Ottawa County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Ottawa County levied $16,219,928 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $4,030,753. Over those 40 years the total grew 4.0 times over, an average of about 3.6% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +14.0%.
"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 | $4,030,753 | n/a |
| 1986 | $3,909,935 | -3.0% |
| 1987 | $3,969,591 | +1.5% |
| 1988 | $4,012,412 | +1.1% |
| 1989 | $3,922,518 | -2.2% |
| 1990 | $4,220,109 | +7.6% |
| 1991 | $4,353,733 | +3.2% |
| 1992 | $3,925,063 | -9.8% |
| 1993 | $4,040,889 | +3.0% |
| 1994 | $4,249,803 | +5.2% |
| 1995 | $4,433,621 | +4.3% |
| 1996 | $4,582,726 | +3.4% |
| 1997 | $4,301,774 | -6.1% |
| 1998 | $4,460,803 | +3.7% |
| 1999 | $4,876,994 | +9.3% |
| 2000 | $5,337,894 | +9.5% |
| 2001 | $6,138,858 | +15.0% |
| 2002 | $6,352,400 | +3.5% |
| 2003 | $6,458,506 | +1.7% |
| 2004 | $7,146,244 | +10.6% |
| 2005 | $7,484,417 | +4.7% |
| 2006 | $7,743,505 | +3.5% |
| 2007 | $8,594,521 | +11.0% |
| 2008 | $8,870,076 | +3.2% |
| 2009 | $9,069,951 | +2.3% |
| 2010 | $9,421,396 | +3.9% |
| 2011 | $9,613,309 | +2.0% |
| 2012 | $10,136,198 | +5.4% |
| 2013 | $10,802,562 | +6.6% |
| 2014 | $11,507,079 | +6.5% |
| 2015 | $11,794,517 | +2.5% |
| 2016 | $12,458,534 | +5.6% |
| 2017 | $12,952,665 | +4.0% |
| 2018 | $13,405,090 | +3.5% |
| 2019 | $13,853,099 | +3.3% |
| 2020 | $14,153,753 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | $14,374,679 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | $14,896,427 | +3.6% |
| 2023 | $14,234,224 | -4.4% |
| 2024 | $16,219,928 | +14.0% |
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.