Decatur County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Decatur County levied $10,564,808 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $2,847,501. Over those 40 years the total grew 3.7 times over, an average of about 3.4% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +7.5%.
"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 | $2,847,501 | n/a |
| 1986 | $2,805,743 | -1.5% |
| 1987 | $2,965,674 | +5.7% |
| 1988 | $2,882,088 | -2.8% |
| 1989 | $2,808,131 | -2.6% |
| 1990 | $3,041,802 | +8.3% |
| 1991 | $3,499,856 | +15.1% |
| 1992 | $2,906,997 | -16.9% |
| 1993 | $2,746,492 | -5.5% |
| 1994 | $3,001,102 | +9.3% |
| 1995 | $3,097,032 | +3.2% |
| 1996 | $3,277,693 | +5.8% |
| 1997 | $3,131,149 | -4.5% |
| 1998 | $3,341,747 | +6.7% |
| 1999 | $3,469,058 | +3.8% |
| 2000 | $3,709,794 | +6.9% |
| 2001 | $3,682,807 | -0.7% |
| 2002 | $3,878,262 | +5.3% |
| 2003 | $3,820,847 | -1.5% |
| 2004 | $3,914,054 | +2.4% |
| 2005 | $4,157,539 | +6.2% |
| 2006 | $4,424,927 | +6.4% |
| 2007 | $4,824,879 | +9.0% |
| 2008 | $5,578,206 | +15.6% |
| 2009 | $4,910,595 | -12.0% |
| 2010 | $5,444,272 | +10.9% |
| 2011 | $5,522,186 | +1.4% |
| 2012 | $5,554,031 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | $6,199,919 | +11.6% |
| 2014 | $6,221,940 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | $6,726,227 | +8.1% |
| 2016 | $7,758,493 | +15.3% |
| 2017 | $7,987,431 | +3.0% |
| 2018 | $8,388,682 | +5.0% |
| 2019 | $8,449,882 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | $8,982,225 | +6.3% |
| 2021 | $9,347,228 | +4.1% |
| 2022 | $9,472,127 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | $9,830,901 | +3.8% |
| 2024 | $10,564,808 | +7.5% |
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.