Time to claim $1B in tax refunds dwindles: A state-by-state breakdown
An estimated 1M people didn’t file tax return in 2020
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The clock is ticking for Americans to file tax refunds for 2020 as the May 17 deadline nears.
About 1 million people failed to file, leaving refunds collectively worth more than $1 billion sitting with the Internal Revenue Service.
The median refund for 2020 is $932, with Texas, California, Florida and New York leading the states that have the largest number of taxpayers eligible for the money.
FOX Business, courtesy of the IRS, provides a list of the states with the likely cash refunds.
Estimates of individuals who may be due 2020 income tax refunds, per IRS data:
| State or District | Estimated Number of Individuals | Median Potential Refund | Total Potential Refunds* |
| Alabama | 15,200 | $926 | $16,839,800 |
| Alaska | 3,700 | $931 | $4,335,300 |
| Arizona | 25,400 | $871 | $26,939,600 |
| Arkansas | 8,700 | $923 | $9,392,600 |
| California | 88,200 | $835 | $94,226,300 |
| Colorado | 18,500 | $894 | $20,109,900 |
| Connecticut | 9,800 | $978 | $11,343,600 |
| Delaware | 3,600 | $945 | $4,156,500 |
| District of Columbia | 2,900 | $968 | $3,503,800 |
| Florida | 53,200 | $891 | $58,210,500 |
| Georgia | 36,400 | $900 | $39,175,600 |
| Hawaii | 5,200 | $979 | $5,972,600 |
| Idaho | 4,500 | $761 | $4,369,600 |
| Illinois | 36,200 | $956 | $40,608,000 |
| Indiana | 19,200 | $922 | $20,893,000 |
| Iowa | 9,600 | $953 | $10,601,700 |
| Kansas | 8,700 | $900 | $9,285,600 |
| Kentucky | 10,600 | $920 | $11,236,300 |
| Louisiana | 15,100 | $957 | $17,357,300 |
| Maine | 3,800 | $923 | $4,030,200 |
| Maryland | 22,200 | $991 | $26,365,400 |
| Massachusetts | 21,800 | $975 | $25,071,800 |
| Michigan | 34,900 | $976 | $38,274,800 |
| Minnesota | 13,500 | $818 | $14,043,900 |
| Mississippi | 8,100 | $861 | $8,685,000 |
| Missouri | 19,500 | $893 | $20,803,400 |
| Montana | 3,400 | $851 | $3,632,100 |
| Nebraska | 4,700 | $901 | $5,007,300 |
| Nevada | 10,200 | $890 | $11,143,900 |
| New Hampshire | 4,200 | $982 | $4,923,100 |
| New Jersey | 24,400 | $920 | $27,408,300 |
| New Mexico | 6,500 | $868 | $7,032,700 |
| New York | 51,400 | $1,029 | $60,837,400 |
| North Carolina | 27,500 | $895 | $29,304,100 |
| North Dakota | 2,200 | $953 | $2,482,600 |
| Ohio | 31,400 | $909 | $32,939,900 |
| Oklahoma | 14,300 | $902 | $15,566,900 |
| Oregon | 15,300 | $847 | $15,857,800 |
| Pennsylvania | 38,600 | $1,031 | $43,412,900 |
| Rhode Island | 2,600 | $986 | $2,980,500 |
| South Carolina | 11,900 | $840 | $12,564,900 |
| South Dakota | 2,200 | $892 | $2,346,300 |
| Tennessee | 16,800 | $909 | $18,007,000 |
| Texas | 93,400 | $960 | $107,130,200 |
| Utah | 7,800 | $836 | $8,191,700 |
| Vermont | 1,700 | $911 | $1,818,600 |
| Virginia | 25,900 | $914 | $28,944,600 |
| Washington | 26,200 | $976 | $31,110,300 |
| West Virginia | 3,800 | $950 | $4,130,400 |
| Wisconsin | 11,800 | $837 | $12,139,400 |
| Wyoming | 2,100 | $961 | $2,416,300 |
| Totals | 938,800 | $932 | $1,037,161,300 |
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FOX Business' Megan Henney contributed to this report.