Big Sky Times

In 2022, Montana collected $77,246,000 in hunting and fishing license, ranking it sixth 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	Colorado	$119,501,000
2	Texas	$117,390,000
3	California	$115,196,000
4	Minnesota	$103,313,000
5	Pennsylvania	$83,635,000
6	Montana	$77,246,000
7	Michigan	$66,902,000
8	Wisconsin	$64,890,000
9	Oregon	$59,255,000
10	Idaho	$56,329,000
11	New York	$55,100,000
12	Arizona	$48,015,000
13	Ohio	$45,413,000
14	Washington	$43,606,000
15	Illinois	$43,522,000
16	Tennessee	$43,126,000
17	Wyoming	$42,311,000
18	North Carolina	$41,449,000
19	Missouri	$40,878,000
20	Alaska	$38,378,000
21	South Dakota	$37,940,000
22	Iowa	$35,356,000
23	Kansas	$34,658,000
24	Louisiana	$34,505,000
25	Utah	$33,955,000
26	Kentucky	$31,953,000
27	Arkansas	$30,397,000
28	New Mexico	$29,415,000
29	Georgia	$28,735,000
30	Virginia	$26,942,000
31	Alabama	$26,159,000
32	Oklahoma	$26,106,000
33	South Carolina	$23,734,000
34	Indiana	$21,961,000
35	Nebraska	$19,498,000
36	Florida	$19,374,000
37	Maine	$19,167,000
38	North Dakota	$18,191,000
39	Maryland	$18,175,000
40	West Virginia	$15,301,000
41	New Jersey	$14,272,000
42	Nevada	$13,137,000
43	New Hampshire	$12,726,000
44	Vermont	$8,061,000
45	Massachusetts	$6,330,000
46	Connecticut	$5,333,000
47	Delaware	$4,766,000
48	Mississippi	$3,186,000
49	Rhode Island	$2,176,000
50	Hawaii	$878,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau