CRC Online Almanac

Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

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

Baraga 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
Arvon Twp	$11.097	$0.142	1.3%	$16.954	$0.330	1.9%	$0.188	132.5%
Baraga Twp	$21.487	$2.746	12.8%	$31.675	$4.843	15.3%	$2.097	76.4%
Covington Twp	$6.194	$1.118	18.0%	$8.797	$1.148	13.1%	$0.030	2.7%
L Anse Twp	$35.655	$2.663	7.5%	$53.346	$6.096	11.4%	$3.433	128.9%
Spurr Twp	$6.127	$0.901	14.7%	$9.468	$0.744	7.9%	$ (0.158)	-17.5%
Totals	$80.560	$7.569	9.4%	$120.241	$13.160	10.9%	$5.591	73.9%

3 municipalities increased their reliance on personal property, 2 decreased.