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Galveston County

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Galveston County's 1 county owed $143.2 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $390 per county resident, 79th of 159 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 counties, 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
$390
Rank
79th of 159
Rank in its size band
16th of 31 (100,000 to 499,999)
Total principal outstanding
$143,154,091
Population (county government's row)
367,407
Of which multi-county issuers
$0

Every bond issue in Galveston 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.Counties: $143 million
Type?Issuers?Principal outstanding?Share?
Counties1$143,154,091100.0%
Total1$143,154,091100.0%

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Type?Issuers?Principal outstanding?Share?
Counties1$143,154,091100.0%
Total1$143,154,091100.0%

Governments attributed to Galveston County

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Each counts here because Galveston 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 ?
Galveston CountyCounties$143,154,091$390

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Issuer ?Type ?Principal outstanding ?Per resident ?
Galveston CountyCounties$143,154,091$390
  1. Galveston CountyCountiesPrincipal $143,154,091Per resident: $390

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Also serve Galveston County

No issuer counted in another county lists Galveston County.

Over the years

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Principal outstanding at each fiscal year end; the table below gives the figures.$239 million2016$212 million2017$236 million2018$248 million2019$229 million2020$210 million2021$190 million2022$174 million2023$159 million2024$143 million2025
2016: $239 million; 2025: $143 million
Fiscal year?Principal outstanding?Issuers?Population?Debt per resident?
Fiscal year2025Principal outstanding$143,154,091Issuers1Population367,407Debt per resident$390
Fiscal year2024Principal outstanding$158,754,635Issuers1Population361,744Debt per resident$439
Fiscal year2023Principal outstanding$174,315,040Issuers1Population357,117Debt per resident$488
Fiscal year2022Principal outstanding$190,346,660Issuers1Population355,062Debt per resident$536
Fiscal year2021Principal outstanding$210,083,482Issuers1Population350,682Debt per resident$599
Fiscal year2020Principal outstanding$229,269,447Issuers1Population342,139Debt per resident$670
Fiscal year2019Principal outstanding$247,913,720Issuers1Population337,890Debt per resident$734
Fiscal year2018Principal outstanding$235,674,208Issuers1Population335,036Debt per resident$703
Fiscal year2017Principal outstanding$211,676,296Issuers1Population329,431Debt per resident$643
Fiscal year2016Principal outstanding$238,628,434Issuers1Population322,225Debt per resident$741

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Fiscal year?Principal outstanding?Issuers?Population?Debt per resident?
Fiscal year2025Principal outstanding$143,154,091Issuers1Population367,407Debt per resident$390
Fiscal year2024Principal outstanding$158,754,635Issuers1Population361,744Debt per resident$439
Fiscal year2023Principal outstanding$174,315,040Issuers1Population357,117Debt per resident$488
Fiscal year2022Principal outstanding$190,346,660Issuers1Population355,062Debt per resident$536
Fiscal year2021Principal outstanding$210,083,482Issuers1Population350,682Debt per resident$599
Fiscal year2020Principal outstanding$229,269,447Issuers1Population342,139Debt per resident$670
Fiscal year2019Principal outstanding$247,913,720Issuers1Population337,890Debt per resident$734
Fiscal year2018Principal outstanding$235,674,208Issuers1Population335,036Debt per resident$703
Fiscal year2017Principal outstanding$211,676,296Issuers1Population329,431Debt per resident$643
Fiscal year2016Principal outstanding$238,628,434Issuers1Population322,225Debt per resident$741

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 Galveston County government's own row (367,407 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 Galveston County but count in another are under "Also serve Galveston 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.