Return to the PIE Home PageVoter approved property tax rates in Franklin County have increased since 1984. In 1984, this tax rate was $5.88 per $1000 of assessed value of property. By 1995, it had increased 127% to $13.35 per $1000 value.
The six entities shown in the graph represent the levies on which all Franklin County residents have the opportunity to regularly vote. Increases in these tax rates are based on voter approval of a levy for each entity. In the graph above, the Franklin County Office on Aging (FCOA), Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MRDD), Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board (ADAMH), and Franklin County Children Services (FCCS) represent the human services entities in Franklin County funded by property tax levies. The other two entities funded by property tax levies are the Metropolitan Park District of Columbus and Franklin County and the Columbus Zoo.
The rates shown above are not the total property tax rates a typical county resident would pay. All residents pay taxes used for the general operating and debt service funds for the county, as well as other property tax levies for libraries and schools in their respective districts.
County Entities 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 FCCS $2.70 $3.70 $3.70 $3.70 $3.70 $4.25 $4.25 ADAMH .80 .80 .80 .80 1.20 1.20 1.20 MRDD 2.15 2.15 2.15 3.95 3.95 3.95 3.45 Metro Parks .23 .23 .23 .23 .23 .55 .55 Zoo 0 .25 .25 .25 .25 .25 .50 FCOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total $5.88 $7.13 $7.13 $8.93 $9.33 $10.20 $9.95
County Entities 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 FCCS $4.25 $4.25 $3.95 $3.95 $3.95 ADAMH 2.20 2.20 2.20 2.20 2.20 MRDD 3.45 5.15 5.15 5.15 5.15 Metro Parks .55 .55 .55 .55 .55 Zoo .50 .50 .50 .50 .75 FCOA 0 .75 .75 .75 .75 Total $10.95 $13.40 $13.10 $13.10 $13.35
Note: The Franklin County Office on Aging distributes funds from the Elderly Services levy. Funds from this levy were collected starting in 1992.
Source: Franklin County Auditor's Office
Filename: FI-007