County brief: Ector County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Ector County's 6 local governments owed $1.18 billion in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $6,960 per resident, 73rd of 159 counties and 24th of 31 (100,000 to 499,999).
- Debt per resident
- $6,960
- Rank
- 73rd of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 24th of 31(100,000 to 499,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $1,183,375,000
- Population (county government's row)
- 170,022
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $0
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 1 | $229,550,000 | 19.4% | |
| Counties | 1 | $352,510,000 | 29.8% | |
| Water Districts | 1 | $36,970,000 | 3.1% | |
| Independent School Districts | 1 | $468,315,000 | 39.6% | |
| Community & Junior College Districts | 1 | $69,390,000 | 5.9% | |
| Health & Hospital Districts | 1 | $26,640,000 | 2.3% | |
| Total | 6 | $1,183,375,000 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 6 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ector County ISD | Independent School Districts | $468,315,000 | $2,685 |
| Ector County | Counties | $352,510,000 | $2,073 |
| Odessa | Cities | $229,550,000 | $1,917 |
| Odessa JCD | Community & Junior College Districts | $69,390,000 | $397 |
| Ector County UD | Water Districts | $36,970,000 | Not reported |
| Ector County Hospital District | Health & Hospital Districts | $26,640,000 | $160 |
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 Ector County's $1,183,375,000, $0 is owed by 0 issuers that list other counties too; 0 issuers that list Ector County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Ector County government's own row (170,022 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.