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In 2020, Louisiana collected $4.6 million in other license taxes, 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	Massachusetts	$274,932,000
2	Washington	$171,073,000
3	Michigan	$163,451,000
4	Texas	$151,336,000
5	Missouri	$82,109,000
6	Indiana	$77,700,000
7	Minnesota	$66,784,000
8	Mississippi	$65,262,000
9	Virginia	$65,208,000
10	District of Columbia	$52,945,000
11	North Carolina	$47,059,000
12	Ohio	$46,432,000
13	Illinois	$35,517,000
14	Georgia	$30,596,000
15	California	$27,002,000
16	South Dakota	$25,886,000
17	Pennsylvania	$20,750,000
18	South Carolina	$19,034,000
19	Montana	$14,310,000
20	Hawaii	$13,268,000
21	Delaware	$11,561,000
22	Maine	$11,247,000
23	Florida	$11,088,000
24	Vermont	$10,464,000
25	Tennessee	$8,435,000
26	Utah	$7,345,000
27	Wisconsin	$7,279,000
28	Nevada	$7,037,000
29	Oregon	$6,881,000
30	Rhode Island	$6,261,000
31	Kentucky	$4,907,000
32	Louisiana	$4,640,000
33	Connecticut	$4,268,000
34	Idaho	$3,943,000
35	West Virginia	$3,508,000
36	Iowa	$3,194,000
37	Kansas	$2,697,000
38	New Hampshire	$2,499,000
39	Arizona	$2,104,000
40	New Jersey	$1,852,000
41	Maryland	$1,728,000
42	Oklahoma	$1,002,000
43	Nebraska	$951,000
44	New York	$863,000
45	Arkansas	$844,000
46	Colorado	$45,000
47	Alabama	$1,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau