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Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

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

Kalkaska 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
Bear Lake Twp	$19.049	$2.132	11.2%	$35.895	$6.835	19.0%	$4.703	220.6%
Blue Lake Twp	$31.407	$16.756	53.4%	$77.050	$51.162	66.4%	$34.406	205.3%
Boardman Twp	$12.062	$2.879	23.9%	$16.843	$2.450	14.5%	$ (0.429)	-14.9%
Clearwater Twp	$28.117	$0.932	3.3%	$55.863	$1.654	3.0%	$0.722	77.5%
Coldsprings Twp	$29.433	$9.255	31.4%	$41.036	$6.443	15.7%	$ (2.811)	-30.4%
Excelsior Twp	$21.729	$12.169	56.0%	$24.568	$9.580	39.0%	$ (2.589)	-21.3%
Garfield Twp	$14.743	$1.766	12.0%	$24.388	$5.921	24.3%	$4.155	235.2%
Kalkaska Twp	$67.311	$21.772	32.3%	$112.646	$37.718	33.5%	$15.945	73.2%
Oliver Twp	$4.837	$0.142	2.9%	$6.672	$0.206	3.1%	$0.064	44.9%
Orange Twp	$10.160	$0.740	7.3%	$15.248	$1.372	9.0%	$0.632	85.4%
Rapid River Twp	$21.869	$12.711	58.1%	$24.981	$9.659	38.7%	$ (3.052)	-24.0%
Springfield Twp	$12.797	$1.179	9.2%	$19.956	$1.110	5.6%	$ (0.069)	-5.8%
Totals	$273.513	$82.433	30.1%	$455.147	$134.110	29.5%	$51.678	62.7%

6 municipalities increased their reliance on personal property, 6 decreased.