Morris County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
Chapter Lead: Carolyn Turkovic Culp
Email: carolyn_culp@yahoo.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1152986107907099
Property Tax History
In 2024, Morris County levied $14,369,467 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $3,339,874. Over those 40 years the total grew 4.3 times over, an average of about 3.8% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was -1.3%.
"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 | $3,339,874 | n/a |
| 1986 | $3,274,637 | -2.0% |
| 1987 | $3,408,984 | +4.1% |
| 1988 | $3,478,104 | +2.0% |
| 1989 | $3,681,728 | +5.9% |
| 1990 | $3,927,035 | +6.7% |
| 1991 | $4,107,029 | +4.6% |
| 1992 | $3,521,030 | -14.3% |
| 1993 | $3,944,275 | +12.0% |
| 1994 | $3,844,419 | -2.5% |
| 1995 | $3,789,483 | -1.4% |
| 1996 | $3,825,900 | +1.0% |
| 1997 | $3,737,747 | -2.3% |
| 1998 | $3,822,391 | +2.3% |
| 1999 | $3,960,484 | +3.6% |
| 2000 | $4,373,659 | +10.4% |
| 2001 | $5,157,143 | +17.9% |
| 2002 | $5,346,152 | +3.7% |
| 2003 | $5,428,375 | +1.5% |
| 2004 | $5,755,827 | +6.0% |
| 2005 | $6,234,810 | +8.3% |
| 2006 | $6,546,970 | +5.0% |
| 2007 | $7,006,019 | +7.0% |
| 2008 | $7,806,820 | +11.4% |
| 2009 | $8,082,135 | +3.5% |
| 2010 | $8,732,991 | +8.1% |
| 2011 | $8,989,581 | +2.9% |
| 2012 | $9,497,277 | +5.6% |
| 2013 | $9,960,045 | +4.9% |
| 2014 | $9,955,356 | -0.0% |
| 2015 | $10,568,500 | +6.2% |
| 2016 | $10,937,507 | +3.5% |
| 2017 | $11,518,597 | +5.3% |
| 2018 | $12,155,239 | +5.5% |
| 2019 | $12,547,131 | +3.2% |
| 2020 | $12,792,392 | +2.0% |
| 2021 | $13,089,946 | +2.3% |
| 2022 | $14,000,813 | +7.0% |
| 2023 | $14,553,885 | +4.0% |
| 2024 | $14,369,467 | -1.3% |
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.