Countywide Sales Tax
2005-2009
K.S.A. 12-192 states that "all revenue received by the director of taxation from a countywide retailers' sales tax shall be apportioned among
 the county and each city located in such county in the following manner: 1) One-half of all revenue received by the director of taxation shall
be apportioned among the county and each city located in such county in the proportion that the total tangible property tax levies made in
such county in the preceding year for all funds of each such governmental unit bear to the total of all such levies made in the preceding year,
and 2) ½  of all revenue received by the director of taxation from such countywide retailers’ sales tax shall be apportioned among the 
county and each city located in such county, first to the county that portion of the revenue equal to the proportion that the
population of the county residing in the unincorporated area of the county bears to the total population of the county, and second to the
cities in the proportion that the population of each city bears to the total population of the county."
Mill Levy 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Lawrence 26.375 26.358 26.787 26.647 26.693
Baldwin 33.474 32.371 32.354 31.407 30.538
Eudora  19.016 21.182 24.144 26.625 27.188
Lecompton 16.284 18.190 18.237 18.294 18.259
Douglas County  30.099 30.013 29.995 32.820 32.803
Property Taxes Levied 
Lawrence 20,523,465 21,763,985 22,897,775 22,999,658 22,816,082
Baldwin 909,798 955,261 995,767 985,046 943,915
Eudora  676,686 828,258 989,303 1,090,476 1,096,853
Lecompton 49,565 58,127 59,406 59,622 59,099
Douglas County 31,288,120 32,920,144 34,050,714 37,349,344 36,849,250
Population
Lawrence 81,854 81,816 88,605 89,852 90,520
Baldwin 3,669 3,746 4,145 4,202 4,308
Eudora  5,123 5,284 6,027 6,077 6,226
Lecompton 601 589 649 646 666
Douglas County Unincorporated 11,539 11,479 12,697 12,711 13,028
Ratio
Lawrence 0.590173 0.590011 0.589196 0.579910 0.579130
Baldwin 0.026359 0.026649 0.026924 0.026395 0.026413
Eudora  0.031251 0.032998 0.035262 0.035500 0.036008
Lecompton 0.003387 0.003376 0.003398 0.003323 0.003380
Douglas County  0.348830 0.346966 0.345221 0.354872 0.355069