States generated more than $3.5 billion in tax revenue from legal marijuana sales over the last year, according to a newly updated federal report.
The analysis from the U.S. Census Bureau also shows that since the agency began tracking the issue in the third quarter of 2021, states have brought in a total of more than $15.8 billion in cannabis revenue.
“While cannabis remains illegal federally, 30 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) collect excise taxes on cannabis sales,” the agency said. “Their contributions to state tax receipts have reached new heights: an estimated $3.55 billion in combined tax revenue between July 2025 and June 2026.”
“And the numbers keep growing,” it said.
The Census Bureau on Thursday issued the latest periodic update to its Cannabis Excise Sales Tax Collections data to include totals from the second quarter of 2026, during which states and D.C. reported taking in a total of $987.5 million in marijuana tax revenue.
Individual states reporting the highest dollar amounts from marijuana sales during Q2 of this year were California ($161 million), Washington State ($153.1 million), Michigan ($110.6 million), New York ($76.8 million), Illinois ($71.8 million) and Colorado ($55 million).
The latest updated federally compiled
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