Washington County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Washington County levied $18,509,019 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $4,804,576. Over those 40 years the total grew 3.9 times over, an average of about 3.5% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was -5.2%.
"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 | $4,804,576 | n/a |
| 1986 | $5,071,029 | +5.5% |
| 1987 | $5,232,394 | +3.2% |
| 1988 | $5,033,933 | -3.8% |
| 1989 | $5,277,825 | +4.8% |
| 1990 | $5,258,126 | -0.4% |
| 1991 | $5,433,088 | +3.3% |
| 1992 | $4,809,186 | -11.5% |
| 1993 | $5,067,316 | +5.4% |
| 1994 | $5,587,961 | +10.3% |
| 1995 | $5,613,258 | +0.5% |
| 1996 | $5,567,821 | -0.8% |
| 1997 | $5,664,775 | +1.7% |
| 1998 | $5,480,673 | -3.2% |
| 1999 | $5,842,229 | +6.6% |
| 2000 | $6,149,164 | +5.3% |
| 2001 | $6,918,225 | +12.5% |
| 2002 | $7,280,525 | +5.2% |
| 2003 | $7,475,669 | +2.7% |
| 2004 | $7,864,470 | +5.2% |
| 2005 | $8,218,760 | +4.5% |
| 2006 | $8,430,892 | +2.6% |
| 2007 | $8,928,914 | +5.9% |
| 2008 | $9,489,885 | +6.3% |
| 2009 | $9,881,598 | +4.1% |
| 2010 | $10,179,299 | +3.0% |
| 2011 | $10,644,455 | +4.6% |
| 2012 | $11,309,233 | +6.2% |
| 2013 | $12,136,097 | +7.3% |
| 2014 | $12,201,194 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | $13,352,833 | +9.4% |
| 2016 | $13,870,943 | +3.9% |
| 2017 | $14,714,895 | +6.1% |
| 2018 | $15,814,340 | +7.5% |
| 2019 | $16,546,514 | +4.6% |
| 2020 | $17,169,206 | +3.8% |
| 2021 | $18,431,454 | +7.4% |
| 2022 | $19,018,834 | +3.2% |
| 2023 | $19,527,462 | +2.7% |
| 2024 | $18,509,019 | -5.2% |
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.