Barton County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Barton County levied $50,523,226 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $21,217,456. Over those 40 years the total grew 2.4 times over, an average of about 2.2% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +1.8%.
"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 | $21,217,456 | n/a |
| 1986 | $19,354,918 | -8.8% |
| 1987 | $20,824,834 | +7.6% |
| 1988 | $20,687,200 | -0.7% |
| 1989 | $19,523,347 | -5.6% |
| 1990 | $19,668,002 | +0.7% |
| 1991 | $21,532,325 | +9.5% |
| 1992 | $17,888,799 | -16.9% |
| 1993 | $18,811,929 | +5.2% |
| 1994 | $19,374,086 | +3.0% |
| 1995 | $19,147,280 | -1.2% |
| 1996 | $19,708,545 | +2.9% |
| 1997 | $20,114,569 | +2.1% |
| 1998 | $21,216,680 | +5.5% |
| 1999 | $21,425,325 | +1.0% |
| 2000 | $22,472,504 | +4.9% |
| 2001 | $23,799,121 | +5.9% |
| 2002 | $24,040,085 | +1.0% |
| 2003 | $25,309,434 | +5.3% |
| 2004 | $26,017,235 | +2.8% |
| 2005 | $28,809,018 | +10.7% |
| 2006 | $31,076,959 | +7.9% |
| 2007 | $32,756,308 | +5.4% |
| 2008 | $36,510,296 | +11.5% |
| 2009 | $35,197,621 | -3.6% |
| 2010 | $36,929,326 | +4.9% |
| 2011 | $39,268,427 | +6.3% |
| 2012 | $41,493,460 | +5.7% |
| 2013 | $42,865,578 | +3.3% |
| 2014 | $43,771,652 | +2.1% |
| 2015 | $42,126,335 | -3.8% |
| 2016 | $41,954,647 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | $44,892,048 | +7.0% |
| 2018 | $45,819,170 | +2.1% |
| 2019 | $47,084,422 | +2.8% |
| 2020 | $46,090,386 | -2.1% |
| 2021 | $46,525,520 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | $47,685,697 | +2.5% |
| 2023 | $49,649,702 | +4.1% |
| 2024 | $50,523,226 | +1.8% |
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.