County brief: Ellis County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Ellis County's 26 local governments owed $2.28 billion in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $9,798 per resident, 44th of 159 counties and 15th of 31 (100,000 to 499,999). Of that, $1.41 million is owed by 1 issuer that also serves other counties.
- Debt per resident
- $9,798
- Rank
- 44th of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 15th of 31(100,000 to 499,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $2,276,811,681
- Population (county government's row)
- 232,387
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $1,405,000
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 9 | $638,878,022 | 28.1% | |
| Counties | 1 | $21,260,000 | 0.9% | |
| Water Districts | 7 | $89,300,000 | 3.9% | |
| Independent School Districts | 9 | $1,527,373,659 | 67.1% | |
| Total | 26 | $2,276,811,681 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 26 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waxahachie ISD | Independent School Districts | $678,220,981 | $10,974 |
| Midlothian ISD | Independent School Districts | $333,690,000 | $5,999 |
| Red Oak ISD | Independent School Districts | $320,500,000 | $9,066 |
| Waxahachie | Cities | $246,530,000 | $5,071 |
| Midlothian | Cities | $171,804,022 | $3,895 |
| Ennis | Cities | $122,434,000 | $4,946 |
| Ferris ISD | Independent School Districts | $73,043,059 | $5,185 |
| Red Oak | Cities | $72,159,000 | $3,726 |
| Ennis ISD | Independent School Districts | $55,239,619 | $1,738 |
| Maypearl ISD | Independent School Districts | $41,005,000 | $6,510 |
| Ellis County FWSD 1 | Water Districts | $33,665,000 | $18,713 |
| Ellis County | Counties | $21,260,000 | $91 |
| Buena Vista-Bethel Special UD | Water Districts | $19,580,000 | $1,572 |
| Ferris | Cities | $18,277,000 | $4,352 |
| Palmer ISD | Independent School Districts | $14,430,000 | $2,424 |
| Midlothian MMD 2 | Water Districts | $13,780,000 | $25,902 |
| Rockett Special UD | Water Districts | $11,065,000 | $57 |
| Italy ISD | Independent School Districts | $10,795,000 | $4,854 |
8 more issuers: see https://txbrb.munipro.com/data/explore/county/ellis/#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 Ellis County's $2,276,811,681, $1,405,000 is owed by 1 issuer that lists other counties too; 2 issuers that list Ellis County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Ellis County government's own row (232,387 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.