Delinquent Property Taxes, Historical Data, 1934-1997
Delinquent Rolls Collections Net Changes Unpaid as of Year January 1 Amount Percent During Year December 31 1997 $201,185,069 $118,203,689 58.8% ($6,120,238) $76,903,928 1996 191,969,432 117,708,740 61.3 948,509 75,208,891 1995 179,258,794 105,213,403 58.7 (4,102,002) 69,943,391 1994 185,894,647 112,077,184 60.3 (2,977,227) 70,840,236 1993 185,367,208 107,682,443 58.1 4,096,218 73,588,550 1992 179,675,832 102,582,422 57.1 1,069,262 78,162,875 1991 161,125,041 87,848,916 54.5 (1,789,588) 71,486,524 1990 159,299,660 92,735,440 58.2 (488,163) 66,066,356 1989 162,942,931 92,752,053 56.9 (5,962,644) 64,228,236 1988 162,717,181 87,305,883 53.7 (1,904,429) 73,517,669 1987 152,893,594 82,737,991 54.1 (2,008,285) 68,147,319 1986 134,435,415 71,883,906 53.5 (1,177,402) 61,374,107 1985 116,881,719 64,623,647 55.3 517,481 52,775,553 1984 112,361,456 62,349,494 55.5 (3,515,261) 46,496,701 1983 125,461,701 76,770,303 61.2 (1,133,106) 47,558,286 1982 126,071,176 64,827,171 51.4 674,983 61,918,988 1981 118,044,466 58,701,489 49.7 (1,011,895) 58,331,082 1980 101,607,218 43,669,528 43.0 (709,005) 57,228,685 1979 96,337,881 55,709,039 57.8 5,631,834 46,260,676 1978 80,651,919 39,911,982 49.5 8,732,111 49,472,048 1977 77,285,723 35,540,130 46.0 (1,258,270) 40,487,323 1976 80,141,746 34,183,058 42.7 (1,754,634) 44,204,054 1975 71,920,968 30,026,271 41.7 (1,064,299) 40,830,398 1974 65,427,040 27,227,388 41.6 (1,647,013) 36,552,639 1973 62,643,342 28,498,186 45.5 (422,354) 33,722,802 1972 53,528,960 23,065,811 43.1 (81,742) 30,381,407 1971 40,557,101 16,760,878 41.3 (481,663) 23,314,560 1970 30,180,508 12,820,182 42.5 (86,153) 17,274,173 1969 23,858,047 10,518,646 44.1 3,864 3,343,265 1968 20,903,851 10,306,670 49.3 461,112 11,058,293 1967 18,582,477 9,756,817 52.5 908,846 9,734,506 1966 17,208,511 7,883,251 45.8 (267,249) 9,058,011 1965 15,971,601 7,763,864 48.6 (263,363) 7,944,379 1964 14,424,462 6,968,929 48.3 (67,594) 7,387,941 1963 13,599,716 6,617,887 48.7 (96,200) 6,885,628 1962 12,676,920 6,048,745 47.7 (229,613) 6,398,560 1961 11,489,473 5,384,142 46.9 (240,330) 5,865,000 1960 10,152,998 4,633,012 45.6 (93,799) 5,426,816 1959 10,350,405 4,897,706 47.3 (632,786) 4,819,913 1958 9,529,993 4,451,984 46.7 (17,327) 5,060,682 1957 8,448,378 3,971,266 47.0 (34,792) 4,442,320 1956 7,374,682 3,456,568* 47.0 (38,891) 3,879,224 1954 6,726,944 3,223,218 47.9 (192,507) 3,311,219 1949 5,059,819 2,275,265 45.0 (224,693) 2,559,860 1944 5,994,656 2,494,557 41.6 (256,042) 3,244,057 1939 24,656,909 6,204,112 25.2 (2,496,055) 15,956,742 1934 45,964,229 13,973,933 30.4 --- 31,990,296
* Unconstitutional 1955 Ryder Act levies excluded.