Wichita County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Wichita County levied $8,544,934 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $3,049,675. Over those 40 years the total grew 2.8 times over, an average of about 2.7% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was -0.7%.
"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 | $3,049,675 | n/a |
| 1986 | $3,211,363 | +5.3% |
| 1987 | $3,205,803 | -0.2% |
| 1988 | $3,262,459 | +1.8% |
| 1989 | $3,238,244 | -0.7% |
| 1990 | $3,355,355 | +3.6% |
| 1991 | $3,469,642 | +3.4% |
| 1992 | $2,712,275 | -21.8% |
| 1993 | $2,944,280 | +8.6% |
| 1994 | $3,344,768 | +13.6% |
| 1995 | $3,398,626 | +1.6% |
| 1996 | $3,156,467 | -7.1% |
| 1997 | $3,037,912 | -3.8% |
| 1998 | $2,847,517 | -6.3% |
| 1999 | $3,070,072 | +7.8% |
| 2000 | $3,571,622 | +16.3% |
| 2001 | $3,980,147 | +11.4% |
| 2002 | $4,387,602 | +10.2% |
| 2003 | $4,454,038 | +1.5% |
| 2004 | $4,537,479 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | $4,609,583 | +1.6% |
| 2006 | $5,028,622 | +9.1% |
| 2007 | $4,812,143 | -4.3% |
| 2008 | $4,642,438 | -3.5% |
| 2009 | $4,810,564 | +3.6% |
| 2010 | $4,365,485 | -9.3% |
| 2011 | $4,828,041 | +10.6% |
| 2012 | $5,006,428 | +3.7% |
| 2013 | $5,824,210 | +16.3% |
| 2014 | $6,459,015 | +10.9% |
| 2015 | $6,678,031 | +3.4% |
| 2016 | $7,431,360 | +11.3% |
| 2017 | $7,776,835 | +4.6% |
| 2018 | $8,038,628 | +3.4% |
| 2019 | $8,122,919 | +1.0% |
| 2020 | $8,050,215 | -0.9% |
| 2021 | $8,031,876 | -0.2% |
| 2022 | $8,584,528 | +6.9% |
| 2023 | $8,606,881 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | $8,544,934 | -0.7% |
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.