BUDGET OF STATE GOVERNMENT

STATE TAXES ON PROPERTY, 1916 - 1996

Fiscal Year Tax Rates Per $100 Taxable Base Revenue
1916 .32333 $966,017,000 $3,123,000
1917 .36417 1,005,384,000 3,661,000
1918 .36750 1,151,142,000 4,230,000
1919 .36431 1,186,529,000 4,323,000
1920 .36431 1,277,958,000 4,656,000
1921 .35333 1,365,638,000 4,825,000
1922 .35000 1,452,168,000 5,083,000
1923 .30333 1,622,679,000 4,922,000
1924 .30154 1,741,322,000 5,251,000
1925 .27343 1,871,967,000 5,119,000
1926 .27343 1.993,278,000 5,450,000
1927 .27393 2,117,303,000 5,800,000
1928 .25640 2,294,479,000 5,883,000
1929 .25740 2,402,649,000 6,184,000
1930 .25000 2,421,678,000 6,054,000
1931 .25000 2,423,169,000 6,030,000
1932 .25000 2,337,928,000 5,845,000
1933 .25000 2,251,171,000 5,628,000
1934 .22000 2,203,209,000 4,847,000
1935 .22000 2,213,785,000 4,870,000
1936 .22000 2,238,610,000 4,925,000
1937 .22250 2,293,233,000 5,102,000
1938 .23010 2,317,787,000 5,333,000
1939 .23350 2,343,512,000 5,472,000
1940 .23350 2,474,362,000 5,778,000
1941 .23350 2,562,416,000 5,983,000
1942 .14000 2,709,985,000 3,794,000
1943 .12750 2,865,080,000 3,653,000
1944 .12000 2,882,310,000 3,459,000
1945 .12000 2,939,666,000 3,528,000
1946 .10000 3,000,375,000 3,001,000
1947 .10000 3,153,231,000 3,153,000
1948 .11130 3,481,527,000 3,875,000
1949 .11150 3,897,478,000 4,346,000
1950 .12390 4,162,584,000 5,157,000
1951 .06000 4,585,556,000 2,751,000
1952 .06250 5,129,252,000 3,206,000
1953 .06040 5,769,236,000 3,485,000
1954 .05670 6,189,987,000 3,510,000
1955 .11100 6,489,209,000 7,138,000
1956 .10900 7,206,941,000 7,856,000
1957 .14250 7,896,128,000 11,252,000
1958 .14250 8,451,024,000 12,043,000
1959 .13420 8,863,525,000 11,895,000
1960 .13750 9,496,504,000 13,058,000
1961 .15000 10,010,774,000 15,016,000
1962 .15000 10,663,297,000 15,995,000
1963 .15000 11,403,801,000 17,106,000
1964 .15000 12,218,409,000 18,328,000
1965 .18000 13,032,553,000 23,459,000
1966 .15000 14,181,962,000 21,272,000
1967 .17000 15,352,428,000 26,099,000
1968 .17000 15,948,343,000 27,112,000
1969 .20000 17,105,010,000 34,210,000
1970 .18000 18,498,303,000 33,297,000
1971 .18000 19,930,830,000 35,875,000
1972 .21000 21,664,958,000 45,496,000
1973 .21000 23,941,491,000 50,277,000
1974 .21000 25,117,906,000 52,748,000
1975 .21000 28,518,793,000 59,889,000
1976 .23000 31,649,860,000 72,795,000
1977 .23000 34,539,778,000 79,441,000
1978 .20000 36,386,387,000 72,773,000
1979 .20000 41,586,107,000 83,172,000
1980 .20000 44,365,633,000 88,731,000
1981 .21000 47,764,406,000 100,305,000
1982 .21000 52,350,608,000 109,936,000
1983 .21000 56,724,813,000 119,122,000
1984* .21000 60,832,522,000 100,734,000
1985 .21000 66,403,158,000 110,862,000
1986 .21000 73,093,131,000 121,151,000
1987 .21000 80,570,558,000 133,644,000
1988 .21000 87,955,838,000 147,036,000
1989 .21000 96,653,555,000 161,524,000
1990 .21000 105,124,067,000 175,269,000
1991 .21000 114,456,820,000 191,962,000
1992 .21000 124,025,338,000 210,298,000
1993 .21000 128,921,107,000 220,360,000
1994 .21000 132,748,242,000 225,955,000
1995 .21000 135,492,160,000 231,301,000
1996 .21000 139,090,890,000 236,311,000

*Personal property became exempt from State property tax effective July 1, 1984.

Source: State Department of Assessments and Taxation.

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