Thomas County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Thomas County levied $24,970,390 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $7,340,694. Over those 40 years the total grew 3.4 times over, an average of about 3.2% 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 | $7,340,694 | n/a |
| 1986 | $7,051,025 | -3.9% |
| 1987 | $7,242,672 | +2.7% |
| 1988 | $6,887,270 | -4.9% |
| 1989 | $6,792,392 | -1.4% |
| 1990 | $7,058,489 | +3.9% |
| 1991 | $7,555,065 | +7.0% |
| 1992 | $6,275,217 | -16.9% |
| 1993 | $6,916,399 | +10.2% |
| 1994 | $7,636,141 | +10.4% |
| 1995 | $7,875,451 | +3.1% |
| 1996 | $7,798,548 | -1.0% |
| 1997 | $7,581,752 | -2.8% |
| 1998 | $7,446,788 | -1.8% |
| 1999 | $7,484,762 | +0.5% |
| 2000 | $7,873,366 | +5.2% |
| 2001 | $8,457,430 | +7.4% |
| 2002 | $9,251,975 | +9.4% |
| 2003 | $9,867,422 | +6.7% |
| 2004 | $10,476,992 | +6.2% |
| 2005 | $10,773,339 | +2.8% |
| 2006 | $11,208,308 | +4.0% |
| 2007 | $11,284,494 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | $11,504,622 | +2.0% |
| 2009 | $11,837,311 | +2.9% |
| 2010 | $12,391,133 | +4.7% |
| 2011 | $13,753,120 | +11.0% |
| 2012 | $14,003,530 | +1.8% |
| 2013 | $16,337,060 | +16.7% |
| 2014 | $17,616,194 | +7.8% |
| 2015 | $18,337,731 | +4.1% |
| 2016 | $19,839,030 | +8.2% |
| 2017 | $21,728,592 | +9.5% |
| 2018 | $22,622,358 | +4.1% |
| 2019 | $23,649,618 | +4.5% |
| 2020 | $23,019,306 | -2.7% |
| 2021 | $23,289,712 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | $24,094,103 | +3.5% |
| 2023 | $24,886,798 | +3.3% |
| 2024 | $24,970,390 | +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.