Show-Me State Times

In 2020, Missouri collected $1 thousand in severance taxes, ranking it 34th 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	Texas	$4,273,807,000
2	North Dakota	$2,086,801,000
3	New Mexico	$1,415,606,000
4	Oklahoma	$829,238,000
5	Alaska	$609,307,000
6	Wyoming	$505,573,000
7	Louisiana	$447,026,000
8	West Virginia	$267,049,000
9	Montana	$173,824,000
10	Colorado	$147,878,000
11	Nevada	$122,449,000
12	California	$110,000,000
13	Kentucky	$109,176,000
14	Ohio	$66,642,000
15	Minnesota	$56,358,000
16	Utah	$53,188,000
17	Washington	$38,408,000
18	Mississippi	$36,507,000
19	Alabama	$33,403,000
20	Kansas	$32,412,000
21	Arkansas	$28,962,000
22	Florida	$28,678,000
23	Oregon	$15,521,000
24	Michigan	$14,983,000
25	Arizona	$12,704,000
26	Wisconsin	$11,990,000
27	South Dakota	$5,881,000
28	Idaho	$5,781,000
29	Nebraska	$2,396,000
30	Virginia	$2,042,000
31	North Carolina	$1,724,000
32	Indiana	$852,000
33	Tennessee	$828,000
34	Missouri	$1,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau