Barber County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
This county has a Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition Facebook group going, but no local chapter lead yet. If you live here and want to step up, we'll help you get started.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/920998853707276
Property Tax History
In 2024, Barber County levied $16,554,133 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $7,390,122. Over those 40 years the total grew 2.2 times over, an average of about 2.1% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was -4.9%.
"Property tax levied" is the total real and personal property tax billed countywide that year — not what any one homeowner paid, not adjusted for inflation or population, and it excludes motor vehicle property tax (taxed separately under K.S.A. 79-5100). A large single-year jump usually means a major new taxable property came onto the rolls. See How Property Tax Works for how an individual bill is calculated.
| Tax year | Property tax levied | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | $7,390,122 | n/a |
| 1986 | $6,755,907 | -8.6% |
| 1987 | $6,834,290 | +1.2% |
| 1988 | $6,761,055 | -1.1% |
| 1989 | $6,210,055 | -8.1% |
| 1990 | $6,189,703 | -0.3% |
| 1991 | $6,474,974 | +4.6% |
| 1992 | $5,475,182 | -15.4% |
| 1993 | $5,787,397 | +5.7% |
| 1994 | $6,176,819 | +6.7% |
| 1995 | $6,000,720 | -2.9% |
| 1996 | $5,813,186 | -3.1% |
| 1997 | $5,594,816 | -3.8% |
| 1998 | $5,656,911 | +1.1% |
| 1999 | $5,720,614 | +1.1% |
| 2000 | $6,115,142 | +6.9% |
| 2001 | $7,396,415 | +21.0% |
| 2002 | $7,521,194 | +1.7% |
| 2003 | $7,433,967 | -1.2% |
| 2004 | $7,890,769 | +6.1% |
| 2005 | $9,072,244 | +15.0% |
| 2006 | $10,895,353 | +20.1% |
| 2007 | $11,374,088 | +4.4% |
| 2008 | $13,142,174 | +15.5% |
| 2009 | $14,148,283 | +7.7% |
| 2010 | $13,126,285 | -7.2% |
| 2011 | $16,235,309 | +23.7% |
| 2012 | $16,497,648 | +1.6% |
| 2013 | $18,299,432 | +10.9% |
| 2014 | $20,286,003 | +10.9% |
| 2015 | $16,765,496 | -17.4% |
| 2016 | $15,868,117 | -5.4% |
| 2017 | $17,318,363 | +9.1% |
| 2018 | $17,383,186 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | $17,614,324 | +1.3% |
| 2020 | $15,720,430 | -10.8% |
| 2021 | $15,519,385 | -1.3% |
| 2022 | $16,395,132 | +5.6% |
| 2023 | $17,408,286 | +6.2% |
| 2024 | $16,554,133 | -4.9% |
What's Not Here Yet
Mill levies, appraised and assessed value, and delinquency/foreclosure records are still to come — those take county-by-county research and will be added with sources as they're confirmed. Tax years 1985–2013 come from a KDOR report no longer on the state's website (recovered from the Internet Archive); 2014–2024 from the reports still published, with overlapping years cross-checked between them.
Sources: Kansas Department of Revenue annual reports, 1985–2024. See Sources for full citations.