Russell County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Russell County levied $18,536,164 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $8,115,473. Over those 40 years the total grew 2.3 times over, an average of about 2.1% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was -0.5%.
"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 | $8,115,473 | n/a |
| 1986 | $8,528,445 | +5.1% |
| 1987 | $7,819,845 | -8.3% |
| 1988 | $6,956,080 | -11.0% |
| 1989 | $7,057,581 | +1.5% |
| 1990 | $6,762,237 | -4.2% |
| 1991 | $8,169,697 | +20.8% |
| 1992 | $6,938,959 | -15.1% |
| 1993 | $6,933,658 | -0.1% |
| 1994 | $6,624,867 | -4.5% |
| 1995 | $7,052,476 | +6.5% |
| 1996 | $7,281,051 | +3.2% |
| 1997 | $7,651,423 | +5.1% |
| 1998 | $6,795,930 | -11.2% |
| 1999 | $6,467,493 | -4.8% |
| 2000 | $7,299,872 | +12.9% |
| 2001 | $7,732,514 | +5.9% |
| 2002 | $8,429,994 | +9.0% |
| 2003 | $9,091,826 | +7.9% |
| 2004 | $10,851,697 | +19.4% |
| 2005 | $11,889,205 | +9.6% |
| 2006 | $13,399,441 | +12.7% |
| 2007 | $13,795,846 | +3.0% |
| 2008 | $15,366,556 | +11.4% |
| 2009 | $14,715,708 | -4.2% |
| 2010 | $15,658,841 | +6.4% |
| 2011 | $17,190,595 | +9.8% |
| 2012 | $17,701,116 | +3.0% |
| 2013 | $18,280,856 | +3.3% |
| 2014 | $18,292,968 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | $14,950,030 | -18.3% |
| 2016 | $15,330,730 | +2.5% |
| 2017 | $16,550,143 | +8.0% |
| 2018 | $16,610,499 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | $16,909,916 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | $15,462,732 | -8.6% |
| 2021 | $15,755,608 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | $17,863,688 | +13.4% |
| 2023 | $18,625,686 | +4.3% |
| 2024 | $18,536,164 | -0.5% |
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.