Table 18

Comparison of Effective Property Tax Rates* for Taxes Due in 1992-1999
 
 
County 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
 
Adams 1.32% 1.34% 1.36% 1.40% 1.37% 1.36% 1.30% 1.34%
Asotin 1.32 1.41 1.34 1.24 1.15 1.17 1.19 1.22
Benton 1.32 1.34 1.32 1.62 1.24 1.33 1.38 1.36
Chelan 1.30 1.22 1.22 1.17 1.13 1.09 1.11 1.12
Clallam 0.97 0.97 0.97 1.05 1.06 1.10 1.13 1.12
 
Clark 1.25 1.26 1.30 1.34 1.34 1.36 1.28 1.31
Columbia 1.29 1.38 1.39 1.41 1.21 1.23 1.16 1.35
Cowlitz 1.07 1.11 1.10 1.08 1.05 1.10 1.06 1.11
Douglas 1.29 1.35 1.32 1.23 1.22 1.29 1.23 1.26
Ferry 1.00 0.87 0.93 1.04 0.99 1.07 1.00 1.04
 
Franklin 1.50 1.45 1.49 1.38 1.34 1.38 1.38 1.40
Garfield 1.31 1.39 1.53 1.31 1.30 1.37 1.59 1.53
Grant 1.27 1.18 1.26 1.23 1.16 1.27 1.29 1.26
Grays Harbor 1.25 1.32 1.26 1.26 1.22 1.17 1.14 1.25
Island 0.87 0.89 0.88 0.92 0.92 0.99 0.98 0.98
 
Jefferson 0.95 1.00 1.07 1.07 1.04 1.08 1.12 1.17
King 1.06 1.13 1.17 1.22 1.23 1.27 1.18 1.19
Kitsap 1.10 1.21 1.22 1.08 1.25 1.31 1.26 1.32
Kittitas 1.10 1.07 1.01 0.98 0.96 0.98 0.87 0.98
Klickitat 1.18 1.10 1.15 1.05 0.98 1.00 1.05 1.04
 
Lewis 1.13 1.15 1.13 1.08 1.04 1.06 1.08 1.13
Lincoln 1.36 1.44 1.43 1.36 1.33 1.34 1.28 1.21
Mason 1.10 1.12 1.06 1.01 1.00 1.04 1.04 1.13
Okanogan 1.21 1.22 1.29 1.17 1.14 1.12 1.07 1.05
Pacific 1.22 1.09 1.00 1.01 0.95 1.03 1.07 1.13
 
Pend Oreille 0.94 0.95 1.09 0.96 0.93 0.94 0.96 1.04
Pierce 1.41 1.46 1.42 1.43 1.38 1.44 1.47 1.40
San Juan 0.71 0.70 0.73 0.77 0.73 0.76 0.76 0.78
Skagit 1.07 1.07 1.04 1.13 1.15 1.20 1.21 1.23
Skamania 0.98 0.92 0.93 0.96 0.93 0.93 0.87 0.92
 
Snohomish 1.04 1.15 1.17 1.19 1.21 1.24 1.23 1.22
Spokane 1.37 1.32 1.32 1.34 1.33 1.37 1.30 1.32
Stevens 1.07 1.09 1.02 0.92 0.93 0.99 1.05 1.07
Thurston 1.41 1.38 1.38 1.25 1.29 1.36 1.38 1.36
Wahkiakum 0.97 1.00 1.00 0.98 0.93 0.93 0.90 0.96
 
Walla Walla 1.25 1.30 1.37 1.36 1.28 1.29 1.31 1.31
Whatcom 0.92 1.00 1.04 1.06 1.07 1.12 1.14 1.17
Whitman 1.29 1.36 1.32 1.24 1.20 1.28 1.26 1.29
Yakima 1.17 1.18 1.12 1.22 1.16 1.17 1.21 1.10
 
STATEWIDE 1.12% 1.18% 1.20% 1.22% 1.19% 1.26% 1.22% 1.22%
 
*Effective property tax rates express taxes as a percent of current market value rather than current assessed value. This rate is calculated by dividing the total amount of taxes due by the total full market value.