CRC Online Almanac

Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

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

Lake 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
Chase Twp	$9.443	$0.468	5.0%	$14.898	$0.871	5.8%	$0.403	86.2%
Cherry Valley Twp	$4.796	$0.258	5.4%	$6.658	$0.274	4.1%	$0.017	6.4%
Dover Twp	$4.887	$0.271	5.5%	$6.579	$0.741	11.3%	$0.470	173.3%
Eden Twp	$5.928	$0.180	3.0%	$10.050	$0.295	2.9%	$0.116	64.3%
Elk Twp	$17.004	$0.450	2.6%	$31.769	$0.754	2.4%	$0.304	67.5%
Ellsworth Twp	$8.570	$0.325	3.8%	$12.455	$0.528	4.2%	$0.203	62.4%
Lake Twp	$25.492	$0.398	1.6%	$45.719	$0.998	2.2%	$0.600	150.6%
Newkirk Twp	$8.957	$0.247	2.8%	$12.141	$0.407	3.4%	$0.160	64.7%
Peacock Twp	$10.915	$0.341	3.1%	$15.256	$0.518	3.4%	$0.177	52.0%
Pinora Twp	$7.502	$1.192	15.9%	$9.319	$0.972	10.4%	$ (0.221)	-18.5%
Pleasant Plains Twp	$22.648	$1.184	5.2%	$34.796	$1.901	5.5%	$0.717	60.5%
Sauble Twp	$8.723	$0.173	2.0%	$12.573	$0.237	1.9%	$0.063	36.7%
Sweetwater Twp	$5.461	$0.742	13.6%	$6.602	$0.733	11.1%	$ (0.009)	-1.2%
Webber Twp	$12.727	$1.110	8.7%	$19.355	$1.483	7.7%	$0.373	33.6%
Yates Twp	$10.923	$0.375	3.4%	$15.110	$0.666	4.4%	$0.290	77.3%
Totals	$163.977	$7.716	4.7%	$253.278	$11.379	4.5%	$3.663	47.5%

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