Prairie State Wire

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau