218,715,000
12	California	$128,600,000
13	Kentucky	$109,019,000
14	Minnesota	$104,616,000
15	Utah	$97,393,000
16	Arkansas	$84,054,000
17	Kansas	$70,203,000
18	Ohio	$61,026,000
19	Alabama	$60,853,000
20	Mississippi	$51,364,000
21	Michigan	$46,951,000
22	Washington	$41,103,000
23	Arizona	$37,355,000
24	Florida	$28,694,000
25	Oregon	$16,484,000
26	South Dakota	$8,035,000
27	Idaho	$5,828,000
28	Nebraska	$4,643,000
29	Virginia	$3,831,000
30	Wisconsin	$1,793,000
31	North Carolina	$1,724,000
32	Indiana	$1,483,000
33	Tennessee	$826,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau