Smith County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Smith County levied $13,278,850 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $3,693,146. Over those 40 years the total grew 3.6 times over, an average of about 3.3% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +1.2%.
"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 | $3,693,146 | n/a |
| 1986 | $3,537,417 | -4.2% |
| 1987 | $3,438,297 | -2.8% |
| 1988 | $3,695,892 | +7.5% |
| 1989 | $3,691,955 | -0.1% |
| 1990 | $4,016,560 | +8.8% |
| 1991 | $4,332,642 | +7.9% |
| 1992 | $3,099,567 | -28.5% |
| 1993 | $3,381,132 | +9.1% |
| 1994 | $3,473,267 | +2.7% |
| 1995 | $3,681,635 | +6.0% |
| 1996 | $3,681,330 | -0.0% |
| 1997 | $3,560,842 | -3.3% |
| 1998 | $3,549,779 | -0.3% |
| 1999 | $3,835,873 | +8.1% |
| 2000 | $4,077,810 | +6.3% |
| 2001 | $4,588,048 | +12.5% |
| 2002 | $4,940,702 | +7.7% |
| 2003 | $5,164,666 | +4.5% |
| 2004 | $5,837,208 | +13.0% |
| 2005 | $5,960,211 | +2.1% |
| 2006 | $6,068,464 | +1.8% |
| 2007 | $6,090,564 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | $6,405,491 | +5.2% |
| 2009 | $6,356,923 | -0.8% |
| 2010 | $6,605,824 | +3.9% |
| 2011 | $6,950,171 | +5.2% |
| 2012 | $7,199,643 | +3.6% |
| 2013 | $8,175,435 | +13.6% |
| 2014 | $8,892,851 | +8.8% |
| 2015 | $9,587,221 | +7.8% |
| 2016 | $10,236,776 | +6.8% |
| 2017 | $10,342,668 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | $10,820,871 | +4.6% |
| 2019 | $11,320,111 | +4.6% |
| 2020 | $11,788,612 | +4.1% |
| 2021 | $11,926,322 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | $12,560,370 | +5.3% |
| 2023 | $13,125,406 | +4.5% |
| 2024 | $13,278,850 | +1.2% |
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.