Patricia Buscher CB02-61 Public Information Office (301) 457-3030/457-3670 (fax) (301) 457-1037 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Related table [PDF] Census Bureau Releases Data on 2001 State Government Tax Collections Tax revenues for the 50 states totaled $559 billion in 2001, according to tabulations released on the Internet today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau. The 2001 Annual Survey of State Tax Collections shows state taxes collected by category and per capita taxes collected for every state. The data are from state government records. A list of states ranked by their tax collections follows. Although quality assurance methods were applied to all phases of data collection and processing, the data are subject to some nonsampling error, such as errors of response and miscoding.