County brief: Cameron County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident (per county resident) for cities, fiscal year 2025.
Cameron County's 14 cities owed $639.5 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $1,481 per county resident, 60th of 150 counties and 26th of 31 (100,000 to 499,999).
- Debt per resident, per county resident
- $1,481
- Rank
- 60th of 150
- Rank in its size band
- 26th of 31(100,000 to 499,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $639,474,000
- Population (county government's row)
- 431,874
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $0
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 14 | $639,474,000 | 100.0% | |
| Total | 14 | $639,474,000 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 14 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsville | Cities | $487,544,000 | $2,540 |
| Harlingen | Cities | $42,880,000 | $594 |
| South Padre Island | Cities | $23,295,000 | $11,221 |
| Primera | Cities | $19,967,000 | $3,664 |
| Port Isabel | Cities | $16,900,000 | $3,244 |
| Los Fresnos | Cities | $15,367,000 | $1,795 |
| San Benito | Cities | $13,510,000 | $547 |
| La Feria | Cities | $9,943,000 | $1,413 |
| Combes | Cities | $4,895,000 | $1,502 |
| Rancho Viejo | Cities | $2,327,000 | $813 |
| Palm Valley | Cities | $1,167,000 | $863 |
| Rio Hondo | Cities | $874,000 | $378 |
| Laguna Vista | Cities | $660,000 | $174 |
| Santa Rosa | Cities | $145,000 | $61 |
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 Cameron County's $639,474,000, $0 is owed by 0 issuers that list other counties too; 0 issuers that list Cameron County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Cameron County government's own row (431,874 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.