County brief: Brazoria County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Brazoria County's 65 local governments owed $5.27 billion in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $12,752 per resident, 29th of 159 counties and 7th of 31 (100,000 to 499,999). Of that, $1.13 billion is owed by 3 issuers that also serve other counties.
- Debt per resident
- $12,752
- Rank
- 29th of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 7th of 31(100,000 to 499,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $5,269,459,256
- Population (county government's row)
- 413,224
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $1,131,805,000
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 13 | $1,466,939,000 | 27.8% | |
| Counties | 1 | $116,970,000 | 2.2% | |
| Water Districts | 39 | $1,366,199,000 | 25.9% | |
| Independent School Districts | 8 | $2,222,735,000 | 42.2% | |
| Community & Junior College Districts | 2 | $65,915,000 | 1.3% | |
| Health & Hospital Districts | 2 | $30,701,256 | 0.6% | |
| Total | 65 | $5,269,459,256 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 65 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin ISD | Independent School Districts | $1,061,460,000 | $8,876 |
| Pearland | Cities | $1,039,085,000 | $8,016 |
| Pearland ISD | Independent School Districts | $362,520,000 | $2,838 |
| Angleton ISD | Independent School Districts | $313,010,000 | $6,518 |
| Port Freeport | Water Districts | $311,365,000 | $837 |
| Brazosport ISD | Independent School Districts | $293,480,000 | $5,702 |
| Alvin | Cities | $134,175,000 | $4,492 |
| Brazoria County | Counties | $116,970,000 | $283 |
| Columbia-Brazoria ISD | Independent School Districts | $101,450,000 | $4,485 |
| Brazoria County MUD 55 | Water Districts | $98,610,000 | $14,813 |
| Lake Jackson | Cities | $96,595,000 | $3,430 |
| Manvel | Cities | $94,630,000 | $4,901 |
| Sweeny ISD | Independent School Districts | $73,680,000 | $6,076 |
| Brazosport WA | Water Districts | $73,410,000 | $179 |
| Brazoria County MUD 22 | Water Districts | $71,180,000 | $11,482 |
| Brazoria County MUD 39 | Water Districts | $60,965,000 | $19,775 |
| Brazoria-Fort Bend Counties MUD 3 | Water Districts | $59,935,000 | $9,582 |
| Brazoria County MUD 56 | Water Districts | $58,645,000 | $17,527 |
47 more issuers: see https://txbrb.munipro.com/data/explore/county/brazoria/#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 Brazoria County's $5,269,459,256, $1,131,805,000 is owed by 3 issuers that list other counties too; 0 issuers that list Brazoria County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Brazoria County government's own row (413,224 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.