Phillips County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Phillips County levied $16,230,926 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $4,962,318. Over those 40 years the total grew 3.3 times over, an average of about 3.1% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +25.9%.
"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 | $4,962,318 | n/a |
| 1986 | $4,688,564 | -5.5% |
| 1987 | $4,902,717 | +4.6% |
| 1988 | $4,980,703 | +1.6% |
| 1989 | $5,318,518 | +6.8% |
| 1990 | $5,266,530 | -1.0% |
| 1991 | $5,692,347 | +8.1% |
| 1992 | $4,680,763 | -17.8% |
| 1993 | $4,744,978 | +1.4% |
| 1994 | $4,791,028 | +1.0% |
| 1995 | $4,772,870 | -0.4% |
| 1996 | $4,943,028 | +3.6% |
| 1997 | $4,922,161 | -0.4% |
| 1998 | $4,708,019 | -4.4% |
| 1999 | $4,690,025 | -0.4% |
| 2000 | $5,209,420 | +11.1% |
| 2001 | $5,715,402 | +9.7% |
| 2002 | $6,021,108 | +5.3% |
| 2003 | $6,136,741 | +1.9% |
| 2004 | $6,297,098 | +2.6% |
| 2005 | $6,876,805 | +9.2% |
| 2006 | $7,214,554 | +4.9% |
| 2007 | $7,375,856 | +2.2% |
| 2008 | $7,551,077 | +2.4% |
| 2009 | $7,465,525 | -1.1% |
| 2010 | $8,414,047 | +12.7% |
| 2011 | $9,169,525 | +9.0% |
| 2012 | $9,516,478 | +3.8% |
| 2013 | $9,172,664 | -3.6% |
| 2014 | $8,796,192 | -4.1% |
| 2015 | $8,832,878 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | $9,525,048 | +7.8% |
| 2017 | $10,161,288 | +6.7% |
| 2018 | $10,625,685 | +4.6% |
| 2019 | $11,200,250 | +5.4% |
| 2020 | $11,472,237 | +2.4% |
| 2021 | $12,058,033 | +5.1% |
| 2022 | $12,572,913 | +4.3% |
| 2023 | $12,894,990 | +2.6% |
| 2024 | $16,230,926 | +25.9% |
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.