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New growth added $518,650 to the FY2026 levy limit, 1.64% of the prior limit, on top of Proposition 2½.
Levy added by new growth
Added to the levy limit
FY2003
$314,966
FY2004
$341,785
FY2005
$452,710
FY2006
$325,484
FY2007
$295,074
FY2008
$211,735
FY2009
$138,168
FY2010
$130,170
FY2011
$188,732
FY2012
$448,111
FY2013
$321,862
FY2014
$297,571
FY2015
$262,484
FY2016
$360,856
FY2017
$487,955
FY2018
$481,496
FY2019
$472,536
FY2020
$366,231
FY2021
$308,732
FY2022
$430,254
FY2023
$234,383
FY2024
$630,220
FY2025
$527,289
FY2026
$518,650
DLS new growth file, certified each year. Each year’s addition then grows with the limit.
1 · The facts
$518,650
added to the levy limit by new growth, FY2026
1.64%
of the prior year’s levy limit
2.5%
growth in the levy limit the statute allows
law
$36,117,700
new value certified, every class, FY2026
$19,027,240
of it residential
52.7%
residential share of the new value
$630,220
added in FY2024, the largest year
$130,170
added in FY2010, the smallest year
2 · What it shows
1
New growth added 1.64% to the limit in FY2026, beside the 2.5% the statute allows.
2
About half of FY2026’s new value was housing: $19,027,240 of $36,117,700.
3
Since FY2003 the levy added by new growth ran from $130,170 in FY2010 to $630,220 in FY2024.
Certified new growth, by year
Year
Added to levy
New value
Residential value
Share of prior limit
FY2026
$518,650
$36,117,700
$19,027,240
1.64%
FY2025
$527,289
$37,396,296
$19,386,086
1.80%
FY2024
$630,220
$43,106,729
$19,944,059
2.25%
FY2023
$234,383
$13,634,891
$9,868,011
0.86%
FY2022
$430,254
$24,253,330
$18,334,650
1.65%
FY2021
$308,732
$17,038,185
$8,854,975
1.23%
FY2020
$366,231
$19,605,489
$9,302,359
1.52%
FY2019
$472,536
$23,986,590
$14,475,320
2.05%
FY2018
$481,496
$24,098,920
$15,800,400
2.18%
FY2017
$487,955
$24,883,011
$21,075,900
2.32%
FY2016
$360,856
$19,697,381
$17,006,300
1.79%
FY2015
$262,484
$14,590,507
$9,832,900
1.35%
FY2014
$297,571
$17,200,564
$14,665,300
1.59%
FY2013
$321,862
$19,124,255
$15,062,900
1.80%
FY2012
$448,111
$27,729,619
$25,252,469
2.63%
FY2011
$188,732
$13,291,045
$7,983,800
1.15%
FY2010
$130,170
$9,982,315
$6,097,000
0.82%
FY2009
$138,168
$11,297,476
$6,074,100
0.90%
FY2008
$211,735
$17,455,441
$15,689,100
1.43%
FY2007
$295,074
$23,809,803
$22,690,200
2.09%
FY2006
$325,484
$24,399,133
$22,124,100
2.42%
FY2005
$452,710
$31,881,000
$30,990,500
3.56%
FY2004
$341,785
$26,050,700
$23,783,700
2.83%
FY2003
$314,966
$20,190,107
$19,135,500
2.75%
DLS new growth file, Lunenburg rows, every column as the state prints it.