Jefferson County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Jefferson County levied $36,352,756 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $5,500,192. 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 +5.0%.
"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 | $5,500,192 | n/a |
| 1986 | $5,604,668 | +1.9% |
| 1987 | $5,847,034 | +4.3% |
| 1988 | $6,123,754 | +4.7% |
| 1989 | $6,484,952 | +5.9% |
| 1990 | $6,789,819 | +4.7% |
| 1991 | $7,474,044 | +10.1% |
| 1992 | $6,927,084 | -7.3% |
| 1993 | $7,088,677 | +2.3% |
| 1994 | $8,002,683 | +12.9% |
| 1995 | $9,210,663 | +15.1% |
| 1996 | $10,140,478 | +10.1% |
| 1997 | $10,656,582 | +5.1% |
| 1998 | $10,605,786 | -0.5% |
| 1999 | $11,502,474 | +8.5% |
| 2000 | $12,192,009 | +6.0% |
| 2001 | $13,273,582 | +8.9% |
| 2002 | $13,585,758 | +2.4% |
| 2003 | $14,281,683 | +5.1% |
| 2004 | $15,222,988 | +6.6% |
| 2005 | $16,341,200 | +7.3% |
| 2006 | $17,900,165 | +9.5% |
| 2007 | $18,673,686 | +4.3% |
| 2008 | $19,469,230 | +4.3% |
| 2009 | $19,503,148 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | $19,924,355 | +2.2% |
| 2011 | $20,693,297 | +3.9% |
| 2012 | $21,267,410 | +2.8% |
| 2013 | $21,523,599 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | $21,327,542 | -0.9% |
| 2015 | $22,666,057 | +6.3% |
| 2016 | $23,562,200 | +4.0% |
| 2017 | $24,388,896 | +3.5% |
| 2018 | $25,576,621 | +4.9% |
| 2019 | $26,397,117 | +3.2% |
| 2020 | $27,423,542 | +3.9% |
| 2021 | $28,849,844 | +5.2% |
| 2022 | $31,621,598 | +9.6% |
| 2023 | $34,630,412 | +9.5% |
| 2024 | $36,352,756 | +5.0% |
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.