Florida Counties 2002 & 2006 Taxable Values Comparisons **Plus** Link to Interactive Mapping Display of the data

This is the coolest ....the local newspaper in Ft. Myers put together an interactive map that displays the following information from EVERY County in the State of Florida:

Using Lee County as an example:

2002 2006 % Change

Just Value $43,433,812,570 $114,269,011,500 163%

$25,000 Homestead Exemption $3,043,297,040 $3,733,554,420 23%

Homestead assessment differential $2,835,661,040 $16,482,990,510 481%

Number of real property parcels 463,685 516,523 11%

arcels Granted Homestead Exemption 122,280 148,072 21%

Just Value of parcels granted Homestead Exemption $16,714,343,080 $42,933,139,510 157%

Taxable value of parcles Granted Homestead Exemption$10,776,601, 590 $22,588,344,560 110%

County Operating Levy $190,139,155 $401,329,439 104%

Total County Levy(County, City, School districts) $743,942,173 $1,506,161,342 102%

County Taxable Value $36,899,612,280 $89,660,634,481 143%

The same information for Every County in the State of Florida is avaliable at:

http://www.news-press.com/assets/swf/legislature/countymap2.swf

(Interactive by Jessie Vega and Michael Donlan-News-Press.com)