Property Tax Statistics 1998

Table 14

Total Assessed Value of All Taxable Property
by County, Due in 1997 and 1998

                                                                             
                        	Assessed Valuation 	                      
                          1997             1998            Change      Percent
        County           ($000)           ($000)           ($000)       Change
									
        Adams           $870,587          $944,025         $73,438        8.4%
        Asotin           601,727           656,296          54,569        9.1 
        Benton         5,798,649         6,028,126         229,477        4.0 
        Chelan         3,674,217         3,971,103         296,886        8.1
        Clallam        3,491,744         3,625,256         133,512        3.8
									
        Clark         17,085,471        18,899,511       1,814,040       10.6 
        Columbia         210,242           225,406          15,163        7.2 
        Cowlitz        5,697,839         6,019,109         321,271        5.6 
        Douglas        1,567,751         1,644,574          76,823        4.9 
        Ferry            289,533           281,938          (7,595)      (2.6)
									
        Franklin       1,738,841         1,836,868          98,027        5.6
        Garfield         126,991           137,470          10,479        8.3
        Grant          3,028,515         3,330,332         301,818       10.0
        Grays Harbor   2,985,092         3,232,847         247,755        8.3 
        Island         5,385,373         5,643,383         258,009        4.8 
									
        Jefferson      2,049,231         2,189,291         140,060        6.8
        King         126,081,116       134,576,130       8,495,014        6.7 
        Kitsap        11,835,907        12,196,417         360,511        3.0 
        Kittitas       1,667,564         1,868,023         200,458       12.0 
        Klickitat        888,555         1,041,691         153,136       17.2
									
        Lewis          3,279,822         3,488,107         208,285       6.4 
        Lincoln          649,956           660,485          10,529       1.6
        Mason          2,914,507         3,082,441         167,934       5.8
        Okanogan       1,574,901         1,672,163          97,262       6.2 
        Pacific        1,223,997         1,387,133         163,136      13.3
									
        Pend Oreille     625,666           649,108          23,442       3.7
        Pierce        31,696,029        33,743,694       2,047,665       6.5 
        San Juan       2,621,247         2,731,607         110,360       4.2 
        Skagit         6,255,123         6,642,468         387,345       6.2 
        Skamania         531,771           578,522          46,751       8.8
									
        Snohomish     33,391,098        34,963,804       1,572,706       4.7 
        Spokane       17,050,985        17,819,413         768,429       4.5 
        Stevens        1,669,937         1,772,985         103,049       6.2 
        Thurston      10,300,866        10,938,043         637,177       6.2 
        Wahkiakum        186,941           200,832          13,890       7.4 
									
        Walla Walla    2,292,606         2,500,597         207,991       9.1 
        Whatcom       10,034,009        10,444,100         410,091       4.1 
        Whitman        1,347,915         1,605,360         257,445      19.1 
        Yakima         7,817,609         8,407,412         589,803       7.5 
									
             TOTAL  $330,539,930      $351,636,073     $21,096,143       6.4%