Shawnee County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
This county has a Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition Facebook group going, but no local chapter lead yet. If you live here and want to step up, we'll help you get started.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2056404618637147
Property Tax History
In 2024, Shawnee County levied $336,483,965 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $75,997,016. Over those 40 years the total grew 4.4 times over, an average of about 3.9% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +3.8%.
"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 | $75,997,016 | n/a |
| 1986 | $83,971,718 | +10.5% |
| 1987 | $95,610,304 | +13.9% |
| 1988 | $100,788,590 | +5.4% |
| 1989 | $113,189,136 | +12.3% |
| 1990 | $118,393,312 | +4.6% |
| 1991 | $135,518,658 | +14.5% |
| 1992 | $104,575,891 | -22.8% |
| 1993 | $109,623,559 | +4.8% |
| 1994 | $121,879,148 | +11.2% |
| 1995 | $130,580,526 | +7.1% |
| 1996 | $133,412,835 | +2.2% |
| 1997 | $132,109,859 | -1.0% |
| 1998 | $131,461,524 | -0.5% |
| 1999 | $131,598,855 | +0.1% |
| 2000 | $141,493,762 | +7.5% |
| 2001 | $159,247,906 | +12.5% |
| 2002 | $162,528,363 | +2.1% |
| 2003 | $171,047,328 | +5.2% |
| 2004 | $185,504,706 | +8.5% |
| 2005 | $190,842,556 | +2.9% |
| 2006 | $199,426,922 | +4.5% |
| 2007 | $205,067,958 | +2.8% |
| 2008 | $205,519,806 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | $204,619,456 | -0.4% |
| 2010 | $203,375,571 | -0.6% |
| 2011 | $211,544,876 | +4.0% |
| 2012 | $216,580,206 | +2.4% |
| 2013 | $234,612,455 | +8.3% |
| 2014 | $231,577,724 | -1.3% |
| 2015 | $238,048,140 | +2.8% |
| 2016 | $239,946,703 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | $244,263,124 | +1.8% |
| 2018 | $252,434,961 | +3.3% |
| 2019 | $259,038,332 | +2.6% |
| 2020 | $264,863,330 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | $280,304,782 | +5.8% |
| 2022 | $302,260,854 | +7.8% |
| 2023 | $324,212,661 | +7.3% |
| 2024 | $336,483,965 | +3.8% |
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.