County brief: Gonzales County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Gonzales County's 7 local governments owed $139.7 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $6,969 per resident, 72nd of 159 counties and 14th of 53 (10,000 to 49,999).
- Debt per resident
- $6,969
- Rank
- 72nd of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 14th of 53(10,000 to 49,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $139,651,230
- Population (county government's row)
- 20,040
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $0
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 2 | $11,785,000 | 8.4% | |
| Counties | 1 | $11,780,000 | 8.4% | |
| Independent School Districts | 3 | $102,555,000 | 73.4% | |
| Health & Hospital Districts | 1 | $13,531,230 | 9.7% | |
| Total | 7 | $139,651,230 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 7 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzales ISD | Independent School Districts | $64,210,000 | $3,267 |
| Nixon-Smiley CISD | Independent School Districts | $31,725,000 | $6,350 |
| Gonzales Healthcare Systems | Health & Hospital Districts | $13,531,230 | $849 |
| Gonzales County | Counties | $11,780,000 | $588 |
| Gonzales | Cities | $11,705,000 | $1,617 |
| Waelder ISD | Independent School Districts | $6,620,000 | $2,475 |
| Waelder | Cities | $80,000 | $84 |
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 Gonzales County's $139,651,230, $0 is owed by 0 issuers that list other counties too; 1 issuer that lists Gonzales County counts in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Gonzales County government's own row (20,040 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.