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Residents and visitors to North Dakota paid $4.3 billion in taxes in 2020

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North Dakota collected $4.3 billion in taxes in 2020, a 12.7 percent decrease from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Most tax revenue came from miscellaneous taxes ($2.1 billion) and sales and gross receipts taxes ($1.6 billion).

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 sets the tax classifications among the survey categories and cautions 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.

2020 North Dakota Tax Collections
Type of TaxAmount
Property taxes$5,427,000
Sales and gross receipts taxes$1,564,960,000
License taxes$220,690,000
Income taxes$458,354,000
Miscellaneous taxes$2,086,801,000
General sales and gross receipts taxes$1,067,967,000
Selective sales and gross receipts taxes$496,993,000
Alcoholic beverages sales tax$9,116,000
Amusements sales tax$13,441,000
Insurance premiums sales tax$63,095,000
Motor fuels sales tax$193,763,000
Pari-mutuels sales tax$1,190,000
Public utilities sales tax$50,469,000
Tobacco products sales tax$26,639,000
Other selective sales and gross receipts taxes$139,280,000
Alcoholic beverages license$408,000
Amusements license$1,191,000
Corporations in general license$0
Hunting and fishing license$19,505,000
Motor vehicle license$116,847,000
Motor vehicle operators license$4,766,000
Public utilities license$5,000
Occupation and business license, NEC$77,968,000
Other license taxes$0
Individual income taxes$376,864,000
Corporations net income taxes$81,490,000
Death and gift taxes$0
Documentarty and stock transfer taxes$0
Severance taxes$2,086,801,000
Taxes, NEC$0