A representation of Rowan County tax base over the past fifteen years is as follows: 1988 total tax base was 2.75 billion dollars, 44 thousand real estate parcels, 18 total employees; 1993 total tax base was 4.07 billion dollars, 52 thousand real estate parcels, 22 total employees. (Note: Revaluation Department added with four employees in order to conduct a full in-house reappraisal amounting to very significant savings to Rowan County); 1998 total tax base was 5.56 billion dollars, 65 thousand real estate parcels, 22 total employees; 2003 total tax base projection of 9.50 billion dollars, 75 thousand real estate parcels, 22 total employees.