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The
State
of
Washington's
Taxes |
"To lay with one hand the power of government on the
property of the citizen, and with the other to bestow it on favored individuals
... is none the less robbery because it is ... called taxation."
--- United States Supreme Court Loan Association v.
Topeka (1874)
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| Average Growth Of
Home Taxes In Washington State |
This chart is from page 6 of the offical Washingon State Office of
Program Research Tax Report. All data has been indexed at zero, thereby
showing the yearly growth of home taxes between 1991 and 2001.
* Ledgend: What does each line
represent? |
GROWTH
of WASHINGTON STATE HOME TAXES
BY COUNTY * Return
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CLICK ON COUNTY
BELOW FOR CHART*
SHOWING
GROWTH
RATE OF COUNTY
TAXES
FROM
1991-2001 |
Between
1991-2001
YOUR
Home Taxes
County
Home Taxes*
Went Up
Each year
|
Between
1991-2001
YOUR
Home
Taxes
Went
Up
This
Total
AMOUNT |
(TPI)*
The Rate
County
Personal Income
Went
Up Each
Year
From
1990-2000 |
(PCPI)**
The
Rate
County
Personal
Per
Capita
Income
Went Up
Each
Year From
1990-2000 |
Is
YOUR
County
Income
Keeping
Up
With County
Home Taxes?
[ - BAD
]
[ +
GOOD ] |
| Adams |
6.1% |
80.5% |
3.4% |
1.5% |
-59.8 |
| Asotin |
7.7% |
109.2% |
6.4% |
4.7% |
-27.9 |
| Benton |
8.7% |
129.7% |
6.1% |
3.6% |
-44.3 |
| Chelan |
7.6% |
109.0% |
5.9% |
3.4% |
-38.8 |
| Clallam |
6.1% |
80.4% |
4.5% |
3.1% |
-37.7 |
| Clark |
11.0% |
184.7% |
8.4% |
4.5% |
-41.4 |
| Columbia |
4.2% |
51.3% |
4.2% |
4.1% |
-1.2 |
| Cowlitz |
6.3% |
84.1% |
4.5% |
3.3% |
-38.1 |
| Douglas |
8.1% |
117.4% |
6.0% |
3.7% |
-40.1 |
| Ferry |
1.7% |
18.0% |
4.3% |
2.8% |
+108.8 |
| Franklin |
6.2% |
83.3% |
5.6% |
2.8% |
-32.3 |
| Garfield |
3.6% |
42.1% |
2.7% |
2.1% |
-33.3 |
| Grant |
8.5% |
126.6% |
6.8% |
3.5% |
-39.4 |
| Grays
Harbor |
5.6% |
73.3% |
3.8% |
3.4% |
-35.7 |
| Island |
8.3% |
121.9% |
6.3% |
4.6% |
-34.3 |
| Jefferson |
9.1% |
139.9% |
6.6% |
4.2% |
-40.7 |
| King |
7.2% |
100.3% |
7.3% |
5.9% |
-8.3 |
| Kitsap |
9.4% |
145.7% |
4.9% |
2.9% |
-58.5 |
| Kittitas |
7.1% |
98.6% |
5.7% |
3.4% |
-35.9 |
| Klickitat |
6.0% |
79.9% |
5.1% |
3.6% |
-27.5 |
| Lewis |
6.1% |
81.4% |
4.8% |
3.4% |
-32.8 |
| Lincoln |
4.0% |
47.5% |
3.5% |
2.1% |
-30.0 |
| Mason |
8.4% |
123.2% |
6.2% |
3.6% |
-41.7 |
| Okanogan |
7.4% |
104.8% |
5.1% |
3.3% |
-43.2 |
| Pacific |
8.8% |
132.1% |
4.6% |
3.6% |
-53.4 |
| Pend
Oreille |
1.2% |
13.1% |
6.7% |
3.8% |
+337.5 |
| Pierce |
8.2% |
119.5% |
5.5% |
3.7% |
-43.9 |
| San
Juan |
7.4% |
103.5% |
7.6% |
4.1% |
-20.9 |
| Skagit |
8.0% |
116.1% |
6.6% |
3.9% |
-34.4 |
| Skamania |
9.6% |
153.8% |
5.5% |
3.7% |
-52.1 |
| Snohomish |
9.0% |
136.5% |
6.6% |
3.9% |
-41.7 |
| Spokane |
6.5% |
87.2% |
5.7% |
4.3% |
-23.1 |
| Stevens |
8.6% |
128.6% |
6.2% |
3.5% |
-43.6 |
| Thurston |
8.3% |
122.2% |
6.2% |
3.6% |
-41.0 |
| Wahkiakum |
6.3% |
84.4% |
4.5% |
3.0% |
-40.5 |
| Walla
Walla |
6.0% |
78.6% |
5.3% |
3.9% |
-23.3 |
| Whatcom |
8.0% |
116.7% |
5.6% |
2.9% |
-46.9 |
| Whitman |
5.7% |
74.7% |
4.6% |
4.1% |
-23.7 |
| Yakima |
7.6% |
107.5% |
5.2% |
3.5% |
-42.8 |
| Total
State |
7.8% |
111.2% |
6.5% |
4.5% |
-29.5 |
*
Return
- The BLUE --- LINE is the Statewide Cumulative Growth of
ALL Local Regular Property Taxes. Local Regular Property Taxes are
limited by this state's constitutional one percent limit and require no
specific voter approval, they are assessed yearly. From 1991 till 2001 ALL
local regular property taxes went up 111 percent. A compound growth of
7.8%.
- The
RED --- LINE shows the growth of State
Personal Income. From 1991 till 2001 state personal income went up 85 percent.
The yearly compound growth rate is 6%. State Personal Income, is a
general measure of the size of the state's economy. It is the sum of wages and
salaries, and other labor payments; proprietors's income; interest, dividend
and rental income; and corporate profits.
- The BLACK --- LINE is the growth of the state's part of
regular property taxes. This tax contains county and city general expense
taxes, county road taxes, library, fire, and hospital district taxes. From 1991
till 2001 just the state's part of property tax went up 82 percent. A compound
growth of 6.2%.
- The
GREEN --- LINE
shows an Alternative Measure of General Growth. From 1991 till 2001
state population, plus inflation rate went up 45 percent. The yearly compound
growth rate is 3.8%. This Alternative Measure of General Growth is used in the
state general fund expenditure limit. It is the sum of inflation (2.8%) plus
population growth.
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