Kearny County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Kearny County levied $16,472,616 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $7,850,937. Over those 40 years the total grew 2.1 times over, an average of about 1.9% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was -6.1%.
"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 | $7,850,937 | n/a |
| 1986 | $6,973,298 | -11.2% |
| 1987 | $7,716,783 | +10.7% |
| 1988 | $8,543,692 | +10.7% |
| 1989 | $8,869,987 | +3.8% |
| 1990 | $9,224,896 | +4.0% |
| 1991 | $11,174,554 | +21.1% |
| 1992 | $11,886,306 | +6.4% |
| 1993 | $13,101,074 | +10.2% |
| 1994 | $16,878,097 | +28.8% |
| 1995 | $15,380,210 | -8.9% |
| 1996 | $15,510,965 | +0.9% |
| 1997 | $15,015,518 | -3.2% |
| 1998 | $14,064,748 | -6.3% |
| 1999 | $13,514,705 | -3.9% |
| 2000 | $13,799,985 | +2.1% |
| 2001 | $16,310,489 | +18.2% |
| 2002 | $17,744,017 | +8.8% |
| 2003 | $15,973,561 | -10.0% |
| 2004 | $18,142,163 | +13.6% |
| 2005 | $20,733,141 | +14.3% |
| 2006 | $24,465,185 | +18.0% |
| 2007 | $21,935,550 | -10.3% |
| 2008 | $22,624,234 | +3.1% |
| 2009 | $23,504,068 | +3.9% |
| 2010 | $18,962,630 | -19.3% |
| 2011 | $21,234,872 | +12.0% |
| 2012 | $20,535,406 | -3.3% |
| 2013 | $18,326,869 | -10.8% |
| 2014 | $18,027,969 | -1.6% |
| 2015 | $16,519,472 | -8.4% |
| 2016 | $15,402,209 | -6.8% |
| 2017 | $14,300,399 | -7.2% |
| 2018 | $14,083,288 | -1.5% |
| 2019 | $14,240,370 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | $13,274,945 | -6.8% |
| 2021 | $12,920,279 | -2.7% |
| 2022 | $16,224,109 | +25.6% |
| 2023 | $17,540,158 | +8.1% |
| 2024 | $16,472,616 | -6.1% |
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.