County brief: Hale County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Hale County's 7 local governments owed $170.2 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $5,325 per resident, 101st of 159 counties and 27th of 53 (10,000 to 49,999).
- Debt per resident
- $5,325
- Rank
- 101st of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 27th of 53(10,000 to 49,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $170,161,985
- Population (county government's row)
- 31,953
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $0
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 2 | $32,962,000 | 19.4% | |
| Counties | 1 | $44,020,000 | 25.9% | |
| Independent School Districts | 4 | $93,179,985 | 54.8% | |
| Total | 7 | $170,161,985 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 7 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainview ISD | Independent School Districts | $59,125,000 | $2,363 |
| Hale County | Counties | $44,020,000 | $1,378 |
| Plainview | Cities | $30,915,000 | $1,591 |
| Petersburg ISD | Independent School Districts | $16,115,000 | $12,531 |
| Abernathy ISD | Independent School Districts | $14,425,000 | $4,129 |
| Hale Center ISD | Independent School Districts | $3,514,985 | $1,077 |
| Abernathy | Cities | $2,047,000 | $721 |
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 Hale County's $170,161,985, $0 is owed by 0 issuers that list other counties too; 1 issuer that lists Hale County counts in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Hale County government's own row (31,953 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.