CRC Online Almanac

Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

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

Hillsdale 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
Adams Twp	$20.959	$1.778	8.5%	$35.460	$3.685	10.4%	$1.907	107.2%
Allen Twp	$17.271	$1.640	9.5%	$30.090	$2.791	9.3%	$1.151	70.2%
Amboy Twp	$10.991	$0.260	2.4%	$27.612	$0.703	2.5%	$0.444	170.9%
Cambria Twp	$27.265	$0.487	1.8%	$46.075	$1.020	2.2%	$0.533	109.5%
Camden Twp	$14.982	$0.678	4.5%	$29.149	$1.404	4.8%	$0.726	107.1%
Fayette Twp	$37.414	$5.938	15.9%	$67.974	$13.903	20.5%	$7.965	134.1%
Hillsdale City	$70.503	$14.794	21.0%	$124.900	$26.539	21.2%	$11.745	79.4%
Hillsdale Twp	$19.260	$0.509	2.6%	$37.224	$1.426	3.8%	$0.917	180.1%
Jefferson Twp	$25.633	$0.973	3.8%	$44.518	$2.016	4.5%	$1.043	107.2%
Litchfield City	$17.345	$6.430	37.1%	$30.421	$13.880	45.6%	$7.449	115.8%
Litchfield Twp	$11.927	$0.922	7.7%	$18.563	$2.660	14.3%	$1.737	188.4%
Moscow Twp	$17.874	$3.880	21.7%	$24.186	$2.147	8.9%	$ (1.733)	-44.7%
Pittsford Twp	$15.577	$0.618	4.0%	$26.978	$2.165	8.0%	$1.547	250.5%
Ransom Twp	$8.474	$0.425	5.0%	$13.426	$0.637	4.7%	$0.213	50.0%
Reading City	$6.494	$0.992	15.3%	$10.412	$2.560	24.6%	$1.568	158.0%
Reading Twp	$21.968	$0.405	1.8%	$43.075	$0.945	2.2%	$0.540	133.3%
Scipio Twp	$13.256	$1.396	10.5%	$23.855	$2.321	9.7%	$0.924	66.2%
Somerset Twp	$45.638	$1.249	2.7%	$106.626	$3.398	3.2%	$2.150	172.2%
Wheatland Twp	$12.152	$0.369	3.0%	$19.549	$0.678	3.5%	$0.308	83.5%
Woodbridge Twp	$11.269	$0.221	2.0%	$17.320	$0.481	2.8%	$0.260	117.6%
Wright Twp	$19.003	$0.596	3.1%	$27.736	$1.105	4.0%	$0.510	85.6%
Totals	$445.256	$44.560	10.0%	$805.150	$86.463	10.7%	$41.903	94.0%

17 municipalities increased their reliance on personal property, 4 decreased.