Scott County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Scott County levied $15,788,610 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $4,161,057. Over those 40 years the total grew 3.8 times over, an average of about 3.5% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was -2.6%.
"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 | $4,161,057 | n/a |
| 1986 | $3,803,088 | -8.6% |
| 1987 | $4,279,427 | +12.5% |
| 1988 | $4,719,409 | +10.3% |
| 1989 | $4,515,709 | -4.3% |
| 1990 | $4,824,601 | +6.8% |
| 1991 | $4,966,640 | +2.9% |
| 1992 | $4,089,176 | -17.7% |
| 1993 | $4,372,077 | +6.9% |
| 1994 | $4,309,892 | -1.4% |
| 1995 | $5,020,791 | +16.5% |
| 1996 | $4,899,790 | -2.4% |
| 1997 | $4,789,708 | -2.2% |
| 1998 | $4,487,638 | -6.3% |
| 1999 | $4,989,696 | +11.2% |
| 2000 | $6,223,234 | +24.7% |
| 2001 | $6,524,800 | +4.8% |
| 2002 | $7,815,976 | +19.8% |
| 2003 | $8,130,797 | +4.0% |
| 2004 | $8,349,532 | +2.7% |
| 2005 | $8,952,025 | +7.2% |
| 2006 | $9,375,383 | +4.7% |
| 2007 | $9,681,370 | +3.3% |
| 2008 | $11,389,252 | +17.6% |
| 2009 | $11,016,007 | -3.3% |
| 2010 | $12,346,607 | +12.1% |
| 2011 | $12,804,279 | +3.7% |
| 2012 | $14,282,565 | +11.5% |
| 2013 | $13,134,773 | -8.0% |
| 2014 | $14,692,680 | +11.9% |
| 2015 | $13,314,835 | -9.4% |
| 2016 | $12,927,233 | -2.9% |
| 2017 | $13,615,069 | +5.3% |
| 2018 | $14,145,731 | +3.9% |
| 2019 | $14,476,012 | +2.3% |
| 2020 | $13,817,959 | -4.5% |
| 2021 | $14,639,877 | +5.9% |
| 2022 | $15,542,329 | +6.2% |
| 2023 | $16,202,451 | +4.2% |
| 2024 | $15,788,610 | -2.6% |
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.