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Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

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

Dickinson 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
Breen Twp	$6.063	$0.666	11.0%	$9.661	$2.541	26.3%	$1.876	281.7%
Breitung Charter Twp	$70.434	$8.208	11.7%	$147.997	$40.447	27.3%	$32.238	392.8%
Felch Twp	$9.508	$2.538	26.7%	$15.395	$4.954	32.2%	$2.416	95.2%
Iron Mountain City	$88.473	$8.578	9.7%	$146.060	$20.625	14.1%	$12.047	140.4%
Kingsford City	$64.249	$9.924	15.4%	$91.352	$13.243	14.5%	$3.320	33.5%
Norway City	$25.621	$2.547	9.9%	$36.828	$4.055	11.0%	$1.509	59.2%
Norway Twp	$15.994	$1.250	7.8%	$28.620	$2.539	8.9%	$1.289	103.2%
Sagola Twp	$14.942	$2.307	15.4%	$29.551	$8.744	29.6%	$6.438	279.1%
Waucedah Twp	$12.704	$0.644	5.1%	$19.871	$1.868	9.4%	$1.224	190.2%
West Branch Twp	$3.372	$1.250	37.1%	$6.594	$3.752	56.9%	$2.501	200.0%
Totals	$311.362	$37.911	12.2%	$531.929	$102.768	19.3%	$64.857	171.1%

9 municipalities increased their reliance on personal property, 1 decreased.