Hoosier State Today

In 2021, Indiana collected $207.9 million in public utilities sales tax, ranking it 14th 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	Florida	$1,682,256,000
2	Illinois	$1,276,429,000
3	Ohio	$1,036,909,000
4	Pennsylvania	$994,326,000
5	New Jersey	$935,252,000
6	New York	$792,610,000
7	Texas	$725,767,000
8	Alabama	$663,891,000
9	California	$652,621,000
10	Washington	$611,339,000
11	Virginia	$495,749,000
12	Wisconsin	$354,279,000
13	Connecticut	$256,751,000
14	Indiana	$207,932,000
15	District of Columbia	$167,152,000
16	Maryland	$144,260,000
17	West Virginia	$126,206,000
18	Hawaii	$125,221,000
19	Minnesota	$95,402,000
20	Rhode Island	$93,449,000
21	Kentucky	$81,185,000
22	Iowa	$78,826,000
23	Utah	$54,890,000
24	Nebraska	$53,973,000
25	North Dakota	$53,465,000
26	Oklahoma	$47,701,000
27	Delaware	$45,518,000
28	Montana	$41,015,000
29	Michigan	$38,425,000
30	New Hampshire	$38,200,000
31	Nevada	$37,518,000
32	New Mexico	$34,757,000
33	South Carolina	$28,258,000
34	Arizona	$22,226,000
35	Maine	$21,732,000
36	Oregon	$18,564,000
37	Vermont	$9,576,000
38	Louisiana	$9,250,000
39	Tennessee	$8,894,000
40	Wyoming	$4,592,000
41	Alaska	$4,361,000
42	South Dakota	$3,236,000
43	Idaho	$1,961,000
44	Mississippi	$1,874,000
45	Kansas	$312,000
46	North Carolina	$233,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau