Table 15
REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX STATISTICS
State Tax Collections by County - Fiscal Year 1999
| Number of | Amount of | Estimated Value of Sales ($000) | |||
| Counties | Taxable Sales | State Tax* | FY 1998 | FY 1999 | % Change |
| Adams | 773 | $361,541 | $31,458 | $28,245 | (10.2) |
| Asotin | 1,095 | 555,059 | 44,228 | 43,364 | (2.0) |
| Benton | 6,572 | 5,212,068 | 403,131 | 407,193 | 1.0 |
| Chelan | 4,105 | 3,704,253 | 254,041 | 289,395 | 13.9 |
| Clallam | 4,212 | 3,200,981 | 213,767 | 250,077 | 17.0 |
| Clark | 18,501 | 24,787,846 | 1,884,883 | 1,936,550 | 2.7 |
| Columbia | 384 | 197,732 | 9,542 | 15,448 | 61.9 |
| Cowlitz | 5,061 | 3,811,525 | 259,269 | 297,775 | 14.9 |
| Douglas | 1,829 | 1,562,015 | 81,130 | 122,032 | 50.4 |
| Ferry | 706 | 209,274 | 14,447 | 16,350 | 13.2 |
| Franklin | 2,027 | 1,221,828 | 106,254 | 95,455 | (10.2) |
| Garfield | 186 | 98,212 | 6,076 | 7,673 | 26.3 |
| Grant | 4,305 | 2,709,443 | 193,094 | 211,675 | 9.6 |
| Grays Harbor | 4,580 | 2,506,443 | 258,002 | 195,816 | (24.1) |
| Island | 5,017 | 5,219,341 | 353,649 | 407,761 | 15.3 |
| Jefferson | 2,427 | 1,989,784 | 145,023 | 155,452 | 7.2 |
| King | 72,718 | 180,461,137 | 13,636,156 | 14,098,526 | 3.4 |
| Kitsap | 11,601 | 14,213,039 | 817,040 | 1,110,394 | 35.9 |
| Kittitas | 2,246 | 1,806,251 | 124,997 | 141,113 | 12.9 |
| Klickitat | 1,589 | 922,516 | 71,306 | 72,072 | 1.1 |
| Lewis | 4,028 | 2,579,993 | 188,522 | 201,562 | 6.9 |
| Lincoln | 1,016 | 352,926 | 23,260 | 27,572 | 18.5 |
| Mason | 4,110 | 2,621,993 | 159,122 | 204,843 | 28.7 |
| Okanogan | 2,830 | 1,661,992 | 108,800 | 129,843 | 19.3 |
| Pacific | 2,102 | 1,763,110 | 69,595 | 137,743 | 97.9 |
| Pend Oreille | 1,098 | 405,823 | 39,351 | 31,705 | (19.4) |
| Pierce | 31,605 | 41,285,798 | 2,773,046 | 3,225,453 | 16.3 |
| San Juan | 1,982 | 2,999,547 | 189,338 | 234,340 | 23.8 |
| Skagit | 5,946 | 6,915,481 | 497,255 | 540,272 | 8.7 |
| Skamania | 645 | 380,269 | 34,322 | 29,709 | (13.4) |
| Snohomish | 28,654 | 55,032,473 | 3,883,636 | 4,299,412 | 10.7 |
| Spokane | 19,919 | 17,896,874 | 1,213,472 | 1,398,193 | 15.2 |
| Stevens | 3,225 | 1,423,830 | 116,113 | 111,237 | (4.2) |
| Thurston | 10,158 | 11,463,685 | 759,187 | 895,600 | 18.0 |
| Wahkiakum | 297 | 2,073,080 | 13,286 | 161,959 | $1,119.0 |
| Walla Walla | 2,319 | 1,928,463 | 144,332 | 150,661 | 4.4 |
| Whatcom | 9,768 | 10,286,894 | 827,826 | 803,664 | (2.9) |
| Whitman | 1,576 | 1,053,069 | 73,299 | 82,271 | 12.2 |
| Yakima | 8,678 | 6,152,294 | 459,182 | 480,648 | 4.7 |
| TOTAL | 289,890 | $423,027,883 | $30,481,923 | $33,049,055 | 8.4 |
| *Includes 1.0% retained for collection costs but excludes locally levied real estate excise taxes. | |||||