Palmetto State News

In 2022, South Carolina collected $4,723,000 in motor vehicle operators license, ranking it 47th 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	$384,578,000
2	Indiana	$270,819,000
3	Illinois	$191,480,000
4	Florida	$182,189,000
5	Texas	$180,069,000
6	New York	$176,100,000
7	West Virginia	$146,854,000
8	Washington	$128,448,000
9	Georgia	$123,174,000
10	Pennsylvania	$119,658,000
11	North Carolina	$118,066,000
12	Ohio	$92,224,000
13	Massachusetts	$84,265,000
14	Virginia	$78,868,000
15	Michigan	$66,444,000
16	Connecticut	$59,890,000
17	New Jersey	$58,724,000
18	Oregon	$58,248,000
19	Minnesota	$51,328,000
20	Colorado	$47,673,000
21	Wisconsin	$39,527,000
22	Arizona	$37,560,000
23	Alabama	$35,999,000
24	Tennessee	$35,625,000
25	Maryland	$33,538,000
26	Utah	$30,838,000
27	Kansas	$29,748,000
28	Kentucky	$28,500,000
29	Nevada	$26,613,000
30	Oklahoma	$26,434,000
31	Arkansas	$19,158,000
32	Mississippi	$17,527,000
33	Iowa	$17,039,000
34	Missouri	$15,922,000
35	New Hampshire	$15,201,000
36	Vermont	$13,796,000
37	Maine	$13,598,000
38	New Mexico	$13,550,000
39	Louisiana	$11,775,000
40	Nebraska	$11,357,000
41	Idaho	$10,526,000
42	Montana	$9,732,000
43	Rhode Island	$8,554,000
44	South Dakota	$6,145,000
45	Delaware	$5,902,000
46	Wyoming	$5,238,000
47	South Carolina	$4,723,000
48	North Dakota	$3,905,000
49	Hawaii	$369,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau