CRC Online Almanac

Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

(1988 State Equalized Value and 1998 Taxable Value in millions of dollars)

Bay County	--------------1988--------------			--------------1998--------------			Personal Property 1988-1998
Municipalities	Total Property	Personal Property	Ratio of Personal to Total Property	Total Property	Personal Property	Ratio of Personal to Total Property	Dollar Change	Percent Change
Auburn City	$18.367	$1.592	8.7%	$32.026	$1.736	5.4%	$0.144	9.0%
Bangor Charter Twp	$182.973	$20.095	11.0%	$332.902	$42.503	12.8%	$22.408	111.5%
Bay City	$286.216	$36.926	12.9%	$453.168	$68.926	15.2%	$32.000	86.7%
Beaver Twp	$25.731	$1.235	4.8%	$42.019	$1.595	3.8%	$0.360	29.1%
Essexville City	$41.093	$2.866	7.0%	$64.185	$3.441	5.4%	$0.574	20.0%
Frankenlust Twp	$43.171	$2.777	6.4%	$72.902	$4.595	6.3%	$1.819	65.5%
Fraser Twp	$35.412	$2.309	6.5%	$57.775	$4.199	7.3%	$1.890	81.9%
Garfield Twp	$15.242	$0.653	4.3%	$23.782	$1.167	4.9%	$0.514	78.8%
Gibson Twp	$11.221	$0.658	5.9%	$16.210	$2.052	12.7%	$1.394	211.9%
Hampton Charter Twp	$338.105	$18.395	5.4%	$365.305	$19.429	5.3%	$1.033	5.6%
Kawkawlin Twp	$51.440	$3.838	7.5%	$88.639	$5.677	6.4%	$1.839	47.9%
Merritt Twp	$25.106	$1.922	7.7%	$35.263	$2.379	6.7%	$0.456	23.7%
Midland City	$3.732	$0.350	9.4%	$4.226	$0.522	12.4%	$0.172	49.1%
Monitor Charter Twp	$111.896	$11.324	10.1%	$209.932	$30.185	14.4%	$18.861	166.6%
Mt. Forest Twp	$12.465	$0.723	5.8%	$20.247	$1.139	5.6%	$0.416	57.5%
Pinconning City	$13.753	$1.995	14.5%	$20.790	$3.911	18.8%	$1.916	96.1%
Pinconning Twp	$26.634	$1.543	5.8%	$40.947	$3.092	7.5%	$1.549	100.4%
Portsmouth Charter Twp	$37.334	$2.444	6.5%	$58.855	$3.666	6.2%	$1.221	50.0%
Williams Charter Twp	$62.527	$15.209	24.3%	$103.965	$19.970	19.2%	$4.762	31.3%
Totals	$1,342.417	$126.854	9.4%	$2,043.139	$220.183	10.8%	$93.330	73.6%

8 municipalities increased their reliance on personal property, 11 decreased.