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In 2022, South Carolina collected $86,957,000 in property taxes, ranking it 21st 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	Washington	$4,399,803,000
2	California	$2,986,154,000
3	Michigan	$2,535,211,000
4	Nevada	$1,399,442,000
5	Arkansas	$1,318,147,000
6	Arizona	$1,254,846,000
7	Vermont	$1,235,599,000
8	Maryland	$930,810,000
9	Kansas	$841,790,000
10	Georgia	$799,564,000
11	Minnesota	$773,877,000
12	Kentucky	$725,415,000
13	Alabama	$495,753,000
14	New Hampshire	$406,541,000
15	Montana	$359,844,000
16	Wyoming	$268,292,000
17	Alaska	$125,219,000
18	New Mexico	$116,584,000
19	Louisiana	$94,860,000
20	Wisconsin	$88,838,000
21	South Carolina	$86,957,000
22	Illinois	$68,795,000
23	Virginia	$54,712,000
24	Maine	$45,023,000
25	Pennsylvania	$39,729,000
26	Missouri	$39,591,000
27	Mississippi	$29,025,000
28	Oregon	$22,884,000
29	Indiana	$15,898,000
30	Massachusetts	$12,996,000
31	West Virginia	$7,908,000
32	North Dakota	$5,322,000
33	New Jersey	$5,068,000
34	Rhode Island	$4,135,000
35	Iowa	$2,110,000
36	Nebraska	$122,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau