Table 28
POPERTY TAX RATIOS BY COUNTY
Assessment Years, 1996-1997
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Real Personal Indicated*
County 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997
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Adams 92.3 93.9 92.7 67.9 92.4 89.3
Asotin 74.7 85.6 74.8 41.2 74.7 82.5
Benton 88.0 90.2 90.7 85.9 88.2 89.8
Chelan 82.1 84.7 90.5 93.4 82.5 85.1
Clallam 88.4 92.5 96.4 99.8 88.9 92.9
Clark 98.1 95.7 91.8 89.7 97.7 95.3
Columbia 81.7 86.6 88.7 92.4 82.7 87.4
Cowlitz 89.9 88.8 100.0 100.0 90.8 89.9
Douglas 91.9 90.7 85.4 96.5 91.5 91.0
Ferry 89.7 82.1 82.8 66.3 88.8 79.8
Franklin 88.3 90.5 92.8 85.4 88.9 89.8
Garfield 95.2 92.7 86.4 100.0 93.7 93.8
Grant 87.1 85.1 85.2 88.8 86.8 85.6
Grays Harbor 87.4 89.7 93.1 79.4 87.9 89.5
Island 99.4 100.0 90.4 83.6 99.1 99.5
Jefferson 92.0 93.9 100.0 94.0 92.3 93.9
King 91.2 90.4 100.0 91.7 91.9 90.5
Kitsap 89.9 89.5 100.0 96.0 90.4 89.9
Kittitas 84.8 95.3 88.0 85.7 85.1 82.6
Klickitat 80.0 91.7 91.3 96.5 81.5 92.3
Lewis 86.8 87.5 91.4 98.4 87.5 89.0
Lincoln 90.4 85.1 89.7 87.6 90.3 85.6
Mason 85.9 82.8 98.3 80.3 86.4 82.7
Okanogan 79.5 76.0 85.8 93.0 80.1 77.4
Pacific 79.9 86.0 88.8 100.0 80.5 86.9
Pend Oreille 73.0 74.7 89.4 83.2 73.6 75.1
Pierce 90.2 92.3 94.4 99.5 90.5 92.7
San Juan 96.1 93.7 91.9 77.9 96.0 93.3
Skagit 91.6 94.0 98.7 90.0 92.3 93.6
Skamania 84.0 79.6 97.6 90.2 86.0 81.1
Snohomish 89.6 88.4 90.8 96.3 89.7 89.0
Spokane 87.6 86.0 94.8 97.4 88.2 87.0
Stevens 86.0 88.9 99.5 97.1 88.4 90.2
Thurston 88.7 92.7 95.5 87.5 89.2 92.4
Wahkiakum 76.7 77.8 97.8 94.0 79.6 79.9
Walla Walla 86.1 89.2 95.1 98.3 87.0 90.1
Whatcom 87.0 88.9 98.3 97.8 87.8 89.5
Whitman 74.0 86.7 85.0 90.1 76.1 87.3
Yakima 84.1 88.4 93.8 94.5 84.9 88.9
STATEWIDE 90.0 90.1 95.9 93.0 90.5 90.4
*The indicated, or combined indicated, ratio is the total
assessed value divided by total true and fair value.