Osage 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/1392519459736909
Property Tax History
In 2024, Osage County levied $27,547,264 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $5,152,671. Over those 40 years the total grew 5.3 times over, an average of about 4.4% 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 | $5,152,671 | n/a |
| 1986 | $5,007,603 | -2.8% |
| 1987 | $5,296,315 | +5.8% |
| 1988 | $5,441,549 | +2.7% |
| 1989 | $5,487,704 | +0.8% |
| 1990 | $5,874,760 | +7.1% |
| 1991 | $6,504,528 | +10.7% |
| 1992 | $5,766,030 | -11.4% |
| 1993 | $5,950,761 | +3.2% |
| 1994 | $6,503,045 | +9.3% |
| 1995 | $6,756,865 | +3.9% |
| 1996 | $7,043,906 | +4.2% |
| 1997 | $6,721,308 | -4.6% |
| 1998 | $6,966,669 | +3.7% |
| 1999 | $8,181,451 | +17.4% |
| 2000 | $9,284,414 | +13.5% |
| 2001 | $9,956,480 | +7.2% |
| 2002 | $10,729,797 | +7.8% |
| 2003 | $11,354,626 | +5.8% |
| 2004 | $12,911,527 | +13.7% |
| 2005 | $13,830,393 | +7.1% |
| 2006 | $14,901,754 | +7.7% |
| 2007 | $15,049,147 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | $15,932,441 | +5.9% |
| 2009 | $15,946,315 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | $16,780,561 | +5.2% |
| 2011 | $17,556,785 | +4.6% |
| 2012 | $18,769,123 | +6.9% |
| 2013 | $19,423,945 | +3.5% |
| 2014 | $18,978,946 | -2.3% |
| 2015 | $20,095,964 | +5.9% |
| 2016 | $21,088,002 | +4.9% |
| 2017 | $21,883,715 | +3.8% |
| 2018 | $22,799,601 | +4.2% |
| 2019 | $23,934,634 | +5.0% |
| 2020 | $24,535,466 | +2.5% |
| 2021 | $25,061,593 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | $26,257,278 | +4.8% |
| 2023 | $27,964,776 | +6.5% |
| 2024 | $27,547,264 | -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.