• A majority of all property tax revenue — 55 percent — goes to schools. Among Utah's 40 school districts, Jordan School District in Salt Lake County collects the most: $158 million. Tintic School District in Juab County collects the least, $200,154.

• 18 percent of property tax revenue goes to Utah's 29 county governments. Salt Lake County receives the most (nearly $135 million), and Piute County receives the least ($247,995).

• 15 percent goes to the 235 cities and towns in Utah that collect property tax. (Not all municipalities levy such tax — Moab, for example, does not, and depends on other revenue sources.) Salt Lake City receives the most ($68.4 million), and tiny Ophir in Tooele County receives the least (just $422).

• 12 percent goes to 202 special districts in the state. The Central Utah Water Conservancy District receives the most ($28.3 million), and the Henrieville Cemetery Maintenance District in Garfield County receives the least (just $659).

Big tax hikes

One of every seven local governments that charge property tax are raising rates above levels that would provide the same revenue as last year. That includes 21 school districts; four counties; 32 cities and towns; and 21 special districts — four of which are new this year.

But six governments are more than doubling such rates.

They include the Central Iron County Water Conservancy District (up 697 percent); Ballard, Uintah County (271 percent); Parowan (215 percent); South Salt Lake (134 percent); Big Water, Kane County (127 percent); and the Lake Point Cemetery District in Tooele County (121 percent).

Some governments, while not necessarily doubling taxes, are imposing huge dollar increases. Eight had increases of more than $100 on a $250,000 home.

They include Ballard ($328); Parowan ($300); Big Water ($267); South Salt Lake ($225); West Valley City ($201); the Ogden School District ($188); the West Jordan Fairway Estates ($104); and the Kane County School District ($100).

Reasons for the hikes vary.

R. Scott Wilson, executive director of the Iron County district, said its increases came in part because it would like to join a project to build a pipeline to bring water to the Cedar City area from Lake Powell. It also wants to pursue projects to help better recharge groundwater with runoff that is now lost to evaporation.

Ballard Mayor Thomas Nordstrom said Uintah County had been providing police and fire protection for his town of 800, but the community recently asked to take care of that itself. "So we raised our taxes to take care of that," he said.