| Table 15 REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX STATISTICS State Tax Collections by County - Fiscal Year 1998 |
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| Number of | Amount of | Estimated Value of Sales ($000) |
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| Counties | Taxable Sales | State Tax* | FY 1997 | FY 1998 | % Change |
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| Adams | 811 | $402,666 | $31,426 | $31,458 | 0.1% | |
| Asotin | 1,046 | 566,121 | 39,936 | 44,228 | 10.7 | |
| Benton | 6,589 | 5,160,080 | 329,005 | 403,131 | 22.5 | |
| Chelan | 4,082 | 3,251,723 | 220,435 | 254,041 | 15.2 | |
| Clallam | 4,006 | 2,736,216 | 175,916 | 213,767 | 21.5 | |
| Clark | 18,678 | 24,126,496 | 1,673,149 | 1,884,883 | 12.7 | |
| Columbia | 343 | 122,133 | 7,950 | 9,542 | 20.0 | |
| Cowlitz | 4,885 | 3,318,649 | 268,639 | 259,269 | (3.5) | |
| Douglas | 1,562 | 1,038,468 | 74,761 | 81,130 | 8.5 | |
| Ferry | 639 | 184,926 | 14,198 | 14,447 | 1.8 | |
| Franklin | 1,970 | 1,360,051 | 107,861 | 106,254 | (1.5) | |
| Garfield | 173 | 77,770 | 4,387 | 6,076 | 38.5 | |
| Grant | 4,943 | 2,471,609 | 200,298 | 193,094 | (3.6) | |
| Grays Harbor | 4,308 | 3,302,425 | 172,015 | 258,002 | 50.0 | |
| Island | 4,960 | 4,526,702 | 282,285 | 353,649 | 25.3 | |
| Jefferson | 2,522 | 1,856,295 | 130,396 | 145,023 | 11.2 | |
| King | 69,244 | 174,542,783 | 9,850,902 | 13,636,156 | 38.4 | |
| Kitsap | 10,899 | 10,458,108 | 711,870 | 817,040 | 14.8 | |
| Kittitas | 2,117 | 1,599,958 | 110,377 | 124,997 | 13.2 | |
| Klickitat | 1,695 | 912,718 | 58,432 | 71,306 | 22.0 | |
| Lewis | 3,857 | 2,413,079 | 181,180 | 188,522 | 4.1 | |
| Lincoln | 927 | 297,724 | 28,896 | 23,260 | (19.5) | |
| Mason | 4,167 | 2,036,765 | 154,190 | 159,122 | 3.2 | |
| Okanogan | 2,918 | 1,393,665 | 102,150 | 108,800 | 6.6 | |
| Pacific | 1,899 | 890,814 | 76,415 | 69,595 | (8.9) | |
| Pend Oreille | 1,096 | 503,698 | 107,705 | 39,351 | (63.5) | |
| Pierce | 28,617 | 35,494,993 | 2,166,891 | 2,773,046 | 28.0 | |
| San Juan | 2,031 | 2,423,529 | 159,001 | 189,338 | 19.1 | |
| Skagit | 5,435 | 6,364,861 | 331,466 | 497,255 | 50.0 | |
| Skamania | 735 | 439,324 | 64,285 | 34,322 | (46.6) | |
| Snohomish | 27,684 | 49,710,538 | 2,939,727 | 3,883,636 | 32.1 | |
| Spokane | 18,708 | 15,532,441 | 1,114,906 | 1,213,472 | 8.8 | |
| Stevens | 3141 | 1,486,244 | 149,700 | 116,113 | (22.4) | |
| Thurston | 9,495 | 9,717,598 | 657,312 | 759,187 | 15.5 | |
| Wahkiakum | 281 | 170,061 | 10,312 | 13,286 | 28.8 | |
| Walla Walla | 2,314 | 1,847,449 | 125,210 | 144,332 | 15.3 | |
| Whatcom | 9,147 | 10,596,170 | 615,089 | 827,826 | 34.6 | |
| Whitman | 1,692 | 938,230 | 81,184 | 73,299 | (9.7) | |
| Yakima | 8,022 | 5,877,535 | 408,200 | 459,182 | 12.5 | |
| TOTAL | 277,638 | $390,168,610 | $23,938,057 | $30,481,923 | 27.3% | |
| *Includes 1.0% retained by counties for collection costs but excludes locally levied real estate excise taxes. | ||||||