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In 2022, North Dakota collected $23,928,000 in amusements sales tax, ranking it 28th 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	Pennsylvania	$1,758,352,000
2	Nevada	$1,689,128,000
3	Illinois	$1,258,697,000
4	Maryland	$1,194,074,000
5	Louisiana	$760,972,000
6	Indiana	$722,972,000
7	Missouri	$390,854,000
8	New Jersey	$386,996,000
9	Iowa	$373,500,000
10	Ohio	$334,176,000
11	Massachusetts	$301,510,000
12	Michigan	$285,629,000
13	Connecticut	$260,239,000
14	Minnesota	$201,832,000
15	Florida	$178,210,000
16	Mississippi	$169,119,000
17	Colorado	$153,595,000
18	Montana	$123,282,000
19	Arkansas	$85,468,000
20	New Mexico	$69,276,000
21	Maine	$68,073,000
22	South Carolina	$53,981,000
23	Tennessee	$46,079,000
24	West Virginia	$39,214,000
25	Virginia	$37,153,000
26	Oklahoma	$30,878,000
27	New Hampshire	$24,323,000
28	North Dakota	$23,928,000
29	Rhode Island	$20,385,000
30	Texas	$17,720,000
31	Oregon	$12,427,000
32	South Dakota	$12,323,000
33	Arizona	$8,198,000
34	Nebraska	$7,613,000
35	Alaska	$6,805,000
36	Wyoming	$5,402,000
37	Washington	$4,432,000
38	New York	$1,710,000
39	Kansas	$291,000
40	Kentucky	$136,000
41	Wisconsin	$108,000
42	North Carolina	$6,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau