Table 17

Comparison of Assessment Ratios* for Taxes Due
in 1998 and 1999, by County
 
  Combined
Real Personal Indicated
County 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999
 
Adams 93.9% 94.8% 67.9% 93.2% 89.3% 94.5%
Asotin 85.6 87.7 41.2 74.3 82.5 87.0
Benton 90.2 91.3 85.9 96.0 89.8 91.7
Chelan 84.7 85.8 93.4 84.0 85.1 85.7
Clallam 92.5 92.4 99.8 100.0 92.9 92.9
 
Clark 95.7 97.5 89.7 93.5 95.3 97.3
Columbia 86.6 94.9 92.4 96.9 87.4 95.2
Cowlitz 88.8 91.5 100.0 99.9 89.9 92.3
Douglas 90.7 94.2 96.5 95.2 91.0 94.3
Ferry 82.1 83.5 66.3 92.1 79.8 85.1
 
Franklin 90.5 92.7 85.4 86.3 89.8 91.8
Garfield 92.7 92.3 100.0 90.2 93.8 92.0
Grant 85.1 83.5 88.8 74.8 85.6 82.6
Grays Harbor 89.7 91.4 79.4 96.6 89.5 91.9
Island 100.0 93.5 83.6 91.1 99.5 93.4
 
Jefferson 93.9 93.3 94.0 83.7 93.9 92.9
King 90.4 89.9 91.7 99.2 90.5 90.6
Kitsap 89.5 89.5 96.0 100.0 89.9 89.9
Kittitas 82.3 91.4 85.7 98.8 82.6 92.0
Klickitat 91.7 91.2 96.5 93.8 92.3 91.5
 
Lewis 87.5 90.8 98.4 99.2 89.0 91.9
Lincoln 85.1 81.5 87.6 85.8 85.6 82.4
Mason 82.8 90.4 80.3 95.5 82.7 90.6
Okanogan 76.0 79.9 93.0 90.3 77.4 80.7
Pacific 86.0 90.8 100.0 87.2 86.9 91.2
 
Pend Oreille 74.7 78.8 83.2 98.8 75.1 79.5
Pierce 92.3 91.4 99.5 99.9 92.7 91.8
San Juan 93.7 92.6 77.9 82.0 93.3 92.3
Skagit 94.0 94.4 90.0 100.0 93.6 94.9
Skamania 79.6 85.8 90.2 95.1 81.1 87.0
 
Snohomish 88.4 85.9 96.3 100.0 89.0 86.8
Spokane 86.0 84.7 97.4 91.6 87.0 85.2
Stevens 88.9 89.7 97.1 90.1 90.2 89.8
Thurston 92.7 90.0 87.5 98.5 92.4 90.5
Wahkiakum 77.8 85.5 94.0 96.8 79.9 86.5
 
Walla Walla 89.2 90.0 98.3 92.3 90.1 90.2
Whatcom 88.9 89.3 97.8 97.0 89.5 89.8
Whitman 86.7 92.2 90.1 86.0 87.3 91.1
Yakima 88.4 87.6 94.5 86.2 88.9 87.5
   
TOTAL 90.1% 89.8% 93.0% 96.7% 90.4% 90.3%
 
 
*Assessment ratio is the ratio of total assessed value of property in the county to the total true and fair value.