Karnes County Property Tax Levy

Compiled by
The County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties

The information contained in this report was obtained from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. However, the changes since the prior year are from calculations by the County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties. For more information, contact the CIP at (512) 478-8753.




Bar chart showing county property tax levy by year.
  1. Lack of a visible bar can occur when the average levy is so small the result is a bar less than one pixel in height.
  2. Levies shown are for county property taxes only. Amounts do not include levies for other taxing entities (cities, school districts and special districts).
  3. Nominal amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
  4. Real amounts are adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  5. Amounts are not adjusted for change in population (increase or decrease).
Data for the Karnes County Property Tax Levy Chart
Calendar YearProperty Tax Levy (Nominal)Change from Prior YearProperty Tax Levy (Real)Change from Prior Year
1991$1,808,810N/A$1,808,810N/A
1992$2,005,87610.9%$1,947,2587.7%
1993$2,102,2504.8%$1,981,4981.8%
1994$2,189,1364.1%$2,011,8781.5%
1995$2,246,2732.6%$2,007,496-0.2%
1996$2,173,794-3.2%$1,887,003-6.0%
1997$2,281,1384.9%$1,935,7692.6%
1998$2,262,335-0.8%$1,890,368-2.3%
1999$2,253,739-0.4%$1,842,493-2.5%
2000$2,342,2173.9%$1,852,5550.5%
2001$2,428,3523.7%$1,867,5410.8%
2002$2,501,6643.0%$1,893,9781.4%
2003$2,696,8677.8%$1,996,2685.4%
2004$2,736,9931.5%$1,973,417-1.1%
2005$2,984,2359.0%$2,081,1725.5%
2006$3,095,9783.7%$2,091,6280.5%
2007$3,297,6216.5%$2,166,1603.6%
2008$3,355,1421.7%$2,122,452-2.0%
2009$3,190,633-4.9%$2,025,591-4.6%
2010$2,813,442-11.8%$1,757,305-13.2%
2011$4,509,00560.3%$2,730,19155.4%
2012$9,234,398104.8%$5,478,040100.6%
2013$12,425,27734.6%$7,264,52832.6%
2014$24,659,09798.5%$14,186,98095.3%
2015$24,112,123-2.2%$13,855,846-2.3%
2016$15,880,529-34.1%$9,011,937-35.0%
2017$17,415,4499.7%$9,676,8287.4%
2018$18,271,9394.9%$9,910,6682.4%
2019$16,513,466-9.6%$8,797,467-11.2%
2020$20,110,59021.8%$10,583,25320.3%
2021$20,584,4542.4%$10,346,543-2.2%
2022$20,649,1760.3%$9,610,011-7.1%