More than 30,000 Maine residents who qualify for economic stimulus checks from the federal government have yet to claim their payments.

If the 30,819 low-income, veteran and disabled residents who are eligible claim their piece of the $150 billion economic stimulus package Congress passed last winter, the intake would total more than $9 million.

Many of the 30,000 are senior citizens who do not normally file income tax returns. Only those who file income tax returns are eligible for stimulus checks, which are worth at least $300 per person.

Residents can file tax returns until October 15 in order to receive the payment.