Palmetto State News

In 2020, South Carolina collected $27.9 million in public utilities sales tax, ranking it 32nd 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	Florida	$1,660,059,000
2	Illinois	$1,370,658,000
3	Pennsylvania	$1,109,338,000
4	New Jersey	$910,079,000
5	New York	$906,990,000
6	Ohio	$759,146,000
7	California	$702,579,000
8	Alabama	$685,575,000
9	Texas	$658,891,000
10	Washington	$585,310,000
11	Virginia	$518,794,000
12	Wisconsin	$350,881,000
13	Connecticut	$268,919,000
14	Indiana	$187,813,000
15	District of Columbia	$177,703,000
16	Maryland	$137,713,000
17	West Virginia	$137,346,000
18	Hawaii	$134,640,000
19	Rhode Island	$105,991,000
20	Iowa	$71,987,000
21	Kentucky	$70,648,000
22	Nebraska	$60,211,000
23	Utah	$51,229,000
24	Delaware	$50,905,000
25	North Dakota	$50,469,000
26	Nevada	$47,372,000
27	Oklahoma	$47,048,000
28	Montana	$43,351,000
29	New Hampshire	$42,245,000
30	Michigan	$35,656,000
31	New Mexico	$33,791,000
32	South Carolina	$27,904,000
33	Maine	$22,167,000
34	Arizona	$21,937,000
35	Oregon	$16,995,000
36	Louisiana	$10,274,000
37	Vermont	$9,311,000
38	Tennessee	$7,479,000
39	Wyoming	$4,955,000
40	Alaska	$4,413,000
41	South Dakota	$3,179,000
42	Idaho	$2,066,000
43	Mississippi	$1,778,000
44	Kansas	$348,000
45	North Carolina	$277,000
46	Minnesota	$53,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau