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Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

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

Oceana 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
Benona Twp	$28.890	$0.379	1.3%	$68.393	$0.664	1.0%	$0.285	75.2%
Claybanks Twp	$14.171	$0.287	2.0%	$25.843	$0.554	2.1%	$0.267	93.0%
Colfax Twp	$6.653	$0.221	3.3%	$13.068	$1.059	8.1%	$0.838	379.1%
Crystal Twp	$6.653	$0.463	7.0%	$8.833	$0.552	6.3%	$0.090	19.4%
Elbridge Twp	$9.504	$0.436	4.6%	$13.213	$1.304	9.9%	$0.868	199.3%
Ferry Twp	$8.142	$0.524	6.4%	$14.474	$0.790	5.5%	$0.266	50.7%
Golden Twp	$33.497	$0.671	2.0%	$73.019	$1.017	1.4%	$0.346	51.5%
Grant Twp	$19.109	$1.724	9.0%	$36.262	$4.688	12.9%	$2.965	172.0%
Greenwood Twp	$8.836	$0.659	7.5%	$15.827	$1.481	9.4%	$0.822	124.7%
Hart City	$17.134	$1.650	9.6%	$32.579	$3.766	11.6%	$2.116	128.3%
Hart Twp	$18.602	$1.643	8.8%	$29.871	$2.644	8.9%	$1.001	60.9%
Leavitt Twp	$7.254	$0.538	7.4%	$11.013	$0.686	6.2%	$0.147	27.4%
Newfield Twp	$18.914	$0.777	4.1%	$33.108	$1.369	4.1%	$0.592	76.2%
Otto Twp	$4.604	$0.164	3.6%	$8.134	$0.285	3.5%	$0.120	73.2%
Pentwater Twp	$47.193	$0.984	2.1%	$95.798	$2.150	2.2%	$1.166	118.6%
Shelby Twp	$29.973	$2.156	7.2%	$48.417	$3.886	8.0%	$1.730	80.2%
Weare Twp	$11.342	$0.821	7.2%	$18.269	$1.713	9.4%	$0.892	108.6%
Totals	$290.471	$14.097	4.9%	$546.121	$28.607	5.2%	$14.510	102.9%

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