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Ellis County

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Ellis County's 9 cities owed $638.9 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $2,749 per county resident, 34th of 150 counties and 16th of 31 (100,000 to 499,999). Computed here from BRB's tables: Debt Outstanding By Issuance Local By Year, updated by BRB 9/9/2026, loaded here 10/8/2026.

Showing debt per resident (per county resident) for cities, fiscal year 2025. How it is computed: principal outstanding owed by the local governments attributed to the county, divided by the population the county government reported for the same fiscal year; computed here from BRB's tables. Method.

Debt per resident, per county resident
$2,749
Rank
34th of 150
Rank in its size band
16th of 31 (100,000 to 499,999)
Total principal outstanding
$638,878,022
Population (county government's row)
232,387
Of which multi-county issuers
$0

Every bond issue in Ellis County in the bond database

Debt by government type, fiscal year 2025

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Principal outstanding by government type; the table below gives the figures.Cities: $639 million
Type?Issuers?Principal outstanding?Share?
Cities9$638,878,022100.0%
Total9$638,878,022100.0%

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Type?Issuers?Principal outstanding?Share?
Cities9$638,878,022100.0%
Total9$638,878,022100.0%

Governments attributed to Ellis County

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Each counts here because Ellis is the first county BRB lists for it. Per resident uses the government's own reported population, where it reports one.

Issuer ?Type ?Principal outstanding ?Per resident ?
WaxahachieCities$246,530,000$5,071
MidlothianCities$171,804,022$3,895
EnnisCities$122,434,000$4,946
Red OakCities$72,159,000$3,726
FerrisCities$18,277,000$4,352
ItalyCities$3,399,000$1,596
PalmerCities$1,735,000$662
OvillaCities$1,565,000$328
MaypearlCities$975,000$1,004

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Issuer ?Type ?Principal outstanding ?Per resident ?
WaxahachieCities$246,530,000$5,071
MidlothianCities$171,804,022$3,895
EnnisCities$122,434,000$4,946
Red OakCities$72,159,000$3,726
FerrisCities$18,277,000$4,352
ItalyCities$3,399,000$1,596
PalmerCities$1,735,000$662
OvillaCities$1,565,000$328
MaypearlCities$975,000$1,004
  1. WaxahachieCitiesPrincipal $246,530,000Per resident: $5,071
  2. MidlothianCitiesPrincipal $171,804,022Per resident: $3,895
  3. EnnisCitiesPrincipal $122,434,000Per resident: $4,946
  4. Red OakCitiesPrincipal $72,159,000Per resident: $3,726
  5. FerrisCitiesPrincipal $18,277,000Per resident: $4,352
  6. ItalyCitiesPrincipal $3,399,000Per resident: $1,596
  7. PalmerCitiesPrincipal $1,735,000Per resident: $662
  8. OvillaCitiesPrincipal $1,565,000Per resident: $328
  9. MaypearlCitiesPrincipal $975,000Per resident: $1,004

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Also serve Ellis County

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These 1 issuer list Ellis County but count in another county, the first one listed for each:

Issuer?Type?Counted in?Principal outstanding?
Cedar HillCitiesDallas$123,690,000

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Issuer?Type?Counted in?Principal outstanding?
Cedar HillCitiesDallas$123,690,000

Over the years

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Principal outstanding at each fiscal year end; the table below gives the figures.$316 million2016$303 million2017$294 million2018$338 million2019$383 million2020$406 million2021$493 million2022$558 million2023$598 million2024$639 million2025
2016: $316 million; 2025: $639 million
Fiscal year?Principal outstanding?Issuers?Population?Debt per resident?
Fiscal year2025Principal outstanding$638,878,022Issuers9Population232,387Debt per resident$2,749
Fiscal year2024Principal outstanding$598,210,028Issuers9Population222,829Debt per resident$2,685
Fiscal year2023Principal outstanding$558,367,764Issuers9Population212,182Debt per resident$2,632
Fiscal year2022Principal outstanding$493,325,061Issuers9Population202,678Debt per resident$2,434
Fiscal year2021Principal outstanding$405,916,797Issuers9Population192,455Debt per resident$2,109
Fiscal year2020Principal outstanding$383,158,922Issuers10Population184,826Debt per resident$2,073
Fiscal year2019Principal outstanding$337,520,922Issuers10Population179,436Debt per resident$1,881
Fiscal year2018Principal outstanding$293,725,922Issuers10Population173,620Debt per resident$1,692
Fiscal year2017Principal outstanding$302,695,922Issuers10Population168,499Debt per resident$1,796
Fiscal year2016Principal outstanding$316,009,922Issuers9Population163,632Debt per resident$1,931

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Fiscal year?Principal outstanding?Issuers?Population?Debt per resident?
Fiscal year2025Principal outstanding$638,878,022Issuers9Population232,387Debt per resident$2,749
Fiscal year2024Principal outstanding$598,210,028Issuers9Population222,829Debt per resident$2,685
Fiscal year2023Principal outstanding$558,367,764Issuers9Population212,182Debt per resident$2,632
Fiscal year2022Principal outstanding$493,325,061Issuers9Population202,678Debt per resident$2,434
Fiscal year2021Principal outstanding$405,916,797Issuers9Population192,455Debt per resident$2,109
Fiscal year2020Principal outstanding$383,158,922Issuers10Population184,826Debt per resident$2,073
Fiscal year2019Principal outstanding$337,520,922Issuers10Population179,436Debt per resident$1,881
Fiscal year2018Principal outstanding$293,725,922Issuers10Population173,620Debt per resident$1,692
Fiscal year2017Principal outstanding$302,695,922Issuers10Population168,499Debt per resident$1,796
Fiscal year2016Principal outstanding$316,009,922Issuers9Population163,632Debt per resident$1,931

How these figures are made

Debt per resident

Principal outstanding owed by the local governments attributed to the county, divided by the population the county government reported for the same fiscal year; computed here from BRB's tables for fiscal year 2025. The denominator is the population on Ellis County government's own row (232,387 residents). With one government type chosen it is debt per county resident, not per resident of those governments. A county with no county-government row for the year shows "Not reported" for this measure.

Which governments count here

BRB's County field lists every county an issuer serves and gives no shares. An issuer's debt counts in its home county, the first county listed for it, so each dollar counts once statewide. Issuers that list Ellis County but count in another are under "Also serve Ellis County". Per resident in the issuer list uses each government's own reported population, where it reports one.

Not reported means no government of the chosen type in the county reported the amount that year, or the denominator was not reported. It is never shown as zero.

Fiscal years: Texas fiscal years run September 1 to August 31. Local governments report at the end of their own fiscal year, as BRB's tables do.

The full method, with the class breaks and the size bands, is on the explorer's main page. Sources are listed below.

EMMA links appear after review.

Source: 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.

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.