CRC Online Almanac

Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

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

Ionia 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
Belding City	$45.761	$12.173	26.6%	$77.899	$12.534	16.1%	$0.360	3.0%
Berlin Twp	$25.280	$1.640	6.5%	$50.848	$3.021	5.9%	$1.381	84.2%
Boston Twp	$36.186	$1.733	4.8%	$88.798	$4.163	4.7%	$2.430	140.2%
Campbell Twp	$17.284	$0.531	3.1%	$40.560	$1.103	2.7%	$0.572	107.9%
Danby Twp	$22.225	$0.662	3.0%	$47.992	$1.492	3.1%	$0.831	125.5%
Easton Twp	$18.824	$1.352	7.2%	$41.016	$2.677	6.5%	$1.326	98.1%
Ionia City	$44.516	$7.657	17.2%	$93.189	$17.186	18.4%	$9.530	124.5%
Ionia Twp	$25.050	$1.493	6.0%	$53.992	$3.291	6.1%	$1.798	120.5%
Keene Twp	$12.295	$0.623	5.1%	$30.832	$0.991	3.2%	$0.368	59.1%
Lyons Twp	$24.138	$1.386	5.7%	$54.141	$2.543	4.7%	$1.157	83.5%
North Plains Charter Twp	$10.477	$0.424	4.1%	$22.236	$0.683	3.1%	$0.259	61.0%
Odessa Twp	$35.113	$2.714	7.7%	$71.380	$6.000	8.4%	$3.286	121.0%
Orange Twp	$15.219	$0.638	4.2%	$30.354	$1.464	4.8%	$0.826	129.6%
Orleans Twp	$18.865	$0.589	3.1%	$44.177	$1.725	3.9%	$1.136	192.7%
Otisco Twp	$18.132	$2.089	11.5%	$47.994	$4.265	8.9%	$2.176	104.2%
Portland City	$31.375	$2.403	7.7%	$62.512	$4.092	6.5%	$1.689	70.3%
Portland Twp	$26.915	$3.617	13.4%	$56.490	$5.425	9.6%	$1.808	50.0%
Ronald Twp	$11.746	$0.499	4.2%	$27.357	$0.860	3.1%	$0.361	72.5%
Sebewa Twp	$13.354	$0.278	2.1%	$25.207	$0.688	2.7%	$0.410	147.5%
Totals	$452.754	$42.500	9.4%	$966.975	$74.204	7.7%	$31.704	74.6%

7 municipalities increased their reliance on personal property, 12 decreased.