Cowley County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
This county has a Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition Facebook group going, but no local chapter lead yet. If you live here and want to step up, we'll help you get started.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4153839471581458
Property Tax History
In 2024, Cowley County levied $58,268,519 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $17,335,563. 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 +0.7%.
"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 | $17,335,563 | n/a |
| 1986 | $17,560,745 | +1.3% |
| 1987 | $18,088,941 | +3.0% |
| 1988 | $19,007,949 | +5.1% |
| 1989 | $19,560,427 | +2.9% |
| 1990 | $21,027,990 | +7.5% |
| 1991 | $22,867,630 | +8.7% |
| 1992 | $18,804,665 | -17.8% |
| 1993 | $19,648,867 | +4.5% |
| 1994 | $21,662,601 | +10.2% |
| 1995 | $22,199,488 | +2.5% |
| 1996 | $22,922,170 | +3.3% |
| 1997 | $22,015,919 | -4.0% |
| 1998 | $21,037,179 | -4.4% |
| 1999 | $22,149,843 | +5.3% |
| 2000 | $23,748,086 | +7.2% |
| 2001 | $24,570,706 | +3.5% |
| 2002 | $26,846,080 | +9.3% |
| 2003 | $28,877,371 | +7.6% |
| 2004 | $27,728,547 | -4.0% |
| 2005 | $29,795,995 | +7.5% |
| 2006 | $31,820,525 | +6.8% |
| 2007 | $32,896,761 | +3.4% |
| 2008 | $34,496,504 | +4.9% |
| 2009 | $34,309,049 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | $34,658,476 | +1.0% |
| 2011 | $35,323,466 | +1.9% |
| 2012 | $36,224,730 | +2.6% |
| 2013 | $37,697,464 | +4.1% |
| 2014 | $37,010,633 | -1.8% |
| 2015 | $40,580,777 | +9.6% |
| 2016 | $41,320,956 | +1.8% |
| 2017 | $42,959,356 | +4.0% |
| 2018 | $44,452,880 | +3.5% |
| 2019 | $46,278,023 | +4.1% |
| 2020 | $46,746,956 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | $51,095,404 | +9.3% |
| 2022 | $54,289,188 | +6.3% |
| 2023 | $57,873,120 | +6.6% |
| 2024 | $58,268,519 | +0.7% |
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.