CRC Online Almanac

Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

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

Manistee 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
Arcadia Twp	$12.723	$0.296	2.3%	$25.493	$0.717	2.8%	$0.421	142.3%
Bear Lake Twp	$25.631	$7.634	29.8%	$36.977	$8.331	22.5%	$0.698	9.1%
Brown Twp	$13.030	$5.218	40.0%	$14.753	$2.805	19.0%	$ (2.413)	-46.2%
Cleon Twp	$14.078	$5.876	41.7%	$15.144	$3.888	25.7%	$ (1.988)	-33.8%
Dickson Twp	$15.497	$0.545	3.5%	$22.661	$1.512	6.7%	$0.967	177.2%
Filer Twp	$40.997	$14.144	34.5%	$97.926	$18.220	18.6%	$4.075	28.8%
Manistee City	$62.325	$9.828	15.8%	$112.633	$16.436	14.6%	$6.608	67.2%
Manistee Twp	$39.046	$8.648	22.1%	$61.453	$10.950	17.8%	$2.302	26.6%
Maple Grove Twp	$17.062	$4.717	27.6%	$19.841	$3.920	19.8%	$ (0.797)	-16.9%
Marilla Twp	$5.176	$0.353	6.8%	$7.163	$0.530	7.4%	$0.176	49.9%
Norman Twp	$15.548	$1.049	6.7%	$26.125	$1.530	5.9%	$0.480	45.8%
Onekama Twp	$30.411	$1.505	4.9%	$56.699	$1.778	3.1%	$0.273	18.1%
Pleasanton Twp	$12.500	$0.729	5.8%	$22.484	$1.220	5.4%	$0.491	67.2%
Springdale Twp	$9.811	$2.112	21.5%	$15.148	$1.778	11.7%	$ (0.334)	-15.8%
Stronach Twp	$27.324	$14.481	53.0%	$35.077	$17.070	48.7%	$2.589	17.9%
Totals	$341.158	$77.136	22.6%	$569.576	$90.684	15.9%	$13.548	17.6%

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