This chart compares individual counties' property tax growth to the change in population and inflation (Consumer Price Index, Midwest Urban Cities) between 1997 and 2011.  The default chart is for Barber County; property tax increased 190%, population decreased 10.2% and inflation went up 37%.  Setting the 1997 index for each criteria to 100, their 2010 indices are 290.18, 89.8 and 137, respectively.

Select a county from the drop-down box below the chart to see the index for other counties.