County brief: Cherokee County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Cherokee County's 10 local governments owed $124.3 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025; its debt per resident is not reported. Of that, $4.22 million is owed by 2 issuers that also serve other counties.
- Debt per resident
- Not reported
- Rank
- Not ranked
- Rank in its size band
- Not reported
- Total principal outstanding
- $124,310,666
- Population (county government's row)
- Not reported
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $4,221,000
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 5 | $40,785,000 | 32.8% | |
| Independent School Districts | 5 | $83,525,666 | 67.2% | |
| Total | 10 | $124,310,666 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 10 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville ISD | Independent School Districts | $62,040,000 | $2,492 |
| Jacksonville | Cities | $26,229,000 | $1,792 |
| Rusk | Cities | $11,340,000 | $2,042 |
| Alto ISD | Independent School Districts | $9,075,000 | $2,495 |
| New Summerfield ISD | Independent School Districts | $6,385,666 | $2,970 |
| Rusk ISD | Independent School Districts | $3,985,000 | $306 |
| Wells ISD | Independent School Districts | $2,040,000 | $3,452 |
| Alto | Cities | $1,500,000 | $1,410 |
| Wells | Cities | $1,480,000 | $1,639 |
| Reklaw | Cities | $236,000 | $684 |
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 Cherokee County's $124,310,666, $4,221,000 is owed by 2 issuers that list other counties too; 0 issuers that list Cherokee County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Cherokee County government's own row 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.