Big Sky Times

In 2020, Montana collected $1.3 billion in individual income taxes, ranking it 38th 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	$84,412,243,000
2	New York	$53,659,401,000
3	Illinois	$17,956,356,000
4	Massachusetts	$17,414,713,000
5	New Jersey	$15,412,766,000
6	Virginia	$14,996,649,000
7	North Carolina	$12,505,906,000
8	Pennsylvania	$12,372,183,000
9	Georgia	$11,704,328,000
10	Minnesota	$10,923,158,000
11	Maryland	$10,698,876,000
12	Michigan	$9,029,493,000
13	Oregon	$8,635,668,000
14	Wisconsin	$8,514,409,000
15	Indiana	$8,303,278,000
16	Ohio	$8,284,983,000
17	Connecticut	$8,177,456,000
18	Colorado	$7,539,184,000
19	Missouri	$5,901,668,000
20	South Carolina	$5,095,531,000
21	Kentucky	$4,831,399,000
22	Arizona	$4,530,410,000
23	Alabama	$4,274,052,000
24	Iowa	$3,960,027,000
25	Louisiana	$3,916,190,000
26	Utah	$3,734,504,000
27	Kansas	$3,380,030,000
28	Oklahoma	$3,364,947,000
29	Arkansas	$2,914,939,000
30	Nebraska	$2,445,647,000
31	District of Columbia	$2,377,236,000
32	Hawaii	$2,359,093,000
33	West Virginia	$1,947,946,000
34	Idaho	$1,913,459,000
35	Mississippi	$1,861,263,000
36	Maine	$1,843,459,000
37	Delaware	$1,685,848,000
38	Montana	$1,338,737,000
39	Rhode Island	$1,241,856,000
40	New Mexico	$1,227,926,000
41	Vermont	$762,641,000
42	North Dakota	$376,864,000
43	New Hampshire	$122,631,000
44	Tennessee	$57,642,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau