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In 2020, Wyoming collected $15.8 million in corporations in general license, ranking it 34th 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	Delaware	$1,643,896,000
2	Tennessee	$818,243,000
3	North Carolina	$752,141,000
4	New Jersey	$374,586,000
5	Illinois	$311,797,000
6	Ohio	$294,382,000
7	Florida	$222,541,000
8	Texas	$204,061,000
9	Louisiana	$184,652,000
10	Alabama	$172,986,000
11	Kentucky	$151,794,000
12	Mississippi	$132,851,000
13	South Carolina	$130,868,000
14	California	$84,567,000
15	Maryland	$83,751,000
16	Nevada	$76,560,000
17	New Hampshire	$75,975,000
18	Iowa	$75,484,000
19	Georgia	$74,243,000
20	Virginia	$66,069,000
21	Oklahoma	$53,085,000
22	Oregon	$48,073,000
23	Washington	$45,559,000
24	District of Columbia	$37,248,000
25	New Mexico	$36,705,000
26	Connecticut	$32,538,000
27	Michigan	$31,472,000
28	Kansas	$28,040,000
29	Arkansas	$27,257,000
30	Arizona	$25,105,000
31	Massachusetts	$24,761,000
32	Wisconsin	$23,956,000
33	Colorado	$23,474,000
34	Wyoming	$15,761,000
35	Nebraska	$15,738,000
36	Maine	$11,777,000
37	Minnesota	$9,409,000
38	Indiana	$9,112,000
39	South Dakota	$6,675,000
40	Pennsylvania	$5,440,000
41	Montana	$5,283,000
42	Rhode Island	$5,266,000
43	Idaho	$4,182,000
44	Vermont	$3,729,000
45	New York	$2,286,000
46	Hawaii	$1,959,000
47	West Virginia	$728,000
48	Utah	$443,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau