Pawnee County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Pawnee County levied $14,830,784 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $5,320,524. Over those 40 years the total grew 2.8 times over, an average of about 2.7% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was -0.3%.
"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 | $5,320,524 | n/a |
| 1986 | $5,273,887 | -0.9% |
| 1987 | $5,411,054 | +2.6% |
| 1988 | $5,409,573 | -0.0% |
| 1989 | $5,412,250 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | $5,567,453 | +2.9% |
| 1991 | $6,323,518 | +13.6% |
| 1992 | $5,137,067 | -18.8% |
| 1993 | $5,687,379 | +10.7% |
| 1994 | $6,240,922 | +9.7% |
| 1995 | $6,289,326 | +0.8% |
| 1996 | $6,327,891 | +0.6% |
| 1997 | $6,318,213 | -0.2% |
| 1998 | $6,473,723 | +2.5% |
| 1999 | $6,650,869 | +2.7% |
| 2000 | $6,898,620 | +3.7% |
| 2001 | $7,623,782 | +10.5% |
| 2002 | $7,628,902 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | $7,719,798 | +1.2% |
| 2004 | $7,754,609 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | $8,075,236 | +4.1% |
| 2006 | $8,597,862 | +6.5% |
| 2007 | $8,780,143 | +2.1% |
| 2008 | $9,438,697 | +7.5% |
| 2009 | $10,089,647 | +6.9% |
| 2010 | $10,210,394 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | $10,631,107 | +4.1% |
| 2012 | $11,123,147 | +4.6% |
| 2013 | $11,360,731 | +2.1% |
| 2014 | $11,678,914 | +2.8% |
| 2015 | $12,545,386 | +7.4% |
| 2016 | $12,870,344 | +2.6% |
| 2017 | $12,938,241 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | $13,156,527 | +1.7% |
| 2019 | $13,484,200 | +2.5% |
| 2020 | $13,637,913 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | $14,263,673 | +4.6% |
| 2022 | $14,377,012 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | $14,868,985 | +3.4% |
| 2024 | $14,830,784 | -0.3% |
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.