County brief: Bastrop County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Bastrop County's 19 local governments owed $1.29 billion in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $11,256 per resident, 39th of 159 counties and 12th of 31 (100,000 to 499,999). Of that, $8.70 million is owed by 1 issuer that also serves other counties.
- Debt per resident
- $11,256
- Rank
- 39th of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 12th of 31(100,000 to 499,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $1,293,639,725
- Population (county government's row)
- 114,931
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $8,700,000
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 3 | $221,058,000 | 17.1% | |
| Counties | 1 | $79,662,000 | 6.2% | |
| Water Districts | 11 | $71,128,000 | 5.5% | |
| Independent School Districts | 4 | $921,791,725 | 71.3% | |
| Total | 19 | $1,293,639,725 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 19 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bastrop ISD | Independent School Districts | $552,296,725 | $7,387 |
| Elgin ISD | Independent School Districts | $328,730,000 | $12,398 |
| Bastrop | Cities | $164,718,000 | $12,950 |
| Bastrop County | Counties | $79,662,000 | $693 |
| Elgin | Cities | $49,540,000 | $3,983 |
| Smithville ISD | Independent School Districts | $31,840,000 | $3,004 |
| The Colony MUD 1A | Water Districts | $17,105,000 | $9,974 |
| Bastrop County WCID 2 | Water Districts | $11,705,000 | $1,279 |
| The Colony MUD 1B | Water Districts | $10,495,000 | $11,661 |
| McDade ISD | Independent School Districts | $8,925,000 | $4,670 |
| Altessa MUD | Water Districts | $8,700,000 | $11,417 |
| The Colony MUD 1C | Water Districts | $7,445,000 | $11,874 |
| Smithville | Cities | $6,800,000 | $1,569 |
| The Colony MUD 1E | Water Districts | $4,525,000 | $9,369 |
| Elgin MUD 2 | Water Districts | $3,500,000 | $5,376 |
| The Colony MUD 1D | Water Districts | $3,500,000 | Not reported |
| West Bastrop Village MUD | Water Districts | $2,250,000 | $20,089 |
| Bastrop County WCID 1 | Water Districts | $1,438,000 | Not reported |
1 more issuer: see https://txbrb.munipro.com/data/explore/county/bastrop/#issuers
How these figures are made. BRB lists every county an issuer serves and gives no shares, so an issuer's debt counts in its home county, the first county listed for it, and each dollar counts once statewide. Of Bastrop County's $1,293,639,725, $8,700,000 is owed by 1 issuer that lists other counties too; 0 issuers that list Bastrop County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Bastrop County government's own row (114,931 residents) for the same fiscal year; per resident in the issuer list uses each government's own reported population. "Not reported" is never shown as zero.
Source: Texas Bond Review Board open data on data.texas.gov: Local Issuance Fee By Year (updated by the publisher 10/6/2026); Debt Outstanding By Issuance Local By Year (updated by the publisher 9/9/2026). Loaded here 10/8/2026. Computed here from BRB's tables. Texas fiscal years run September 1 to August 31. Issuer names are shown as BRB publishes them, spellings included. Figures are as reported to the agency and have not been independently verified.