Johnson County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
Chapter Lead: Jane Romanova-Hrenchir
Chapter Lead: Marty Godolphin
Email: KCRealtorJane@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4319618878312323
Property Tax History
In 2024, Johnson County levied $1,756,028,429 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $157,188,735. Over those 40 years the total grew 11.2 times over, an average of about 6.4% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +5.8%.
"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 | $157,188,735 | n/a |
| 1986 | $173,553,913 | +10.4% |
| 1987 | $205,492,013 | +18.4% |
| 1988 | $229,753,425 | +11.8% |
| 1989 | $264,328,491 | +15.0% |
| 1990 | $284,977,031 | +7.8% |
| 1991 | $322,492,123 | +13.2% |
| 1992 | $329,405,826 | +2.1% |
| 1993 | $339,073,691 | +2.9% |
| 1994 | $374,565,975 | +10.5% |
| 1995 | $405,923,507 | +8.4% |
| 1996 | $414,697,269 | +2.2% |
| 1997 | $426,295,524 | +2.8% |
| 1998 | $444,043,255 | +4.2% |
| 1999 | $495,759,278 | +11.6% |
| 2000 | $554,693,051 | +11.9% |
| 2001 | $603,095,039 | +8.7% |
| 2002 | $638,775,340 | +5.9% |
| 2003 | $666,928,615 | +4.4% |
| 2004 | $721,925,721 | +8.2% |
| 2005 | $791,536,852 | +9.6% |
| 2006 | $856,574,033 | +8.2% |
| 2007 | $902,937,253 | +5.4% |
| 2008 | $920,739,582 | +2.0% |
| 2009 | $912,346,298 | -0.9% |
| 2010 | $899,960,914 | -1.4% |
| 2011 | $911,611,320 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | $905,169,135 | -0.7% |
| 2013 | $919,497,683 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | $962,875,966 | +4.7% |
| 2015 | $1,049,111,918 | +9.0% |
| 2016 | $1,128,407,515 | +7.6% |
| 2017 | $1,204,959,506 | +6.8% |
| 2018 | $1,269,408,703 | +5.3% |
| 2019 | $1,336,516,148 | +5.3% |
| 2020 | $1,387,392,167 | +3.8% |
| 2021 | $1,436,440,115 | +3.5% |
| 2022 | $1,511,302,749 | +5.2% |
| 2023 | $1,659,040,163 | +9.8% |
| 2024 | $1,756,028,429 | +5.8% |
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.