CRC Online Almanac

Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

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

Branch 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
Algansee Twp	$20.866	$0.380	1.8%	$37.431	$0.746	2.0%	$0.365	96.1%
Batavia Twp	$15.066	$1.452	9.6%	$21.638	$1.702	7.9%	$0.250	17.2%
Bethel Twp	$11.013	$0.542	4.9%	$19.606	$1.161	5.9%	$0.619	114.3%
Bronson City	$16.643	$4.428	26.6%	$24.811	$5.580	22.5%	$1.152	26.0%
Bronson Twp	$13.696	$0.764	5.6%	$21.854	$1.800	8.2%	$1.036	135.7%
Butler Twp	$10.781	$1.181	11.0%	$19.313	$1.531	7.9%	$0.350	29.6%
California Twp	$5.964	$0.118	2.0%	$11.193	$0.531	4.7%	$0.413	350.6%
Coldwater City	$87.380	$15.939	18.2%	$155.642	$33.802	21.7%	$17.863	112.1%
Coldwater Twp	$34.498	$2.583	7.5%	$65.186	$5.841	9.0%	$3.258	126.1%
Gilead Twp	$7.988	$0.197	2.5%	$13.589	$0.305	2.2%	$0.108	55.0%
Girard Twp	$19.949	$1.953	9.8%	$35.244	$2.950	8.4%	$0.997	51.1%
Kinderhook Twp	$22.664	$0.520	2.3%	$51.134	$1.890	3.7%	$1.369	263.1%
Matteson Twp	$13.271	$1.351	10.2%	$20.452	$1.285	6.3%	$ (0.067)	-4.9%
Noble Twp	$5.603	$0.129	2.3%	$9.115	$0.244	2.7%	$0.115	89.7%
Ovid Twp	$37.960	$0.839	2.2%	$75.315	$2.250	3.0%	$1.411	168.1%
Quincy Twp	$38.061	$4.417	11.6%	$62.127	$7.143	11.5%	$2.726	61.7%
Sherwood Twp	$17.551	$0.609	3.5%	$28.485	$1.396	4.9%	$0.787	129.2%
Union Twp	$21.208	$1.217	5.7%	$32.635	$1.849	5.7%	$0.632	51.9%
Totals	$400.163	$38.619	9.7%	$704.770	$72.004	10.2%	$33.386	86.4%

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