McPherson County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, McPherson County levied $66,464,102 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $16,359,303. Over those 40 years the total grew 4.1 times over, an average of about 3.7% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +3.4%.
"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 | $16,359,303 | n/a |
| 1986 | $16,254,806 | -0.6% |
| 1987 | $16,483,504 | +1.4% |
| 1988 | $17,232,098 | +4.5% |
| 1989 | $18,029,876 | +4.6% |
| 1990 | $19,219,233 | +6.6% |
| 1991 | $21,060,614 | +9.6% |
| 1992 | $16,710,847 | -20.7% |
| 1993 | $17,847,125 | +6.8% |
| 1994 | $18,834,961 | +5.5% |
| 1995 | $20,578,217 | +9.3% |
| 1996 | $22,532,888 | +9.5% |
| 1997 | $22,591,490 | +0.3% |
| 1998 | $21,805,036 | -3.5% |
| 1999 | $23,654,424 | +8.5% |
| 2000 | $26,126,378 | +10.5% |
| 2001 | $29,872,723 | +14.3% |
| 2002 | $29,436,302 | -1.5% |
| 2003 | $31,310,062 | +6.4% |
| 2004 | $32,521,060 | +3.9% |
| 2005 | $34,065,177 | +4.7% |
| 2006 | $35,562,840 | +4.4% |
| 2007 | $36,290,404 | +2.0% |
| 2008 | $37,362,492 | +3.0% |
| 2009 | $36,581,377 | -2.1% |
| 2010 | $37,079,871 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | $38,789,255 | +4.6% |
| 2012 | $41,081,982 | +5.9% |
| 2013 | $42,801,802 | +4.2% |
| 2014 | $43,659,135 | +2.0% |
| 2015 | $47,134,477 | +8.0% |
| 2016 | $48,885,432 | +3.7% |
| 2017 | $51,698,019 | +5.8% |
| 2018 | $53,874,582 | +4.2% |
| 2019 | $56,855,355 | +5.5% |
| 2020 | $58,483,463 | +2.9% |
| 2021 | $60,649,178 | +3.7% |
| 2022 | $62,172,352 | +2.5% |
| 2023 | $64,258,558 | +3.4% |
| 2024 | $66,464,102 | +3.4% |
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.