County brief: Bell County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident (per county resident) for cities, fiscal year 2025.
Bell County's 11 cities owed $1.19 billion in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $2,983 per county resident, 30th of 150 counties and 15th of 31 (100,000 to 499,999).
- Debt per resident, per county resident
- $2,983
- Rank
- 30th of 150
- Rank in its size band
- 15th of 31(100,000 to 499,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $1,191,839,973
- Population (county government's row)
- 399,578
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $0
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 11 | $1,191,839,973 | 100.0% | |
| Total | 11 | $1,191,839,973 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 11 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple | Cities | $818,010,000 | $8,497 |
| Killeen | Cities | $266,480,000 | $1,659 |
| Belton | Cities | $41,665,000 | $1,625 |
| Harker Heights | Cities | $38,120,000 | $1,081 |
| Salado | Cities | $12,980,000 | $5,228 |
| Rogers | Cities | $4,949,000 | $4,503 |
| Troy | Cities | $3,490,000 | $1,018 |
| Bartlett | Cities | $2,130,000 | $1,271 |
| Morgan's Point Resort | Cities | $1,822,973 | $382 |
| Nolanville | Cities | $1,630,000 | $220 |
| Holland | Cities | $563,000 | $499 |
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 Bell County's $1,191,839,973, $0 is owed by 0 issuers that list other counties too; 0 issuers that list Bell County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Bell County government's own row (399,578 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.
