Franklin County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Franklin County levied $52,997,600 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $7,747,110. Over those 40 years the total grew 6.8 times over, an average of about 5.1% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +6.2%.
"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 | $7,747,110 | n/a |
| 1986 | $8,229,559 | +6.2% |
| 1987 | $8,278,433 | +0.6% |
| 1988 | $8,649,964 | +4.5% |
| 1989 | $9,360,930 | +8.2% |
| 1990 | $10,115,773 | +8.1% |
| 1991 | $11,195,206 | +10.7% |
| 1992 | $9,455,311 | -15.5% |
| 1993 | $9,753,220 | +3.2% |
| 1994 | $10,597,209 | +8.7% |
| 1995 | $11,858,941 | +11.9% |
| 1996 | $12,446,316 | +5.0% |
| 1997 | $13,564,842 | +9.0% |
| 1998 | $13,643,573 | +0.6% |
| 1999 | $14,944,823 | +9.5% |
| 2000 | $16,395,595 | +9.7% |
| 2001 | $17,940,445 | +9.4% |
| 2002 | $18,930,516 | +5.5% |
| 2003 | $20,420,200 | +7.9% |
| 2004 | $21,887,643 | +7.2% |
| 2005 | $24,227,134 | +10.7% |
| 2006 | $24,783,133 | +2.3% |
| 2007 | $27,908,205 | +12.6% |
| 2008 | $28,874,639 | +3.5% |
| 2009 | $28,686,294 | -0.7% |
| 2010 | $29,157,218 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | $30,031,134 | +3.0% |
| 2012 | $30,980,759 | +3.2% |
| 2013 | $31,592,413 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | $31,367,085 | -0.7% |
| 2015 | $33,133,663 | +5.6% |
| 2016 | $34,148,386 | +3.1% |
| 2017 | $35,481,748 | +3.9% |
| 2018 | $38,580,291 | +8.7% |
| 2019 | $40,495,088 | +5.0% |
| 2020 | $42,611,116 | +5.2% |
| 2021 | $44,784,692 | +5.1% |
| 2022 | $47,406,147 | +5.9% |
| 2023 | $49,896,619 | +5.3% |
| 2024 | $52,997,600 | +6.2% |
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.