County brief: Dallas County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Dallas County's 57 local governments owed $47.04 billion in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $17,710 per resident, 14th of 159 counties and 2nd of 12 (500,000 and over). Of that, $8.43 billion is owed by 6 issuers that also serve other counties.
- Debt per resident
- $17,710
- Rank
- 14th of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 2nd of 12(500,000 and over)
- Total principal outstanding
- $47,038,679,145
- Population (county government's row)
- 2,656,028
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $8,427,025,000
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 26 | $19,426,153,984 | 41.3% | |
| Counties | 1 | $179,530,000 | 0.4% | |
| Water Districts | 10 | $1,980,259,000 | 4.2% | |
| Independent School Districts | 14 | $11,819,889,574 | 25.1% | |
| Community & Junior College Districts | 1 | $254,115,000 | 0.5% | |
| Health & Hospital Districts | 3 | $612,031,772 | 1.3% | |
| Other Special Districts | 2 | $12,766,699,815 | 27.1% | |
| Total | 57 | $47,038,679,145 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 57 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Texas Tollway Authority | Other Special Districts | $8,502,014,815 | $1,222 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Int Airport | Cities | $7,675,155,000 | Not reported |
| Dallas | Cities | $5,721,968,583 | $4,315 |
| Dallas ISD | Independent School Districts | $4,613,765,000 | $3,537 |
| Dallas Area Rapid Transit | Other Special Districts | $4,264,685,000 | $1,686 |
| Trinity RA | Water Districts | $1,769,360,000 | Not reported |
| Garland | Cities | $1,601,925,000 | $6,397 |
| Irving | Cities | $1,155,490,000 | $4,478 |
| Mesquite ISD | Independent School Districts | $1,067,475,402 | $5,961 |
| Garland ISD | Independent School Districts | $1,057,345,000 | $3,467 |
| Richardson ISD | Independent School Districts | $978,985,000 | $4,337 |
| Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD | Independent School Districts | $917,255,000 | $4,695 |
| Irving ISD | Independent School Districts | $745,650,000 | $4,234 |
| Grand Prairie | Cities | $631,929,000 | $3,048 |
| Mesquite | Cities | $540,426,000 | $3,599 |
| Dallas County Hospital District | Health & Hospital Districts | $511,285,000 | $187 |
| Richardson | Cities | $463,405,000 | $3,920 |
| Coppell ISD | Independent School Districts | $424,510,194 | $8,365 |
39 more issuers: see https://txbrb.munipro.com/data/explore/county/dallas/#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 Dallas County's $47,038,679,145, $8,427,025,000 is owed by 6 issuers that list other counties too; 0 issuers that list Dallas County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Dallas County government's own row (2,656,028 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.