Property Tax Statistics 1998

Table 12

Impact of Senior Citizen Property Tax Relief on Levies Due in 1998
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           Total             *Component 1:  Frozen Value               Component 2:  Exempt Property      Total Levy Relief:
           Part-        Value Untaxed due      Tax Savings from     Tax Savings on     Tax Savings on     Regular, Excess,
County     icipants     to the Value Freeze    the Value Freeze     Regular Levies     Excess  Levies    & from Value Freeze 
									
Adams          407        $4,640,636              $42,928              $60,448           $83,116                $143,564 
Asotin       1,021        11,011,895              165,390              275,124           457,271                 897,785 
Benton       2,273         6,523,120              103,861              375,388           778,581               1,257,830 
Chelan       2,001        34,534,374              470,305              335,274           574,710               1,380,289 
Clallam      2,842         6,054,599               67,720              446,716           546,378               1,060,814 
										
Clark          219           465,310                6,021               31,346            27,889                  65,256 
Columbia     7,100        60,196,112              817,556            1,416,589         2,436,604               3,254,160 
Cowlitz      3,619        25,579,060              300,851              521,219           776,913               1,598,982 
Douglas        991         6,391,300               88,100              169,328           303,872                 561,822 
Ferry          324         1,155,810               10,694               54,156            34,792                  99,641 
										
Franklin       836         2,008,875               30,881               79,250           277,509                 387,640 
Garfield       110           669,192               11,305               13,174            27,024                  51,502 
Grant        2,931        12,125,989              181,886              584,984           508,182               1,275,052 
Grays Harbor 3,406        45,496,308              601,254              546,994           470,562               1,792,827 
Island       1,888                NA              410,572              345,793           470,562               1,226,926 
										
Jefferson    1,107         7,803,525               89,741              213,502           319,137                 622,380 
King        24,948       252,151,568            3,382,088            6,149,431        12,826,324              22,357,843 
Kitsap       4,258         9,457,418              125,573            1,080,073         1,404,927               2,817,567 
Kittitas       828                NA              102,195              128,585           157,152                 387,932 
Klickitat      606                NA                   NA               49,340            91,289                 140,628 
										
Lewis        2,820                NA                   NA              428,260           439,209                 867,469 
Lincoln        472           690,070               10,283               49,786            88,590                 148,659 
Mason        2,150        15,903,098              191,976              452,271         1,342,376               1,986,623 
Okanogan     1,790        18,695,183              252,613              208,712           274,703                 736,028 
Pacific      1,604        15,894,435                   NA              278,079           152,412                 519,091 
										
Pend Oreille   665         2,821,905               36,057                  362           65,363                  101,782 
Pierce      15,148       128,397,506                   NA            2,777,215        7,817,978               10,595,193 
San Juan       267         3,110,646               25,200               23,571           60,308                  109,079 
Skagit       3,069        19,173,760              248,043              549,652        1,188,489                1,986,184 
Skamania       288         2,304,400               22,346               53,159           13,193                   88,698 
										
Snohomish   10,938        53,632,223              720,561            2,413,339        5,397,844                8,531,743 
Spokane     11,187        68,016,480              960,527              838,048        6,345,191                8,143,766 
Stevens      1,482        26,006,867              284,047              212,767          138,262                  635,076 
Thurston     4,897        27,965,285              352,884              788,379        1,952,027                3,093,290 
Wahkiakum      139         1,684,500               18,946               15,475           30,641                   65,063 
										
Walla Walla  1,781        13,107,400              183,373              264,446          419,157                  866,976 
Whatcom      4,120        27,177,205                   NA              723,289        1,271,529                1,994,818 
Whitman        695         5,948,360               84,965               98,649          168,042                  351,656 
Yakima       6,697       129,519,931            1,442,056              740,122        1,255,034                3,447,212 
										
  TOTAL    131,924    $1,046,314,345          $10,918,095          $23,624,296      $50,468,031              $80,614,685 

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* The value prior to the freeze minus the frozen value is the untaxed value; multiplying by the rate yields component 1 tax savings.

NA = not available at the current time. Some values are estimated from the data given.