Table 15
REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX STATISTICS
State Tax Collections by County - Fiscal Year 1997
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Number of Amount of Estimated Value of Sales ($000)
Counties Taxable Sales State Tax* FY 1996 FY 1997 % Change
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Adams 861 $ 402,249 $ 35,986 $ 31,426 (12.7)% Asotin 1,065 511,181 44,293 39,936 (9.8) Benton 5,740 4,211,263 341,841 329,005 (3.8) Chelan 3,794 2,821,566 231,674 220,435 (4.9) Clallam 3,672 2,251,728 195,305 175,916 (9.9) Clark 16,150 21,416,312 1,401,251 1,673,149 (19.4) Columbia 323 101,756 7,986 7,950 (0.5) Cowlitz 4,642 3,438,584 222,889 268,639 (20.5) Douglas 1,548 956,942 87,127 74,761 (14.2) Ferry 711 181,732 15,876 14,198 (10.6) Franklin 1,956 1,380,627 107,230 107,861 (0.6) Garfield 170 56,155 6,684 4,387 (34.4) Grant 4,311 2,563,812 168,963 200,298 (18.5) Grays Harbor 4,553 2,201,796 199,691 172,015 (13.9) Island 4,560 3,613,242 276,449 282,285 (2.1) Jefferson 2,441 1,669,073 124,178 130,396 (5.0) King 59,281 126,091,548 8,341,054 9,850,902 (18.1) Kitsap 9,809 9,111,930 724,853 711,870 (1.8) Kittitas 1,811 1,412,821 94,849 110,377 (16.4) Klickitat 1,638 747,929 51,710 58,432 (13.0) Lewis 3,800 2,319,104 172,949 181,180 (4.8) Lincoln 971 369,863 26,483 28,896 (9.1) Mason 4,125 1,973,630 147,561 154,190 (4.5) Okanogan 2,812 1,307,525 112,561 102,150 (9.2) Pacific 2,072 978,109 82,608 76,415 (7.5) Pend Oreille 1,019 1,378,622 38,540 107,705 (179.5) Pierce 23,375 27,736,211 2,056,770 2,166,891 (5.4) San Juan 1,790 2,035,219 125,666 159,001 (26.5) Skagit 4,774 4,242,771 342,773 331,466 (3.3) Skamania 684 822,844 28,844 64,285 (122.9) Snohomish 23,760 37,628,500 2,457,276 2,939,727 (19.6) Spokane 17,069 14,270,800 1,159,385 1,114,906 (3.8) Stevens 3,068 1,916,164 105,483 149,700 (41.9) Thurston 8,541 8,413,588 676,233 657,312 (2.8) Wahkiakum 235 131,996 29,780 10,312 (65.4) Walla Walla 2,029 1,602,684 112,713 125,210 (11.1) Whatcom 8,600 7,873,139 620,673 615,089 (0.9) Whitman 1,647 1,039,159 73,570 81,184 (10.3) Yakima 7,464 5,224,955 423,379 408,200 (3.6)
TOTAL 246,871 $306,407,129 $21,473,133 $23,938,057 11.5% ____________________________________________________________________________
*Includes 1.0% retained by counties for collection costs but excludes locally levied real estate excise taxes.