CRC Online Almanac

Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

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

Mason 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
Amber Twp	$26.532	$4.606	17.4%	$50.674	$7.303	14.4%	$2.698	58.6%
Branch Twp	$13.547	$0.694	5.1%	$23.623	$1.022	4.3%	$0.328	47.3%
Custer Twp	$14.297	$1.212	8.5%	$19.215	$1.715	8.9%	$0.504	41.6%
Eden Twp	$7.338	$0.343	4.7%	$11.854	$0.421	3.6%	$0.078	22.7%
Freesoil Twp	$9.122	$0.211	2.3%	$13.698	$0.344	2.5%	$0.133	63.4%
Grant Twp	$10.064	$0.856	8.5%	$21.517	$2.036	9.5%	$1.180	137.9%
Hamlin Twp	$44.610	$2.662	6.0%	$95.463	$2.639	2.8%	$ (0.024)	-0.9%
Logan Twp	$5.439	$0.276	5.1%	$9.997	$0.202	2.0%	$ (0.074)	-26.8%
Ludington City	$95.286	$21.237	22.3%	$155.890	$29.591	19.0%	$8.354	39.3%
Meade Twp	$3.590	$0.051	1.4%	$6.350	$0.089	1.4%	$0.038	74.2%
Pere Marquette Charter Twp	$238.053	$14.667	6.2%	$291.988	$21.730	7.4%	$7.064	48.2%
Riverton Twp	$14.072	$1.048	7.4%	$20.030	$2.262	11.3%	$1.214	115.8%
Scottville City	$11.645	$2.461	21.1%	$16.946	$3.847	22.7%	$1.386	56.3%
Sheridan Twp	$12.414	$0.195	1.6%	$22.859	$0.318	1.4%	$0.123	63.3%
Sherman Twp	$9.942	$0.465	4.7%	$15.457	$0.752	4.9%	$0.287	61.6%
Summit Twp	$76.395	$1.986	2.6%	$102.300	$2.012	2.0%	$0.026	1.3%
Victory Twp	$13.596	$1.556	11.4%	$21.795	$2.024	9.3%	$0.467	30.0%
Totals	$605.941	$54.524	9.0%	$899.655	$78.306	8.7%	$23.782	43.6%

7 municipalities increased their reliance on personal property, 10 decreased.