Rooks County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Rooks County levied $14,671,402 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $7,042,467. Over those 40 years the total grew 2.1 times over, an average of about 1.9% 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 | $7,042,467 | n/a |
| 1986 | $5,908,846 | -16.1% |
| 1987 | $5,673,157 | -4.0% |
| 1988 | $5,578,372 | -1.7% |
| 1989 | $5,735,235 | +2.8% |
| 1990 | $6,111,309 | +6.6% |
| 1991 | $6,294,056 | +3.0% |
| 1992 | $5,558,930 | -11.7% |
| 1993 | $5,445,832 | -2.0% |
| 1994 | $5,147,722 | -5.5% |
| 1995 | $5,437,810 | +5.6% |
| 1996 | $5,569,629 | +2.4% |
| 1997 | $5,975,813 | +7.3% |
| 1998 | $5,563,363 | -6.9% |
| 1999 | $4,996,336 | -10.2% |
| 2000 | $5,395,886 | +8.0% |
| 2001 | $6,399,698 | +18.6% |
| 2002 | $6,012,175 | -6.1% |
| 2003 | $6,930,567 | +15.3% |
| 2004 | $7,015,519 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | $7,855,075 | +12.0% |
| 2006 | $10,018,569 | +27.5% |
| 2007 | $10,531,267 | +5.1% |
| 2008 | $12,245,456 | +16.3% |
| 2009 | $11,326,331 | -7.5% |
| 2010 | $11,814,593 | +4.3% |
| 2011 | $12,193,955 | +3.2% |
| 2012 | $13,450,283 | +10.3% |
| 2013 | $13,496,266 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | $13,474,080 | -0.2% |
| 2015 | $11,621,558 | -13.7% |
| 2016 | $12,250,651 | +5.4% |
| 2017 | $12,865,546 | +5.0% |
| 2018 | $12,706,529 | -1.2% |
| 2019 | $13,115,272 | +3.2% |
| 2020 | $12,346,275 | -5.9% |
| 2021 | $13,035,055 | +5.6% |
| 2022 | $13,986,970 | +7.3% |
| 2023 | $14,363,569 | +2.7% |
| 2024 | $14,671,402 | +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.