Property Tax Statistics 1998

Table 18

 Comparison of Effective Property Tax Rates* for 
Taxes Due in 1991-1998
County
 
1991 
1992 
1993 
1994 
1995 
1996 
1997 
1998 
                   
Adams
 
1.41%
1.32%
1.34%
1.36%
1.40%
1.37%
1.36%
1.30% 
Asotin
 
1.31 
1.32 
1.41 
1.34 
1.24
1.15 
1.17 
1.19 
Benton
 
1.43 
1.32 
1.34 
1.32 
1.62 
1.24 
1.33 
1.38 
Chelan
 
1.31 
1.30 
1.22 
1.22 
1.17 
1.13 
1.09 
1.11 
Clallam
 
1.06 
0.97 
0.97 
0.97 
1.05 
1.06 
1.10 
1.13 
                   
Clark
 
1.36 
1.25 
1.26 
1.30 
1.34 
1.34 
1.36 
1.28 
Columbia
 
1.38 
1.29 
1.38 
1.39 
1.41
1.21 
1.23 
1.16 
Cowlitz
 
1.10 
1.07 
1.11 
1.10 
1.08 
1.05 
1.10 
1.06 
Douglas
 
1.38 
1.29 
1.35 
1.32 
1.23 
1.22 
1.29 
1.23 
Ferry
 
0.85 
1.00 
0.87 
0.93 
1.04 
0.99 
1.07 
1.00 
                   
Franklin
 
1.50 
1.50
1.45 
1.49 
1.38 
1.34 
1.38
1.38 
Garfield
 
1.66
1.31 
1.39 
1.53 
 1.31 
1.30
1.37
1.59 
Grant
 
1.33 
1.27 
1.18 
1.26 
1.23 
1.16 
1.27 
1.29 
Grays Harbor
 
1.39 
1.25 
1.32 
1.26 
1.26 
1.22 
1.17 
1.14 
Island
 
0.93 
0.87 
0.89 
0.88 
0.92 
0.92 
0.99 
0.98 
                   
Jefferson
 
1.07 
0.95 
1.00 
1.07 
1.07 
1.04 
1.08 
1.12 
King
 
1.12 
1.06 
1.13 
1.17 
1.22 
1.23 
1.27 
1.18 
Kitsap
 
1.19 
1.10 
1.21 
1.22 
1.08 
1.25 
1.31 
1.26 
Kittitas
 
1.20 
1.10 
1.07 
1.01 
0.98 
0.96 
0.98 
0.87 
Klickitat
 
1.25 
1.18 
1.10 
1.15 
1.05 
0.98 
1.00 
1.05 
                   
Lewis
 
1.22 
1.13 
1.15 
1.13 
1.08 
1.04 
1.06 
1.08 
Lincoln
 
1.42 
1.36 
1.44 
1.43 
1.36 
1.33 
1.34 
1.28 
Mason
 
1.21 
1.10 
1.12 
1.06 
1.01 
1.00 
1.04 
1.04 
Okanogan
 
1.23 
1.21 
1.22 
1.29 
1.17 
1.14 
1.12 
1.07 
Pacific
 
1.26 
1.22 
1.09 
1.00 
1.01 
0.95 
1.03 
1.07 
                   
Pend Oreille
 
0.93 
0.94 
0.95 
1.09 
0.96 
0.93 
0.94 
0.96 
Pierce
 
1.53 
1.41 
1.46 
1.42 
1.43 
1.38 
1.44 
1.47 
San Juan
 
0.85 
0.71 
0.70 
0.73 
0.77 
0.73 
0.76 
0.76 
Skagit
 
1.15 
1.07 
1.07 
1.04 
1.13 
1.15 
1.20 
1.21 
Skamania
 
0.98 
0.98 
0.92 
0.93 
0.96 
0.93 
0.93 
0.87 
                   
Snohomish
 
1.15 
1.04 
1.15 
1.17 
1.19 
1.21 
1.24 
1.23 
Spokane
 
1.48 
1.37 
1.32 
1.32 
1.34 
1.33 
1.37 
1.30 
Stevens
 
1.10 
1.07 
1.09 
1.02 
0.92 
0.93 
0.99 
1.05 
Thurston
 
1.45 
1.41 
1.38 
1.38 
1.25 
1.29 
1.36 
1.38 
Wahkiakum
 
1.03 
0.97 
1.00 
1.00 
0.98 
0.93 
0.93 
0.90 
                   
Walla Walla
 
1.33 
1.25 
1.30 
1.37 
1.36 
1.28 
1.29 
1.31 
Whatcom
 
1.10 
0.92 
1.00 
1.04 
1.06 
1.07 
1.12 
1.14 
Whitman
 
1.35 
1.29 
1.36 
1.32 
1.24 
1.20 
1.28 
1.26 
Yakima
 
1.29 
1.17 
1.18 
1.12 
1.22 
1.16 
1.17 
1.21 
                   
TOTAL
 
1.21%
1.12%
1.18%
1.20%
1.22%
1.19%
1.26%
1.22%
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*Effective property tax rates express taxes as a percent of current market value rather than current assessed value.

This rate is calculated by dividing the total amount of taxes due by the total full market or actual value.