Overland Park has the lowest mill levy rate of any first class city in Kansas.
| Rank | City | 2006 Population |
City Levy |
Difference from OP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overland Park | 166,722 |
8.832 |
-0- |
| 2 | Salina | 46,140 |
23.959 |
+15.127 |
| 3 | Leawood | 30,702 |
24.241 |
+15.409 |
| 4 | Shawnee | 59,252 |
24.652 |
+15.820 |
| 5 | Olathe | 114,662 |
25.030 |
+16.198 |
| 6 | Lenexa | 44,520 |
26.477 |
+17.645 |
| 7 | Lawrence | 88,605 |
26.787 |
+17.955 |
| 8 | Prairie Village* | 21,414 |
27.522 |
+18.690 |
| 9 | Garden City | 27,175 |
29.948 |
+21.116 |
| 10 | Manhattan | 50,737 |
31.683 |
+22.851 |
| 11 | Wichita | 357,698 |
31.979 |
+23.147 |
| 12 | Topeka | 122,113 |
32.457 |
+23.625 |
| 13 | Coffeyville | 10,387 |
39.790 |
+30.958 |
| 14 | Unified Government (city only) |
143,801 |
40.685 |
+31.853 |
| 15 | Hutchinson | 41,085 |
40.848 |
+32.016 |
| 16 | Fort Scott | 7,976 |
41.560 |
+32.728 |
| 17 | Emporia | 26,188 |
42.033 |
+33.201 |
| 18 | Newton | 18,093 |
43.101 |
+34.269 |
| 19 | Liberal | 20,384 |
43.460 |
+34.628 |
| 20 | Parsons | 11,237 |
45.311 |
+36.479 |
| 21 | Pittsburg | 19,120 |
45.480 |
+36.648 |
| 22 | Atchison | 10,154 |
46.478 |
+37.646 |
| 23 | Junction City | 16,106 |
47.394 |
+38.562 |
| 24 | Dodge City | 26,101 |
48.446 |
+39.614 |
| 25 | Leavenworth | 34,993 |
49.874 |
+41.042 |
*Includes fire service levy of 9.356 mills
Source: League of Kansas Municipalities