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Government Unit 1990 1996 % Increase Tax/Pop Ratio Dane County (D.C.) Population 355810 398233 11.92% Dane County Taxes $52,163,704 $73,705,639 41.3% 3.46 All Town, City, and Village Property Tax $384,077,410 $547,724,607 42.61% 3.57 Madison Population 181581 200814 10.59% Madison Property Tax Levy $212,053,140 $291,684,692 37.55% 3.55 All D.C. Towns Population 67383 71946 6.77% All D.C. Towns Property Tax Levy $66,230,870 $88,544,656 33.69% 4.98 Source: WI Department of Revenue, "Town, Village, and City Taxes -- Taxes Levied ‘96, Collected ‘97," pages 20, 21. "Taxes Levied ‘90, Collected in ‘91," pages 20, 21. Prepared by Brett Hulsey, Sierra Club Sprawl Costs Us All Campaign, phone: 257-4994. All D.C. Village Pop. 41,679 50,134 20.29% 3.38 All D.C. Village Property Taxes 38,338,456 64,661,103 68.66% Up to Top | Printer-friendly version of this page