Geary County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Geary County levied $40,638,810 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $6,122,902. Over those 40 years the total grew 6.6 times over, an average of about 5.0% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was -1.5%.
"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 | $6,122,902 | n/a |
| 1986 | $6,728,001 | +9.9% |
| 1987 | $7,395,227 | +9.9% |
| 1988 | $9,100,931 | +23.1% |
| 1989 | $9,895,030 | +8.7% |
| 1990 | $9,424,846 | -4.8% |
| 1991 | $10,810,940 | +14.7% |
| 1992 | $10,073,022 | -6.8% |
| 1993 | $10,556,204 | +4.8% |
| 1994 | $10,825,618 | +2.6% |
| 1995 | $11,381,811 | +5.1% |
| 1996 | $11,363,939 | -0.2% |
| 1997 | $11,335,661 | -0.2% |
| 1998 | $11,952,255 | +5.4% |
| 1999 | $12,821,151 | +7.3% |
| 2000 | $13,450,921 | +4.9% |
| 2001 | $14,003,048 | +4.1% |
| 2002 | $14,900,574 | +6.4% |
| 2003 | $15,293,408 | +2.6% |
| 2004 | $16,577,281 | +8.4% |
| 2005 | $18,388,867 | +10.9% |
| 2006 | $22,415,116 | +21.9% |
| 2007 | $25,153,504 | +12.2% |
| 2008 | $27,410,547 | +9.0% |
| 2009 | $28,816,342 | +5.1% |
| 2010 | $30,028,391 | +4.2% |
| 2011 | $31,128,267 | +3.7% |
| 2012 | $31,592,335 | +1.5% |
| 2013 | $32,286,053 | +2.2% |
| 2014 | $33,876,071 | +4.9% |
| 2015 | $36,212,861 | +6.9% |
| 2016 | $37,885,436 | +4.6% |
| 2017 | $37,041,911 | -2.2% |
| 2018 | $36,857,964 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | $37,451,431 | +1.6% |
| 2020 | $37,809,142 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | $38,441,313 | +1.7% |
| 2022 | $39,018,100 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | $41,251,968 | +5.7% |
| 2024 | $40,638,810 | -1.5% |
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.