FISCAL YEAR 2001

FISCAL YEAR 2002

FISCAL YEAR 2003

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Department
Appeals

Percentage

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Department
Appeals

Percentage

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Departmental
Appeals

Percentage

Allegany

  11,751

          204

       1.7%

  13,516

            293

        2.2%

13,031

357

2.7%

Anne Arundel

  59,195

       2,437

       4.1%

  68,302

         1,871

        2.7%

59,363

3,498

5.9%

Baltimore City

  68,681

       5,415

       7.9%

  85,802

         4,710

        5.5%

67,376

6,225

9.2%

Baltimore

  84,258

       2,542

       3.0%

  88,900

         5,421

        6.1%

94,996

3,703

3.9%

Calvert

  10,457

          540

       5.2%

  11,196

            324

        2.9%

17,073

467

2.7%

Caroline

    5,235

          113

       2.2%

    5,220

            182

        3.5%

4,240

121

2.9%

Carroll

  21,000

          502

       2.4%

  19,798

            744

        3.8%

18,567

675

3.6%

Cecil

  15,913

          504

       3.2%

  12,668

            280

        2.2%

13,632

527

3.9%

Charles

  18,354

          252

       1.4%

  15,528

            301

        1.9%

18,258

696

3.8%

Dorchester

    6,979

          125

       1.8%

    6,579

            414

        6.3%

5,342

130

2.4%

Frederick

  26,875

          993

       3.7%

  32,238

            543

        1.7%

21,928

822

3.7%

Garrett

    7,366

          218

       3.0%

  10,579

            408

        3.9%

8,402

184

2.2%

Harford

  21,979

          630

       2.9%

  29,903

            774

        2.6%

32,397

1,151

3.6%

Howard

  28,314

          838

       3.0%

  27,121

         1,111

        4.1%

30,168

1,178

3.9%

Kent

    4,845

          351

       7.2%

    4,698

            272

        5.8%

3,618

212

5.9%

Montgomery

  94,950

       3,115

       3.3%

  87,033

         3,092

        3.6%

111,949

3,856

3.4%

Prince George’s

  70,661

       1,473

       2.1%

100,652

         1,879

        1.9%

80,042

1,845

2.3%

Queen Anne’s

    7,008

          471

       6.7%

    5,808

            164

        2.8%

9,468

828

8.7%

St. Mary’s

  12,183

          571

       4.7%

  13,836

            383

        2.8%

13,563

467

3.4%

Somerset

    4,140

            64

       1.5%

    4,793

              89

        1.9%

6,284

170

2.7%

Talbot

    7,498

          262

       3.5%

    5,471

            293

        5.4%

5,264

175

3.3%

Washington

  18,281

          562

       3.1%

  17,401

            564

        3.2%

14,687

453

3.1%

Wicomico

  12,413

          549

       4.4%

  13,594

            335

        2.5%

15,016

437

2.9%

Worcester

  20,212

          685

       3.4%

    8,582

            302

        3.5%

27,632

2,220

8.0%

Total

638,548

     23,416

       3.7%

689,218

       24,749

        3.6%

692,296

30,397

4.4%