Meade County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Meade County levied $19,057,283 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $5,773,480. Over those 40 years the total grew 3.3 times over, an average of about 3.1% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was -2.1%.
"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 | $5,773,480 | n/a |
| 1986 | $5,803,690 | +0.5% |
| 1987 | $6,024,408 | +3.8% |
| 1988 | $6,614,853 | +9.8% |
| 1989 | $6,810,914 | +3.0% |
| 1990 | $7,241,926 | +6.3% |
| 1991 | $7,094,625 | -2.0% |
| 1992 | $5,990,077 | -15.6% |
| 1993 | $6,740,721 | +12.5% |
| 1994 | $7,119,642 | +5.6% |
| 1995 | $7,344,210 | +3.2% |
| 1996 | $7,417,525 | +1.0% |
| 1997 | $7,420,490 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | $6,876,793 | -7.3% |
| 1999 | $7,287,152 | +6.0% |
| 2000 | $7,432,486 | +2.0% |
| 2001 | $9,047,096 | +21.7% |
| 2002 | $9,652,379 | +6.7% |
| 2003 | $9,847,273 | +2.0% |
| 2004 | $9,793,554 | -0.5% |
| 2005 | $11,302,262 | +15.4% |
| 2006 | $11,331,675 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | $11,516,387 | +1.6% |
| 2008 | $12,564,951 | +9.1% |
| 2009 | $12,543,706 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | $12,068,720 | -3.8% |
| 2011 | $12,824,179 | +6.3% |
| 2012 | $13,289,805 | +3.6% |
| 2013 | $13,095,220 | -1.5% |
| 2014 | $14,043,901 | +7.2% |
| 2015 | $12,851,650 | -8.5% |
| 2016 | $14,418,779 | +12.2% |
| 2017 | $15,174,818 | +5.2% |
| 2018 | $15,855,617 | +4.5% |
| 2019 | $16,843,702 | +6.2% |
| 2020 | $16,927,825 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | $17,743,905 | +4.8% |
| 2022 | $19,120,650 | +7.8% |
| 2023 | $19,470,660 | +1.8% |
| 2024 | $19,057,283 | -2.1% |
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.