County brief: Dallas County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing total principal outstanding for cities, fiscal year 2025.
Dallas County's 26 cities owed $19.4 billion in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, 1st of 226 counties and 1st of 12. Of that, $8.4 billion is owed by 6 issuers that also serve other counties.
- Total principal outstanding
- $19,426,153,984
- Rank
- 1st of 226
- Rank in its size band
- 1st of 12(500,000 and over)
- Total principal outstanding
- $19,426,153,984
- 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 | 100.0% | |
| Total | 26 | $19,426,153,984 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 26 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas-Fort Worth Int Airport | Cities | $7,675,155,000 | Not reported |
| Dallas | Cities | $5,721,968,583 | $4,315 |
| Garland | Cities | $1,601,925,000 | $6,397 |
| Irving | Cities | $1,155,490,000 | $4,478 |
| Grand Prairie | Cities | $631,929,000 | $3,048 |
| Mesquite | Cities | $540,426,000 | $3,599 |
| Richardson | Cities | $463,405,000 | $3,920 |
| Rowlett | Cities | $303,765,000 | $4,459 |
| Carrollton | Cities | $224,780,000 | $1,659 |
| DeSoto | Cities | $174,351,000 | $3,074 |
| Coppell | Cities | $137,510,000 | $3,291 |
| Addison | Cities | $134,025,000 | $7,766 |
| Cedar Hill | Cities | $123,690,000 | $2,493 |
| Sachse | Cities | $100,182,000 | $3,035 |
| Lancaster | Cities | $96,972,401 | $2,378 |
| Hutchins | Cities | $71,230,000 | $8,908 |
| Farmers Branch | Cities | $70,730,000 | $1,894 |
| Seagoville | Cities | $64,105,000 | $3,185 |
8 more issuers: see https://txbrb.munipro.com/data/explore/county/dallas/?type=city#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 $19,426,153,984, $8,427,025,000 is owed by 6 issuers that list other counties too; 0 issuers that list Dallas County count in another. Total principal outstanding: principal outstanding at the fiscal year end, summed over the local governments attributed to the county. "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 10/9/2026. Computed here from BRB's tables. Texas fiscal years run September 1 to August 31. Issuer names are shown as published, without source footnote letters. Figures are as reported to the agency and have not been independently verified.