Labette 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/1039918932324114
Property Tax History
In 2024, Labette County levied $28,158,899 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $9,826,191. Over those 40 years the total grew 2.9 times over, an average of about 2.7% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +3.3%.
"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 | $9,826,191 | n/a |
| 1986 | $9,967,258 | +1.4% |
| 1987 | $10,636,489 | +6.7% |
| 1988 | $10,685,270 | +0.5% |
| 1989 | $10,863,421 | +1.7% |
| 1990 | $10,668,540 | -1.8% |
| 1991 | $11,460,167 | +7.4% |
| 1992 | $8,945,484 | -21.9% |
| 1993 | $9,716,948 | +8.6% |
| 1994 | $9,844,001 | +1.3% |
| 1995 | $11,324,291 | +15.0% |
| 1996 | $11,356,475 | +0.3% |
| 1997 | $10,632,196 | -6.4% |
| 1998 | $10,550,239 | -0.8% |
| 1999 | $11,873,310 | +12.5% |
| 2000 | $12,340,953 | +3.9% |
| 2001 | $13,675,833 | +10.8% |
| 2002 | $14,450,635 | +5.7% |
| 2003 | $15,480,737 | +7.1% |
| 2004 | $16,308,320 | +5.3% |
| 2005 | $18,055,968 | +10.7% |
| 2006 | $19,138,716 | +6.0% |
| 2007 | $19,857,899 | +3.8% |
| 2008 | $20,306,904 | +2.3% |
| 2009 | $22,047,568 | +8.6% |
| 2010 | $21,217,681 | -3.8% |
| 2011 | $21,717,564 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | $22,331,975 | +2.8% |
| 2013 | $22,993,495 | +3.0% |
| 2014 | $22,772,886 | -1.0% |
| 2015 | $24,160,792 | +6.1% |
| 2016 | $23,947,911 | -0.9% |
| 2017 | $24,233,245 | +1.2% |
| 2018 | $25,135,597 | +3.7% |
| 2019 | $25,225,023 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | $25,611,206 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | $24,740,495 | -3.4% |
| 2022 | $25,788,922 | +4.2% |
| 2023 | $27,253,103 | +5.7% |
| 2024 | $28,158,899 | +3.3% |
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.