Harper 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/2290109581756836
Property Tax History
In 2024, Harper County levied $15,866,419 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $7,268,709. Over those 40 years the total grew 2.2 times over, an average of about 2.0% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was -1.5%.
"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 | $7,268,709 | n/a |
| 1986 | $6,798,677 | -6.5% |
| 1987 | $7,033,003 | +3.4% |
| 1988 | $7,011,987 | -0.3% |
| 1989 | $6,790,729 | -3.2% |
| 1990 | $6,779,987 | -0.2% |
| 1991 | $6,986,459 | +3.0% |
| 1992 | $5,434,434 | -22.2% |
| 1993 | $5,724,317 | +5.3% |
| 1994 | $5,828,843 | +1.8% |
| 1995 | $6,183,326 | +6.1% |
| 1996 | $6,143,435 | -0.6% |
| 1997 | $5,938,624 | -3.3% |
| 1998 | $5,991,848 | +0.9% |
| 1999 | $6,424,091 | +7.2% |
| 2000 | $7,336,590 | +14.2% |
| 2001 | $7,592,168 | +3.5% |
| 2002 | $8,087,857 | +6.5% |
| 2003 | $8,325,407 | +2.9% |
| 2004 | $8,484,066 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | $9,072,159 | +6.9% |
| 2006 | $10,216,188 | +12.6% |
| 2007 | $10,491,253 | +2.7% |
| 2008 | $10,511,103 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | $11,172,760 | +6.3% |
| 2010 | $11,448,808 | +2.5% |
| 2011 | $12,851,196 | +12.2% |
| 2012 | $14,266,587 | +11.0% |
| 2013 | $16,615,754 | +16.5% |
| 2014 | $18,124,250 | +9.1% |
| 2015 | $18,625,767 | +2.8% |
| 2016 | $16,679,474 | -10.4% |
| 2017 | $15,626,271 | -6.3% |
| 2018 | $15,326,411 | -1.9% |
| 2019 | $15,452,630 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | $13,765,575 | -10.9% |
| 2021 | $14,118,958 | +2.6% |
| 2022 | $16,060,506 | +13.8% |
| 2023 | $16,107,729 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | $15,866,419 | -1.5% |
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.