County brief: Fort Bend County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Fort Bend County's 194 local governments owed $14.58 billion in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $15,209 per resident, 25th of 159 counties and 6th of 12 (500,000 and over). Of that, $174.4 million is owed by 6 issuers that also serve other counties.
- Debt per resident
- $15,209
- Rank
- 25th of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 6th of 12(500,000 and over)
- Total principal outstanding
- $14,577,031,226
- Population (county government's row)
- 958,434
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $174,365,000
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 9 | $1,033,492,000 | 7.1% | |
| Counties | 1 | $1,077,388,859 | 7.4% | |
| Water Districts | 177 | $7,205,941,000 | 49.4% | |
| Independent School Districts | 4 | $5,177,370,000 | 35.5% | |
| Health & Hospital Districts | 2 | $72,239,367 | 0.5% | |
| Other Special Districts | 1 | $10,600,000 | 0.1% | |
| Total | 194 | $14,577,031,226 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 194 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar CISD | Independent School Districts | $3,058,595,000 | $12,580 |
| Fort Bend ISD | Independent School Districts | $1,836,730,000 | $3,604 |
| North Fort Bend WA | Water Districts | $1,206,255,000 | $3,133 |
| Fort Bend County | Counties | $1,077,388,859 | $1,124 |
| Sugar Land | Cities | $584,415,000 | $5,320 |
| Sienna Parks & LID | Water Districts | $211,755,000 | $4,630 |
| Missouri City | Cities | $202,830,000 | $2,581 |
| Fort Bend County MUD 169 | Water Districts | $200,145,000 | $71,226 |
| Needville ISD | Independent School Districts | $187,105,000 | $9,208 |
| Fort Bend County MUD 182 | Water Districts | $175,075,000 | $15,293 |
| Fort Bend County WCID 2 | Water Districts | $174,610,000 | $3,822 |
| Fort Bend County MUD 134B | Water Districts | $135,160,000 | $17,465 |
| Fort Bend County MUD 058 | Water Districts | $122,040,000 | $10,020 |
| Fulshear MUD 3A | Water Districts | $121,070,000 | $18,718 |
| Fort Bend County MUD 025 | Water Districts | $111,995,000 | $6,989 |
| Fort Bend County MUD 142 | Water Districts | $111,625,000 | $8,099 |
| Fort Bend County LID 007 | Water Districts | $107,263,000 | $6,354 |
| Fort Bend County MUD 030 | Water Districts | $106,985,000 | $5,727 |
176 more issuers: see https://txbrb.munipro.com/data/explore/county/fort-bend/#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 Fort Bend County's $14,577,031,226, $174,365,000 is owed by 6 issuers that list other counties too; 6 issuers that list Fort Bend County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Fort Bend County government's own row (958,434 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.