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Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

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

Van Buren 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
Almena Twp $33.351 $1.304 3.9% $76.755 $3.484 4.5% $2.179 167.1%
Antwerp Twp $81.363 $9.120 11.2% $170.738 $18.326 10.7% $9.206 101.0%
Arlington Twp $16.513 $0.581 3.5% $28.994 $1.087 3.7% $0.506 87.2%
Bangor City $12.218 $2.250 18.4% $18.218 $3.032 16.6% $0.783 34.8%
Bangor Twp $17.159 $0.817 4.8% $29.641 $1.351 4.6% $0.533 65.3%
Bloomingdale Twp $25.454 $1.508 5.9% $45.732 $2.475 5.4% $0.967 64.1%
Columbia Twp $23.314 $1.061 4.6% $41.882 $2.202 5.3% $1.141 107.6%
Covert Twp $110.276 $25.116 22.8% $208.673 $21.058 10.1% $ (4.058) -16.2%
Decatur Twp $28.664 $2.597 9.1% $47.344 $4.576 9.7% $1.979 76.2%
Geneva Twp $22.482 $3.754 16.7% $42.933 $3.052 7.1% $ (0.702) -18.7%
Gobles City $6.009 $0.459 7.6% $8.666 $0.653 7.5% $0.194 42.4%
Hamilton Twp $15.643 $0.632 4.0% $27.639 $2.048 7.4% $1.416 224.1%
Hartford City $12.410 $1.206 9.7% $20.322 $2.005 9.9% $0.798 66.2%
Hartford Twp $21.661 $1.415 6.5% $36.405 $2.651 7.3% $1.236 87.3%
Keeler Twp $38.557 $1.445 3.7% $67.526 $3.278 4.9% $1.833 126.8%
Lawrence Twp $33.875 $2.026 6.0% $57.899 $4.029 7.0% $2.003 98.9%
Paw Paw Twp $75.626 $6.154 8.1% $143.387 $15.211 10.6% $9.058 147.2%
Pine Grove Twp $23.192 $1.292 5.6% $44.544 $2.107 4.7% $0.815 63.1%
Porter Twp $31.172 $1.043 3.3% $64.681 $3.168 4.9% $2.125 203.8%
South Haven City $81.212 $9.115 11.2% $160.669 $17.534 10.9% $8.419 92.4%
South Haven Charter Twp $37.225 $2.310 6.2% $71.064 $3.720 5.2% $1.410 61.0%
Waverly Twp $17.192 $0.500 2.9% $32.543 $1.273 3.9% $0.773 154.6%
Totals $764.568 $75.704 9.9% $1,446.253 $118.320 8.2% $42.615 56.3%

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

Source: Michigan State Tax Commission, 1988 and 1998 Taxable Valuations.