CRC Online Almanac

Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

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

Osceola 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
Burdell Twp	$12.404	$1.145	9.2%	$18.426	$1.219	6.6%	$0.075	6.5%
Cedar Twp	$7.405	$1.044	14.1%	$11.429	$1.232	10.8%	$0.188	18.0%
Evart City	$20.138	$6.691	33.2%	$38.358	$20.218	52.7%	$13.527	202.2%
Evart Twp	$16.224	$1.044	6.4%	$27.890	$3.149	11.3%	$2.105	201.7%
Hartwick Twp	$9.067	$0.258	2.8%	$13.178	$0.435	3.3%	$0.177	68.8%
Hersey Twp	$18.737	$2.815	15.0%	$31.719	$8.934	28.2%	$6.119	217.3%
Highland Twp	$11.323	$0.614	5.4%	$15.315	$0.838	5.5%	$0.224	36.4%
Leroy Twp	$9.264	$0.448	4.8%	$15.342	$1.564	10.2%	$1.116	249.0%
Lincoln Twp	$31.838	$18.991	59.6%	$37.216	$17.400	46.8%	$ (1.591)	-8.4%
Marion Twp	$15.580	$1.727	11.1%	$21.887	$2.609	11.9%	$0.882	51.1%
Middle Branch Twp	$9.162	$0.370	4.0%	$13.328	$0.526	3.9%	$0.156	42.2%
Orient Twp	$14.948	$4.824	32.3%	$19.037	$3.482	18.3%	$ (1.343)	-27.8%
Osceola Twp	$10.233	$0.308	3.0%	$15.623	$1.207	7.7%	$0.899	291.7%
Reed City	$20.146	$4.594	22.8%	$31.478	$8.614	27.4%	$4.020	87.5%
Richmond Twp	$21.580	$5.298	24.5%	$29.407	$4.806	16.3%	$ (0.491)	-9.3%
Rose Lake Twp	$17.281	$1.040	6.0%	$26.994	$1.688	6.3%	$0.648	62.3%
Sherman Twp	$11.643	$1.603	13.8%	$16.184	$2.385	14.7%	$0.782	48.8%
Sylvan Twp	$11.247	$0.433	3.9%	$16.484	$0.716	4.3%	$0.283	65.3%
Totals	$268.221	$53.248	19.9%	$399.295	$81.024	20.3%	$27.777	52.2%

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