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In 2022, Wisconsin collected $3,000 in death and gift taxes, ranking it 26th 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	$1,502,404,000
2	New York	$1,417,294,000
3	Massachusetts	$868,444,000
4	Illinois	$641,815,000
5	New Jersey	$599,428,000
6	Washington	$371,246,000
7	Oregon	$350,592,000
8	Maryland	$265,493,000
9	Minnesota	$212,421,000
10	Connecticut	$199,409,000
11	Iowa	$91,826,000
12	Kentucky	$82,953,000
13	Hawaii	$57,405,000
14	Rhode Island	$35,700,000
15	Maine	$34,183,000
16	Vermont	$13,997,000
17	Tennessee	$640,000
18	North Carolina	$213,000
19	California	$64,000
20	Ohio	$58,000
21	Missouri	$49,000
22	Virginia	$29,000
23	Indiana	$25,000
24	Michigan	$6,000
25	Delaware	$4,000
26	Wisconsin	$3,000
27	Oklahoma	$1,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau