Ford County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
Chapter Lead: Nathan Hickson
Email: njoelhickson@yahoo.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/921101847704781
Property Tax History
In 2024, Ford County levied $63,614,101 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $15,765,551. 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 -0.3%.
"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 | $15,765,551 | n/a |
| 1986 | $16,301,921 | +3.4% |
| 1987 | $16,587,864 | +1.8% |
| 1988 | $17,861,995 | +7.7% |
| 1989 | $18,837,947 | +5.5% |
| 1990 | $20,828,068 | +10.6% |
| 1991 | $23,556,424 | +13.1% |
| 1992 | $18,482,103 | -21.5% |
| 1993 | $18,127,325 | -1.9% |
| 1994 | $20,511,914 | +13.2% |
| 1995 | $21,437,143 | +4.5% |
| 1996 | $22,557,353 | +5.2% |
| 1997 | $22,647,569 | +0.4% |
| 1998 | $23,093,504 | +2.0% |
| 1999 | $25,390,523 | +9.9% |
| 2000 | $28,371,479 | +11.7% |
| 2001 | $28,680,893 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | $31,477,446 | +9.8% |
| 2003 | $30,896,993 | -1.8% |
| 2004 | $33,075,754 | +7.1% |
| 2005 | $35,257,934 | +6.6% |
| 2006 | $35,775,211 | +1.5% |
| 2007 | $36,666,694 | +2.5% |
| 2008 | $38,780,383 | +5.8% |
| 2009 | $39,557,523 | +2.0% |
| 2010 | $41,883,252 | +5.9% |
| 2011 | $43,092,060 | +2.9% |
| 2012 | $45,119,644 | +4.7% |
| 2013 | $49,793,530 | +10.4% |
| 2014 | $47,389,452 | -4.8% |
| 2015 | $50,201,807 | +5.9% |
| 2016 | $51,056,948 | +1.7% |
| 2017 | $52,442,650 | +2.7% |
| 2018 | $54,420,352 | +3.8% |
| 2019 | $56,090,985 | +3.1% |
| 2020 | $56,548,120 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | $57,724,750 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | $60,237,117 | +4.4% |
| 2023 | $63,797,019 | +5.9% |
| 2024 | $63,614,101 | -0.3% |
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.