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In 2022, Louisiana collected $5,530,000 in other license taxes, ranking it 33rd 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	$291,743,000
2	Michigan	$229,565,000
3	Texas	$185,892,000
4	Washington	$175,726,000
5	Ohio	$135,813,000
6	Indiana	$106,900,000
7	Missouri	$94,564,000
8	Minnesota	$84,574,000
9	Virginia	$67,397,000
10	Mississippi	$63,557,000
11	California	$62,423,000
12	Wisconsin	$60,379,000
13	North Carolina	$50,596,000
14	New Hampshire	$39,929,000
15	South Dakota	$32,687,000
16	Georgia	$32,200,000
17	Illinois	$22,465,000
18	Pennsylvania	$21,259,000
19	South Carolina	$16,511,000
20	Montana	$15,632,000
21	Hawaii	$14,929,000
22	Maine	$13,522,000
23	Florida	$13,199,000
24	Delaware	$12,364,000
25	Tennessee	$10,135,000
26	Vermont	$10,103,000
27	Nevada	$9,051,000
28	Alaska	$8,983,000
29	Oregon	$8,785,000
30	Utah	$7,421,000
31	Rhode Island	$7,017,000
32	Iowa	$6,872,000
33	Louisiana	$5,530,000
34	Idaho	$4,824,000
35	Connecticut	$4,664,000
36	West Virginia	$4,516,000
37	Kansas	$2,894,000
38	Arizona	$2,320,000
39	Kentucky	$2,244,000
40	New Jersey	$2,018,000
41	Maryland	$1,849,000
42	New York	$1,679,000
43	Nebraska	$1,206,000
44	Arkansas	$1,133,000
45	Oklahoma	$848,000
46	Colorado	$30,000
47	Alabama	$1,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau