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Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

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

Otsego 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
Bagley Twp	$78.323	$10.514	13.4%	$153.725	$24.725	16.1%	$14.211	135.2%
Charlton Twp	$47.023	$21.343	45.4%	$80.576	$34.068	42.3%	$12.725	59.6%
Chester Twp	$37.568	$18.145	48.3%	$82.702	$48.712	58.9%	$30.567	168.5%
Corwith Twp	$22.514	$2.702	12.0%	$36.778	$4.758	12.9%	$2.056	76.1%
Dover Twp	$12.935	$1.550	12.0%	$29.122	$7.043	24.2%	$5.493	354.4%
Elmira Twp	$14.580	$1.195	8.2%	$39.982	$7.496	18.7%	$6.301	527.5%
Gaylord City	$53.673	$6.430	12.0%	$122.914	$23.236	18.9%	$16.806	261.4%
Hayes Twp	$33.387	$5.258	15.7%	$68.918	$20.053	29.1%	$14.795	281.4%
Livingston Twp	$28.475	$5.723	20.1%	$58.707	$14.089	24.0%	$8.365	146.2%
Otsego Lake Twp	$53.900	$4.468	8.3%	$99.783	$11.791	11.8%	$7.323	163.9%
Totals	$382.377	$77.330	20.2%	$773.207	$195.971	25.3%	$118.641	153.4%

9 municipalities increased their reliance on personal property, 1 decreased.