Unclaimed 2008 tax year federal refunds, state by state

March 4, 2012

The IRS has refunds totaling more than $1 billion awaiting claim by around 1 million people who didn't file a federal income tax return for the 2008 tax year.

If you're one of them, you must file that prior-year return by this filing season's deadline, April 17.

The median possible tax refund from 2008 is $637. But as the list below shows, residents of some states could get more than that … as long as they file their old return by next month's due date.

 

Number
of Nonfilers

Median
Potential
Refund

Total
Potential
Refunds*

Alabama

18,400

$641

$15,738,000

Alaska

5,800

$641

$5,952,000

Arizona

29,000

$558

$24,913,000

Arkansas

9,600

$620

$8,152,000

California

122,500

$595

$112,201,000

Colorado

20,500

$589

$18,909,000

Connecticut

12,500

$697

$13,893,000

Delaware

4,200

$644

$3,784,000

District of Columbia

4,000

$642

$3,791,000

Florida

70,400

$650

$66,974,000

Georgia

35,800

$581

$30,661,000

Hawaii

7,600

$714

$8,307,000

Idaho

4,700

$541

$3,878,000

Illinois

40,800

$692

$40,712,000

Indiana

21,800

$664

$19,590,000

Iowa

10,600

$658

$9,295,000

Kansas

11,500

$631

$10,084,000

Kentucky

12,300

$640

$10,501,000

Louisiana

20,500

$662

$18,859,000

Maine

4,000

$579

$3,248,000

Maryland

24,600

$641

$22,591,000

Massachusetts

23,900

$699

$22,957,000

Michigan

33,300

$660

$30,903,000

Minnesota

15,200

$584

$12,772,000

Mississippi

9,900

$591

$8,254,000

Missouri

21,600

$593

$18,213,000

Montana

3,600

$599

$3,192,000

Nebraska

5,100

$623

$4,371,000

Nevada

14,500

$619

$13,381,000

New Hampshire

4,300

$733

$4,518,000

New Jersey

31,300

$716

$31,185,000

New Mexico

8,000

$611

$7,420,000

New York

60,300

$686

$61,240,000

North Carolina

30,800

$558

$24,997,000

North Dakota

2,000

$625

$1,895,000

Ohio

36,400

$622

$31,018,000

Oklahoma

16,800

$620

$14,787,000

Oregon

18,500

$527

$14,819,000

Pennsylvania

38,700

$695

$35,565,000

Rhode Island

3,400

$674

$3,040,000

South Carolina

12,200

$547

$10,158,000

South Dakota

2,300

$669

$2,234,000

Tennessee

18,400

$626

$16,130,000

Texas

96,200

$689

$97,057,000

Utah

7,800

$536

$6,676,000

Vermont

1,700

$647

$1,410,000

Virginia

30,800

$624

$28,670,000

Washington

29,900

$705

$32,138,000

West Virginia

4,300

$687

$4,068,000

Wisconsin

14,100

$592

$11,885,000

Wyoming

2,600

$773

$2,919,000

Grand Total

1,089,000

$637

$1,009,905,000

*Excluding the Earned Income Tax Credit and other credits.

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