Douglas 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/4277024119189141
Property Tax History
In 2024, Douglas County levied $262,433,418 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $27,295,619. Over those 40 years the total grew 9.6 times over, an average of about 6.0% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +3.6%.
"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 | $27,295,619 | n/a |
| 1986 | $30,159,001 | +10.5% |
| 1987 | $32,539,773 | +7.9% |
| 1988 | $36,713,520 | +12.8% |
| 1989 | $39,428,111 | +7.4% |
| 1990 | $41,261,381 | +4.6% |
| 1991 | $46,769,467 | +13.3% |
| 1992 | $38,648,706 | -17.4% |
| 1993 | $44,946,037 | +16.3% |
| 1994 | $49,654,722 | +10.5% |
| 1995 | $56,276,721 | +13.3% |
| 1996 | $60,083,819 | +6.8% |
| 1997 | $60,802,704 | +1.2% |
| 1998 | $58,624,215 | -3.6% |
| 1999 | $67,489,640 | +15.1% |
| 2000 | $72,254,782 | +7.1% |
| 2001 | $84,238,237 | +16.6% |
| 2002 | $86,087,118 | +2.2% |
| 2003 | $93,964,615 | +9.2% |
| 2004 | $99,879,678 | +6.3% |
| 2005 | $112,864,756 | +13.0% |
| 2006 | $125,092,263 | +10.8% |
| 2007 | $129,212,402 | +3.3% |
| 2008 | $132,796,677 | +2.8% |
| 2009 | $132,446,592 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | $138,936,734 | +4.9% |
| 2011 | $141,778,699 | +2.0% |
| 2012 | $142,225,567 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | $145,686,369 | +2.4% |
| 2014 | $151,756,719 | +4.2% |
| 2015 | $157,932,515 | +4.1% |
| 2016 | $163,455,270 | +3.5% |
| 2017 | $179,116,945 | +9.6% |
| 2018 | $186,280,951 | +4.0% |
| 2019 | $194,866,836 | +4.6% |
| 2020 | $204,167,344 | +4.8% |
| 2021 | $210,467,282 | +3.1% |
| 2022 | $230,842,236 | +9.7% |
| 2023 | $253,298,231 | +9.7% |
| 2024 | $262,433,418 | +3.6% |
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.