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In 2021, Connecticut collected $378.2 million in documentarty and stock transfer taxes, ranking it 12th 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	$4,846,085,000
2	Washington	$1,810,495,000
3	New York	$1,387,474,000
4	Virginia	$810,105,000
5	Pennsylvania	$787,842,000
6	District of Columbia	$553,515,000
7	New Jersey	$495,943,000
8	Massachusetts	$479,389,000
9	Michigan	$411,412,000
10	Minnesota	$410,830,000
11	Tennessee	$392,898,000
12	Connecticut	$378,209,000
13	Maryland	$269,373,000
14	Delaware	$246,549,000
15	New Hampshire	$202,700,000
16	South Carolina	$183,899,000
17	Nevada	$144,312,000
18	North Carolina	$121,008,000
19	Wisconsin	$106,166,000
20	Illinois	$88,379,000
21	Alabama	$80,496,000
22	Vermont	$71,421,000
23	Arkansas	$67,983,000
24	Hawaii	$62,723,000
25	Maine	$52,186,000
26	Iowa	$30,598,000
27	Oklahoma	$27,171,000
28	Nebraska	$21,139,000
29	Arizona	$19,160,000
30	Rhode Island	$17,716,000
31	West Virginia	$15,913,000
32	Missouri	$14,599,000
33	Kentucky	$3,592,000
34	Oregon	$1,957,000
35	South Dakota	$199,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau