Average Tax Refund by State

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Average Tax Refund by State

Taxpayers residing in Connecticut, Nevada and Texas receive the highest average federal tax refunds, according to IRS data.

The smallest refund checks go to mailboxes in rural states: Montana, Maine, Vermont and North Dakota.

The following table shows federal individual income tax refund statistics, by state, for fiscal year 2011, the most recent state data available from the IRS:

State	Total Tax Returns	Total Refunds	Total refund amount	Average Refund	Average refund for all returns

Montana	472748	371028	$861,552,000	$2,322.07	$1,822.43
Maine	621678	517490	$1,202,504,000	$2,323.72	$1,934.29
Vermont	316281	258790	$603,275,000	$2,331.14	$1,907.40
North Dakota	328299	253895	$610,581,000	$2,404.86	$1,859.83
Oregon	1733500	1383519	$3,376,311,000	$2,440.38	$1,947.68
Wisconsin	2738860	2240878	$5,519,025,000	$2,462.89	$2,015.08
Nebraska	854586	693922	$1,740,243,000	$2,507.84	$2,036.36
Hawaii	651371	528922	$1,338,269,000	$2,530.18	$2,054.54
Minnesota	2553974	2050934	$5,189,983,000	$2,530.55	$2,032.12
Ohio	5431137	4613444	$11,722,192,000	$2,540.88	$2,158.33
Iowa	1394596	1135210	$2,887,415,000	$2,543.51	$2,070.43
South Dakota	392330	313507	$799,313,000	$2,549.59	$2,037.35
West Virginia	780655	676279	$1,725,046,000	$2,550.79	$2,209.74
Idaho	660379	543936	$1,396,696,000	$2,567.76	$2,114.99
Michigan	4589501	3810809	$9,792,568,000	$2,569.68	$2,133.69
Kansas	1305935	1052521	$2,735,544,000	$2,599.04	$2,094.70
New Hampshire	661014	549952	$1,431,314,000	$2,602.62	$2,165.33
South Carolina	2033254	1712531	$4,458,037,000	$2,603.19	$2,192.56
Missouri	2683757	2230687	$5,826,748,000	$2,612.09	$2,171.12
Pennsylvania	6113169	5174301	$13,545,885,000	$2,617.92	$2,215.85
Rhode Island	505797	435332	$1,148,674,000	$2,638.62	$2,271.02
New Mexico	910968	756313	$1,998,489,000	$2,642.41	$2,193.81
Indiana	2974480	2556169	$6,770,852,000	$2,648.83	$2,276.31
North Carolina	4173493	3483018	$9,288,733,000	$2,666.86	$2,225.65
Kentucky	1851772	1597417	$4,261,893,000	$2,667.99	$2,301.52
Delaware	424722	359647	$966,114,000	$2,686.28	$2,274.70
Arkansas	1218547	1030286	$2,791,665,000	$2,709.60	$2,290.98
Alaska	372850	297562	$814,607,000	$2,737.60	$2,184.81
Colorado	2353168	1900738	$5,215,023,000	$2,743.68	$2,216.17
Washington	3156568	2633331	$7,343,081,000	$2,788.51	$2,326.29
Arizona	2693072	2228582	$6,225,903,000	$2,793.66	$2,311.82
Tennessee	2831182	2460429	$6,876,410,000	$2,794.80	$2,428.81
Oklahoma	1580878	1308324	$3,656,954,000	$2,795.14	$2,313.24
Virginia	3713289	3119070	$8,768,042,000	$2,811.11	$2,361.26
Massachusetts	3180907	2592557	$7,301,617,000	$2,816.38	$2,295.45
District of Columbia	320305	268766	$766,905,000	$2,853.43	$2,394.30
Georgia	4386168	3810041	$10,887,475,000	$2,857.57	$2,482.23
Alabama	2079192	1777096	$5,102,922,000	$2,871.49	$2,454.28
Wyoming	275564	228954	$660,175,000	$2,883.44	$2,395.72
Maryland	2774762	2313280	$6,693,504,000	$2,893.51	$2,412.28
Utah	1132471	975580	$2,833,672,000	$2,904.60	$2,502.20
California	16572467	13540352	$39,391,301,000	$2,909.18	$2,376.91
Florida	9508519	8285487	$24,171,516,000	$2,917.33	$2,542.09
Mississippi	1270066	1090765	$3,196,967,000	$2,930.94	$2,517.17
Illinois	6035398	5128075	$15,168,174,000	$2,957.87	$2,513.20
Louisiana	1979224	1686157	$5,068,035,000	$3,005.67	$2,560.62
New York	9243325	7753092	$23,807,424,000	$3,070.70	$2,575.63
New Jersey	4268414	3526260	$10,928,233,000	$3,099.10	$2,560.26
Texas	10902321	9414795	$29,301,928,000	$3,112.33	$2,687.68
Nevada	1257756	1083065	$3,457,612,000	$3,192.43	$2,749.03
Connecticut	1722768	1419287	$4,566,857,000	$3,217.71	$2,650.88

Note: Figures shown are for individual income tax returns only. Fiscal year totals also vary from other published estimates.

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