Sedgwick County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
Chapter Lead: Jim Hodges
Email: info@thekansaspropertytaxfreedomcoalition.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1667840767817378
Property Tax History
In 2024, Sedgwick County levied $816,487,885 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $167,329,725. Over those 40 years the total grew 4.9 times over, an average of about 4.1% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +6.1%.
"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 | $167,329,725 | n/a |
| 1986 | $180,292,562 | +7.7% |
| 1987 | $199,007,006 | +10.4% |
| 1988 | $215,169,621 | +8.1% |
| 1989 | $223,590,184 | +3.9% |
| 1990 | $246,597,577 | +10.3% |
| 1991 | $282,697,239 | +14.6% |
| 1992 | $213,214,833 | -24.6% |
| 1993 | $222,709,336 | +4.5% |
| 1994 | $232,102,339 | +4.2% |
| 1995 | $242,211,577 | +4.4% |
| 1996 | $248,216,568 | +2.5% |
| 1997 | $243,969,840 | -1.7% |
| 1998 | $244,267,262 | +0.1% |
| 1999 | $260,796,757 | +6.8% |
| 2000 | $302,886,096 | +16.1% |
| 2001 | $337,495,481 | +11.4% |
| 2002 | $345,530,080 | +2.4% |
| 2003 | $370,794,859 | +7.3% |
| 2004 | $388,942,334 | +4.9% |
| 2005 | $410,558,235 | +5.6% |
| 2006 | $445,975,394 | +8.6% |
| 2007 | $479,771,822 | +7.6% |
| 2008 | $504,289,366 | +5.1% |
| 2009 | $517,143,044 | +2.5% |
| 2010 | $521,357,140 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | $526,203,574 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | $524,448,010 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | $529,248,452 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | $523,885,041 | -1.0% |
| 2015 | $541,538,424 | +3.4% |
| 2016 | $546,648,750 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | $566,689,930 | +3.7% |
| 2018 | $590,893,267 | +4.3% |
| 2019 | $616,993,080 | +4.4% |
| 2020 | $645,012,025 | +4.5% |
| 2021 | $666,918,135 | +3.4% |
| 2022 | $707,583,324 | +6.1% |
| 2023 | $769,748,196 | +8.8% |
| 2024 | $816,487,885 | +6.1% |
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.