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Georgia ranks eighth in the U.S. for the most income taxes paid in 2022

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In 2022, Georgia collected $20,796,528,000 in income taxes, ranking it eighth 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.

U.S. income taxes by State in 2022
RankStateAmount
1California$192,195,516,000
2New York$77,977,711,000
3Illinois$32,327,125,000
4New Jersey$29,290,446,000
5Massachusetts$29,000,910,000
6Pennsylvania$22,389,126,000
7Virginia$21,711,446,000
8Georgia$20,796,528,000
9Minnesota$19,860,533,000
10North Carolina$19,303,124,000
11Michigan$14,674,116,000
12Maryland$14,370,565,000
13Connecticut$13,348,748,000
14Indiana$13,288,580,000
15Oregon$13,261,860,000
16Colorado$13,194,479,000
17Wisconsin$11,922,098,000
18Ohio$11,247,715,000
19Missouri$9,694,630,000
20Arizona$8,693,348,000
21South Carolina$8,059,011,000
22Utah$7,747,848,000
23Alabama$7,552,679,000
24Kentucky$7,349,096,000
25Iowa$5,834,787,000
26Kansas$5,704,392,000
27Louisiana$5,518,637,000
28Oklahoma$4,969,501,000
29Arkansas$4,544,583,000
30Hawaii$4,074,729,000
31Nebraska$3,954,644,000
32Florida$3,780,770,000
33Idaho$3,635,505,000
34Mississippi$3,248,506,000
35Tennessee$3,008,777,000
36Maine$3,006,721,000
37Delaware$2,903,928,000
38West Virginia$2,869,144,000
39Montana$2,678,206,000
40Rhode Island$2,229,803,000
41New Mexico$1,611,166,000
42Vermont$1,508,701,000
43New Hampshire$1,366,620,000
44North Dakota$702,126,000
45Alaska$413,175,000
46South Dakota$61,818,000
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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