Clay County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Clay County levied $22,489,067 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $4,674,363. Over those 40 years the total grew 4.8 times over, an average of about 4.1% 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 | $4,674,363 | n/a |
| 1986 | $4,563,147 | -2.4% |
| 1987 | $4,465,759 | -2.1% |
| 1988 | $4,740,357 | +6.1% |
| 1989 | $5,042,785 | +6.4% |
| 1990 | $5,041,965 | -0.0% |
| 1991 | $5,513,377 | +9.3% |
| 1992 | $4,925,747 | -10.7% |
| 1993 | $5,301,006 | +7.6% |
| 1994 | $5,539,454 | +4.5% |
| 1995 | $5,906,668 | +6.6% |
| 1996 | $5,935,319 | +0.5% |
| 1997 | $5,781,971 | -2.6% |
| 1998 | $5,907,182 | +2.2% |
| 1999 | $6,597,760 | +11.7% |
| 2000 | $6,770,498 | +2.6% |
| 2001 | $7,380,394 | +9.0% |
| 2002 | $7,538,906 | +2.1% |
| 2003 | $7,889,668 | +4.7% |
| 2004 | $8,285,707 | +5.0% |
| 2005 | $8,590,374 | +3.7% |
| 2006 | $9,037,940 | +5.2% |
| 2007 | $9,547,982 | +5.6% |
| 2008 | $10,331,447 | +8.2% |
| 2009 | $10,568,531 | +2.3% |
| 2010 | $10,842,179 | +2.6% |
| 2011 | $11,431,919 | +5.4% |
| 2012 | $12,540,691 | +9.7% |
| 2013 | $13,672,345 | +9.0% |
| 2014 | $14,187,029 | +3.8% |
| 2015 | $14,645,948 | +3.2% |
| 2016 | $15,637,036 | +6.8% |
| 2017 | $16,005,285 | +2.4% |
| 2018 | $16,883,519 | +5.5% |
| 2019 | $17,440,289 | +3.3% |
| 2020 | $18,131,340 | +4.0% |
| 2021 | $20,436,377 | +12.7% |
| 2022 | $22,184,275 | +8.6% |
| 2023 | $22,549,205 | +1.6% |
| 2024 | $22,489,067 | -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.