Property Tax Statistics 1998

Table 8

Property Taxes by Fund, According to Tax Year Due 1994-1998
1994                        1995*                         1996*                          1997        	          1998           1997 to 1998 Comparison
                       Amount      Percent       Amount        Percent         Amount      Percent           Amount      Percent         Amount       Percent     Difference    Percent	
CATEGORY               ($000)                    ($000)                        ($000)                        ($000)                      ($000)                    ($000)       Change   
															
TOTAL               $3,718,653     100.0%      $4,010,103     100.0%        $4,293,010     100.0%         $4,570,988      100.0%       $4,722,586      100.0%      $151,599      3.3%
															
SCHOOLS              2,095,900      56.4        2,253,126      56.2          2,432,250      56.7           2,604,374       57.0         2,696,536       57.1         92,162      3.5
 State (Regular)       981,114      26.4        1,065,857      26.6          1,099,338      25.6           1,189,419       26.0         1,238,424       26.2         49,004      4.1 
 Local (Special)     1,114,786      30.0        1,187,270      29.6          1,332,911      31.0           1,414,955       31.0         1,458,112       30.9         43,158      3.1 
   Maint. & Oper       705,827      19.0          728,987      18.2            804,345      18.7             856,613       18.7           828,546       17.5        (28,067)    (3.3)
   Cap./Trans. Project  46,384       1.2           57,920       1.4            109,119       2.5             119,155        2.6           131,863        2.8         12,708     10.7 
   Bonds               362,576       9.8          400,363      10.0            419,447       9.8             439,187        9.6           497,704       10.5         58,517     13.3 
 
														 	
COUNTY                 731,015      19.7         788,654       19.7            819,822      19.1             848,889       18.6           871,955       18.5         23,066      2.7 
 Current Expense (Reg.)420,671      11.3         455,646*      11.4            471,824*     11.0             461,294       10.1           496,509       10.5         35,215      7.6
 Other County Regular   37,924       1.0          42,354*       1.1             52,428*      1.2              89,727        2.0            68,879        1.5        (20,848)   (23.2)
 Road District (Reg.)  215,241       5.8         233,504        5.8            242,528       5.6             254,308        5.6           263,247        5.6          8,939      3.5
 Diverted Road Funds     2,977       0.1           3,592        0.1              3,695       0.1               2,911        0.1             4,310        0.1          1,400     48.1
 County Special         54,202       1.5          53,558        1.3             49,347       1.1              40,649        0.9            39,009        0.8         (1,640)    (4.0)
		 												 	
CITIES AND TOWNS       470,309      12.6         503,424       12.6            549,395      12.8             588,632       12.9           631,522       13.4         42,890      7.3 
 Regular Levies        426,707      11.5         449,068       11.2            495,381      11.5             531,332       11.6           584,350       12.4         53,017     10.0 
 Special Levies         43,602       1.2          54,356        1.4             54,013       1.3              57,299        1.3            47,172        1.0        (10,127)   (17.7)
		 												 	
DISTRICTS              421,429      11.3         464,899       11.6            491,544      11.4             529,093       11.6           522,573       11.1         (6,520)    (1.2)
 Total Regular         369,792       9.9         408,324       10.2            436,889      10.2             471,755       10.3           466,586        9.9         (5,169)    (1.1)
 Total Special          51,637       1.4          56,574        1.4             54,655       1.3              57,338        1.3            55,987        1.2         (1,350)    (2.4)
  Port General (Regular)60,045       1.6          48,453        1.2             53,031       1.2              55,334        1.2            58,166        1.2          2,833      5.1 
  Port Ind Dev/Bonds(Reg)9,108       0.2          23,378        0.6             24,438       0.6              24,447        0.5            23,709        0.5           (738)    (3.0)
  Port Special               0       0.0             163        0.0                121       0.0                 133        0.0               144        0.0             11      0.0 
  Fire Protection Reg. 142,535       3.8         156,771        3.9            169,842       4.0             183,362        4.0           191,604        4.1          8,241      4.5 
  Fire Protection Sp.   17,140       0.5          20,110        0.5             17,918       0.4              19,622        0.4            20,984        0.4          1,363      6.9 
  Library Regular       78,468       2.1          88,705        2.2             93,485       2.2             103,249        2.3           112,953        2.4          9,704      9.4
  Library Special       10,873       0.3          11,846        0.3             11,194       0.3               9,312        0.2             8,354        0.2           (958)   (10.3)
  Hospital Regular      14,636       0.4          16,700        0.4             18,195       0.4              20,365        0.4            22,986        0.5          2,622     12.9 
  Hospital Special      15,411       0.4          14,174        0.4             14,022       0.3              14,190        0.3            14,657        0.3            467      3.3 
  Emergency Medical Reg.57,023       1.5          65,522        1.6             67,858       1.6              74,603        1.6            46,153        1.0        (28,451)   (38.1)
  Emergency Medical Sp.    153       0.0             157        0.0              3,217       0.1               3,414        0.1             3,914        0.1            501     14.7 
  Parks Regular          6,479       0.2           6,993        0.2              8,235       0.2               8,414        0.2             8,875        0.2            462      5.5
  Parks Special          6,267       0.2           8,048        0.2              5,925       0.1               8,220        0.2             5,424        0.1         (2,796)   (34.0)
  Other Regular          1,497       0.0           1,803        0.0              1,804       0.0               1,982        0.0             2,139        0.0            158      8.0 
  Other Special          1,794       0.0           2,076        0.1              2,259       0.1               2,448        0.1             2,510        0.1             62      2.5 

* Data for 1995 and 1996 reflect corrections for the split between County Current Expense (Regular) and Other County Regular.