CRC Online Almanac

Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

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

Clare 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
Arthur Twp	$8.063	$0.227	2.8%	$10.970	$0.464	4.2%	$0.237	104.7%
Clare City	$33.281	$4.861	14.6%	$50.141	$7.659	15.3%	$2.798	57.6%
Franklin Twp	$9.506	$0.526	5.5%	$15.909	$0.766	4.8%	$0.240	45.7%
Freeman Twp	$13.553	$3.669	27.1%	$27.940	$3.284	11.8%	$ (0.385)	-10.5%
Frost Twp	$14.008	$1.280	9.1%	$23.608	$1.127	4.8%	$ (0.153)	-12.0%
Garfield Twp	$26.468	$1.749	6.6%	$47.598	$2.696	5.7%	$0.947	54.1%
Grant Twp	$26.418	$1.574	6.0%	$44.502	$2.824	6.3%	$1.249	79.4%
Greenwood Twp	$12.460	$1.204	9.7%	$23.053	$4.212	18.3%	$3.008	249.7%
Hamilton Twp	$21.825	$2.882	13.2%	$35.097	$2.851	8.1%	$ (0.031)	-1.1%
Harrison City	$18.389	$1.380	7.5%	$31.862	$3.097	9.7%	$1.718	124.5%
Hatton Twp	$8.935	$0.477	5.3%	$14.611	$1.355	9.3%	$0.878	184.0%
Hayes Twp	$37.250	$2.390	6.4%	$58.420	$3.700	6.3%	$1.310	54.8%
Lincoln Twp	$38.946	$16.441	42.2%	$62.170	$21.777	35.0%	$5.336	32.5%
Redding Twp	$6.070	$0.966	15.9%	$9.851	$2.426	24.6%	$1.460	151.1%
Sheridan Twp	$10.879	$0.559	5.1%	$16.046	$0.988	6.2%	$0.429	76.9%
Summerfield Twp	$7.602	$2.455	32.3%	$12.451	$3.942	31.7%	$1.487	60.6%
Surrey Twp	$33.304	$5.996	18.0%	$58.474	$9.977	17.1%	$3.981	66.4%
Winterfield Twp	$15.379	$9.578	62.3%	$24.894	$16.195	65.1%	$6.616	69.1%
Totals	$342.334	$58.213	17.0%	$567.597	$89.338	15.7%	$31.125	53.5%

9 municipalities increased their reliance on personal property, 9 decreased.