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You probably will get another 1099G for the unemployment or you need to get the info from the state’s website.  The 1099G you have is for a state tax return refund you got in 2017, probably for your 2016 return.  It gets entered in a different place than unemployment.

A state refund may or may not be taxable.  It is taxable if you itemized deductions last year.  If you took the standard deduction it is not taxable.  If you Itemized and took the state income tax deduction instead of the sales tax deduction on schedule A line 5 you got a deduction for it.  So now the refund can be taxable.

You can type 1099-G (with the dash) into the search box at the top of your return and hit find.  It should give you a Jump To link to take you right to it.

Enter the 1099G box2 for a state refund under
 Federal on left
Wages & Income at the top
Then scroll down to Other Common Income

Then it's the line - STATE AND LOCAL TAX REFUNDS - Click the Start or Update button on the right.   (You do not want the next line that says Other 1099-G Income. And not the top line that says Visit All).

On the first screen check YES - Received a State Refund.