Palmetto State News

In 2020, South Carolina collected $253.2 million in insurance premiums sales tax, ranking it 28th 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	$2,829,718,000
2	Texas	$2,741,653,000
3	New York	$1,904,118,000
4	Florida	$1,225,176,000
5	Tennessee	$1,048,375,000
6	Louisiana	$933,593,000
7	Pennsylvania	$859,583,000
8	Washington	$691,393,000
9	New Jersey	$686,682,000
10	North Carolina	$675,023,000
11	Ohio	$640,911,000
12	Maryland	$615,000,000
13	Arizona	$575,949,000
14	Georgia	$554,987,000
15	Virginia	$549,082,000
16	Minnesota	$530,442,000
17	Massachusetts	$470,119,000
18	Michigan	$456,600,000
19	Nevada	$452,361,000
20	Missouri	$446,610,000
21	Alabama	$427,848,000
22	Kansas	$422,817,000
23	Illinois	$392,704,000
24	Mississippi	$359,245,000
25	Oklahoma	$346,277,000
26	Colorado	$337,655,000
27	Arkansas	$285,337,000
28	South Carolina	$253,175,000
29	Indiana	$248,491,000
30	Wisconsin	$240,503,000
31	New Mexico	$223,338,000
32	Connecticut	$190,259,000
33	Hawaii	$186,833,000
34	Kentucky	$178,083,000
35	Utah	$150,390,000
36	Iowa	$143,407,000
37	New Hampshire	$134,100,000
38	West Virginia	$128,500,000
39	District of Columbia	$122,993,000
40	Montana	$120,822,000
41	Delaware	$118,599,000
42	Rhode Island	$117,315,000
43	Idaho	$112,342,000
44	Maine	$109,584,000
45	South Dakota	$88,120,000
46	Oregon	$76,462,000
47	Nebraska	$67,044,000
48	Alaska	$65,597,000
49	North Dakota	$63,095,000
50	Vermont	$60,807,000
51	Wyoming	$29,909,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau