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In 2021, South Carolina collected $838.3 million in motor fuels sales tax, ranking it 20th 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	$7,659,320,000
2	Texas	$3,596,892,000
3	Pennsylvania	$3,031,113,000
4	Florida	$2,873,845,000
5	Ohio	$2,524,431,000
6	Illinois	$2,383,666,000
7	North Carolina	$2,113,248,000
8	Georgia	$1,781,682,000
9	Indiana	$1,545,597,000
10	Washington	$1,518,342,000
11	New York	$1,465,180,000
12	Virginia	$1,421,963,000
13	Michigan	$1,336,795,000
14	Tennessee	$1,210,808,000
15	Wisconsin	$1,123,970,000
16	Maryland	$1,025,338,000
17	Alabama	$878,038,000
18	Arizona	$844,828,000
19	Minnesota	$844,730,000
20	South Carolina	$838,264,000
21	Kentucky	$699,875,000
22	Missouri	$696,002,000
23	Iowa	$673,571,000
24	Massachusetts	$662,932,000
25	Louisiana	$639,727,000
26	Oregon	$619,333,000
27	Colorado	$618,724,000
28	Arkansas	$588,223,000
29	Oklahoma	$571,408,000
30	Utah	$534,738,000
31	Connecticut	$469,851,000
32	Mississippi	$449,814,000
33	Kansas	$445,472,000
34	Nebraska	$415,141,000
35	Idaho	$405,050,000
36	West Virginia	$399,542,000
37	New Jersey	$386,173,000
38	Nevada	$351,627,000
39	Montana	$274,353,000
40	Maine	$231,938,000
41	New Mexico	$230,303,000
42	South Dakota	$189,881,000
43	North Dakota	$173,157,000
44	Rhode Island	$130,104,000
45	Delaware	$124,842,000
46	New Hampshire	$117,200,000
47	Wyoming	$111,244,000
48	Vermont	$109,548,000
49	Hawaii	$70,796,000
50	Alaska	$44,754,000
51	District of Columbia	$23,638,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau