Rice County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Rice County levied $27,090,364 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $8,779,445. Over those 40 years the total grew 3.1 times over, an average of about 2.9% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +9.2%.
"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 | $8,779,445 | n/a |
| 1986 | $8,182,316 | -6.8% |
| 1987 | $8,457,052 | +3.4% |
| 1988 | $8,474,482 | +0.2% |
| 1989 | $8,602,336 | +1.5% |
| 1990 | $8,594,103 | -0.1% |
| 1991 | $9,030,486 | +5.1% |
| 1992 | $7,797,076 | -13.7% |
| 1993 | $8,355,594 | +7.2% |
| 1994 | $8,507,533 | +1.8% |
| 1995 | $8,744,209 | +2.8% |
| 1996 | $8,873,789 | +1.5% |
| 1997 | $9,016,434 | +1.6% |
| 1998 | $8,738,505 | -3.1% |
| 1999 | $9,185,188 | +5.1% |
| 2000 | $11,107,719 | +20.9% |
| 2001 | $11,764,667 | +5.9% |
| 2002 | $12,670,110 | +7.7% |
| 2003 | $12,593,516 | -0.6% |
| 2004 | $12,831,102 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | $13,551,974 | +5.6% |
| 2006 | $14,330,798 | +5.7% |
| 2007 | $13,948,039 | -2.7% |
| 2008 | $14,594,328 | +4.6% |
| 2009 | $15,447,491 | +5.8% |
| 2010 | $15,744,632 | +1.9% |
| 2011 | $16,418,956 | +4.3% |
| 2012 | $16,959,321 | +3.3% |
| 2013 | $18,052,663 | +6.4% |
| 2014 | $19,130,273 | +6.0% |
| 2015 | $19,029,852 | -0.5% |
| 2016 | $19,688,932 | +3.5% |
| 2017 | $20,953,338 | +6.4% |
| 2018 | $21,076,270 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | $21,879,782 | +3.8% |
| 2020 | $22,772,260 | +4.1% |
| 2021 | $23,746,252 | +4.3% |
| 2022 | $23,962,474 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | $24,800,067 | +3.5% |
| 2024 | $27,090,364 | +9.2% |
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.