County brief: Brown County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Brown County's 14 local governments owed $162.7 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $4,212 per resident, 114th of 159 counties and 32nd of 53 (10,000 to 49,999).
- Debt per resident
- $4,212
- Rank
- 114th of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 32nd of 53(10,000 to 49,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $162,700,000
- Population (county government's row)
- 38,631
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $0
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 4 | $56,880,000 | 35.0% | |
| Counties | 1 | $4,410,000 | 2.7% | |
| Water Districts | 2 | $12,724,000 | 7.8% | |
| Independent School Districts | 6 | $84,471,000 | 51.9% | |
| Other Special Districts | 1 | $4,215,000 | 2.6% | |
| Total | 14 | $162,700,000 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 14 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownwood ISD | Independent School Districts | $62,690,000 | $3,119 |
| Brownwood | Cities | $37,835,000 | $2,016 |
| Early | Cities | $15,915,000 | $5,014 |
| Early ISD | Independent School Districts | $13,525,000 | $2,955 |
| Brookesmith Special UD | Water Districts | $8,929,000 | Not reported |
| Bangs ISD | Independent School Districts | $4,530,000 | $804 |
| Brown County | Counties | $4,410,000 | $114 |
| Brownwood Municipal Development District | Other Special Districts | $4,215,000 | $232 |
| Brown County WID 1 | Water Districts | $3,795,000 | Not reported |
| Zephyr ISD | Independent School Districts | $2,929,000 | $3,529 |
| Bangs | Cities | $2,090,000 | $1,362 |
| Blanket | Cities | $1,040,000 | $2,889 |
| Blanket ISD | Independent School Districts | $420,000 | $487 |
| May ISD | Independent School Districts | $377,000 | $167 |
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 Brown County's $162,700,000, $0 is owed by 0 issuers that list other counties too; 1 issuer that lists Brown County counts in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Brown County government's own row (38,631 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.