Cherokee County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
Chapter Lead: Kelly Kay Carlton
Email: info@thekansaspropertytaxfreedomcoalition.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1606137614364996
Property Tax History
In 2024, Cherokee County levied $25,143,311 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $6,223,712. Over those 40 years the total grew 4.0 times over, an average of about 3.6% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +1.2%.
"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 | $6,223,712 | n/a |
| 1986 | $6,851,515 | +10.1% |
| 1987 | $7,106,398 | +3.7% |
| 1988 | $7,497,187 | +5.5% |
| 1989 | $7,177,202 | -4.3% |
| 1990 | $7,598,527 | +5.9% |
| 1991 | $7,946,223 | +4.6% |
| 1992 | $6,910,233 | -13.0% |
| 1993 | $7,014,592 | +1.5% |
| 1994 | $7,586,010 | +8.1% |
| 1995 | $8,129,881 | +7.2% |
| 1996 | $8,326,408 | +2.4% |
| 1997 | $7,934,257 | -4.7% |
| 1998 | $8,101,298 | +2.1% |
| 1999 | $8,873,286 | +9.5% |
| 2000 | $9,786,155 | +10.3% |
| 2001 | $10,335,364 | +5.6% |
| 2002 | $10,791,945 | +4.4% |
| 2003 | $11,846,844 | +9.8% |
| 2004 | $12,629,538 | +6.6% |
| 2005 | $13,052,885 | +3.4% |
| 2006 | $14,615,708 | +12.0% |
| 2007 | $15,146,186 | +3.6% |
| 2008 | $15,731,047 | +3.9% |
| 2009 | $15,547,714 | -1.2% |
| 2010 | $15,646,081 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | $16,054,386 | +2.6% |
| 2012 | $16,966,074 | +5.7% |
| 2013 | $16,903,925 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | $16,871,579 | -0.2% |
| 2015 | $18,606,534 | +10.3% |
| 2016 | $19,239,971 | +3.4% |
| 2017 | $20,664,844 | +7.4% |
| 2018 | $21,323,592 | +3.2% |
| 2019 | $22,392,810 | +5.0% |
| 2020 | $23,199,312 | +3.6% |
| 2021 | $22,071,980 | -4.9% |
| 2022 | $21,818,679 | -1.1% |
| 2023 | $24,842,806 | +13.9% |
| 2024 | $25,143,311 | +1.2% |
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.