States Where the Most People May Be Due Tax Refunds

By Douglas A. McIntyre Published Mar 20, 6:55AM EDT

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Several hundred thousand Americans might do well to contact the IRS. The agency claims that nearly one million people who did not file tax returns in 2010 could be due money. All these people need to do to find out is file a 2010 return soon.

The IRS released a statement:

Refunds totaling almost $760 million may be waiting for an estimated 918,600 taxpayers who did not file a federal income tax return for 2010, the Internal Revenue Service announced today. However, to collect the money, a return for 2010 must be filed with the IRS no later than Tuesday, April 15, 2014.

“The window is quickly closing for people who are owed refunds from 2010 who haven’t filed a tax return,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “We encourage students, part-time workers and others who haven’t filed for 2010 to look into this before time runs out on April 15.”

More than 350,000 of these tax payers are in 10 states: California (86,500), Texas (80,600), New York (57,400), Florida (56,800), Illinois (37,900), Pennsylvania (37,400), Ohio (32,100), New Jersey (29,500), Michigan (29,200) and Georgia (28,400).

The potential value of the average return also varies significantly by state, from a high of $649 in Alaska to a low of $490 in Idaho. The average for the country is $571.

State or District	Estimated Number of Individuals	Median Potential Refund	Total Potential Refunds*
Alabama	15,700	$574	$12,473,000
Alaska	4,700	$649	$4,810,000
Arizona	23,800	$508	$17,517,000
Arkansas	8,400	$562	$6,667,000
California	86,500	$519	$69,752,000
Colorado	17,100	$567	$14,061,000
Connecticut	11,700	$620	$10,304,000
Delaware	3,800	$573	$3,126,000
District of Columbia	3,500	$604	$3,080,000
Florida	56,800	$593	$48,407,000
Georgia	28,400	$539	$22,504,000
Hawaii	6,200	$586	$5,413,000
Idaho	3,500	$490	$2,604,000
Illinois	37,900	$626	$32,696,000
Indiana	19,600	$570	$15,478,000
Iowa	9,200	$576	$7,050,000
Kansas	9,300	$522	$6,986,000
Kentucky	11,500	$576	$8,975,000
Louisiana	17,500	$603	$15,579,000
Maine	3,500	$502	$2,373,000
Maryland	20,700	$575	$18,002,000
Massachusetts	21,000	$560	$17,856,000
Michigan	29,200	$597	$24,259,000
Minnesota	12,700	$516	$9,582,000
Mississippi	8,500	$556	$6,769,000
Missouri	17,900	$514	$13,153,000
Montana	2,900	$534	$2,338,000
Nebraska	4,500	$528	$3,368,000
Nevada	11,400	$570	$9,156,000
New Hampshire	3,800	$602	$3,245,000
New Jersey	29,500	$639	$26,712,000
New Mexico	7,200	$572	$5,915,000
New York	57,400	$623	$50,543,000
North Carolina	24,300	$494	$17,538,000
North Dakota	1,900	$600	$1,551,000
Ohio	32,100	$560	$24,508,000
Oklahoma	15,100	$585	$12,246,000
Oregon	14,300	$519	$10,359,000
Pennsylvania	37,400	$614	$31,009,000
Rhode Island	3,000	$598	$2,472,000
South Carolina	10,200	$532	$7,756,000
South Dakota	2,100	$558	$1,605,000
Tennessee	16,300	$559	$12,839,000
Texas	80,600	$588	$71,998,000
Utah	6,100	$518	$4,705,000
Vermont	1,600	$519	$1,136,000
Virginia	26,300	$568	$22,376,000
Washington	24,800	$640	$23,033,000
West Virginia	4,100	$626	$3,534,000
Wisconsin	10,900	$516	$8,423,000
Wyoming	2,200	$648	$2,045,000
Totals	918,600	$571	$759,889,000

* Excluding the Earned Income Tax Credit and other credits.

About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

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A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

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McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.