Ness County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Ness County levied $13,073,027 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $6,473,919. Over those 40 years the total grew 2.0 times over, an average of about 1.8% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was -1.0%.
"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 | $6,473,919 | n/a |
| 1986 | $5,731,375 | -11.5% |
| 1987 | $5,709,432 | -0.4% |
| 1988 | $5,644,564 | -1.1% |
| 1989 | $5,227,831 | -7.4% |
| 1990 | $5,589,014 | +6.9% |
| 1991 | $6,167,180 | +10.3% |
| 1992 | $5,204,324 | -15.6% |
| 1993 | $5,348,223 | +2.8% |
| 1994 | $5,033,411 | -5.9% |
| 1995 | $5,202,082 | +3.4% |
| 1996 | $5,350,230 | +2.8% |
| 1997 | $5,139,766 | -3.9% |
| 1998 | $4,592,341 | -10.7% |
| 1999 | $4,428,042 | -3.6% |
| 2000 | $4,756,787 | +7.4% |
| 2001 | $5,268,048 | +10.7% |
| 2002 | $4,982,490 | -5.4% |
| 2003 | $5,357,844 | +7.5% |
| 2004 | $5,550,665 | +3.6% |
| 2005 | $6,434,254 | +15.9% |
| 2006 | $8,055,249 | +25.2% |
| 2007 | $7,976,906 | -1.0% |
| 2008 | $9,305,423 | +16.7% |
| 2009 | $8,377,954 | -10.0% |
| 2010 | $9,488,174 | +13.3% |
| 2011 | $11,383,072 | +20.0% |
| 2012 | $11,749,356 | +3.2% |
| 2013 | $12,567,226 | +7.0% |
| 2014 | $13,523,162 | +7.6% |
| 2015 | $10,649,407 | -21.3% |
| 2016 | $10,893,873 | +2.3% |
| 2017 | $11,010,900 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | $11,865,272 | +7.8% |
| 2019 | $12,203,119 | +2.8% |
| 2020 | $10,852,075 | -11.1% |
| 2021 | $11,105,662 | +2.3% |
| 2022 | $12,270,926 | +10.5% |
| 2023 | $13,208,283 | +7.6% |
| 2024 | $13,073,027 | -1.0% |
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.