Hamilton County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Hamilton County levied $7,750,173 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $3,198,053. Over those 40 years the total grew 2.4 times over, an average of about 2.3% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was -1.8%.
"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 | $3,198,053 | n/a |
| 1986 | $3,821,411 | +19.5% |
| 1987 | $3,724,150 | -2.5% |
| 1988 | $3,591,776 | -3.6% |
| 1989 | $3,820,771 | +6.4% |
| 1990 | $4,294,599 | +12.4% |
| 1991 | $4,302,409 | +0.2% |
| 1992 | $4,199,020 | -2.4% |
| 1993 | $4,522,193 | +7.7% |
| 1994 | $5,706,184 | +26.2% |
| 1995 | $5,568,057 | -2.4% |
| 1996 | $5,291,310 | -5.0% |
| 1997 | $5,640,513 | +6.6% |
| 1998 | $5,846,576 | +3.7% |
| 1999 | $6,329,383 | +8.3% |
| 2000 | $6,300,960 | -0.4% |
| 2001 | $7,327,776 | +16.3% |
| 2002 | $7,701,802 | +5.1% |
| 2003 | $7,098,365 | -7.8% |
| 2004 | $8,624,683 | +21.5% |
| 2005 | $8,672,336 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | $9,270,094 | +6.9% |
| 2007 | $8,711,748 | -6.0% |
| 2008 | $8,344,093 | -4.2% |
| 2009 | $9,601,449 | +15.1% |
| 2010 | $7,891,138 | -17.8% |
| 2011 | $8,201,169 | +3.9% |
| 2012 | $7,877,184 | -4.0% |
| 2013 | $8,537,282 | +8.4% |
| 2014 | $8,273,853 | -3.1% |
| 2015 | $8,254,011 | -0.2% |
| 2016 | $7,809,444 | -5.4% |
| 2017 | $7,777,990 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | $8,094,867 | +4.1% |
| 2019 | $8,210,570 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | $8,213,111 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | $7,852,849 | -4.4% |
| 2022 | $7,859,702 | +0.1% |
| 2023 | $7,890,405 | +0.4% |
| 2024 | $7,750,173 | -1.8% |
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.