Morton County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Morton County levied $10,392,752 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $7,068,819. Over those 40 years the total grew by 47%, an average of about 1.0% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was -11.4%.
"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 | $7,068,819 | n/a |
| 1986 | $6,541,593 | -7.5% |
| 1987 | $6,745,109 | +3.1% |
| 1988 | $7,187,373 | +6.6% |
| 1989 | $7,462,127 | +3.8% |
| 1990 | $8,039,242 | +7.7% |
| 1991 | $8,320,687 | +3.5% |
| 1992 | $8,826,124 | +6.1% |
| 1993 | $9,996,060 | +13.3% |
| 1994 | $12,066,631 | +20.7% |
| 1995 | $11,454,539 | -5.1% |
| 1996 | $10,552,814 | -7.9% |
| 1997 | $12,301,241 | +16.6% |
| 1998 | $10,897,880 | -11.4% |
| 1999 | $10,298,670 | -5.5% |
| 2000 | $10,074,792 | -2.2% |
| 2001 | $11,078,885 | +10.0% |
| 2002 | $12,556,946 | +13.3% |
| 2003 | $11,840,759 | -5.7% |
| 2004 | $12,839,515 | +8.4% |
| 2005 | $13,986,897 | +8.9% |
| 2006 | $16,785,281 | +20.0% |
| 2007 | $16,647,308 | -0.8% |
| 2008 | $16,318,011 | -2.0% |
| 2009 | $16,114,352 | -1.2% |
| 2010 | $15,409,888 | -4.4% |
| 2011 | $13,681,167 | -11.2% |
| 2012 | $12,982,192 | -5.1% |
| 2013 | $13,287,662 | +2.4% |
| 2014 | $11,809,367 | -11.1% |
| 2015 | $13,845,705 | +17.2% |
| 2016 | $10,629,532 | -23.2% |
| 2017 | $11,485,161 | +8.0% |
| 2018 | $10,874,380 | -5.3% |
| 2019 | $11,293,214 | +3.9% |
| 2020 | $9,029,982 | -20.0% |
| 2021 | $8,992,192 | -0.4% |
| 2022 | $11,588,716 | +28.9% |
| 2023 | $11,731,481 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | $10,392,752 | -11.4% |
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.