County brief: Hardin County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Hardin County's 10 local governments owed $236.5 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $4,030 per resident, 117th of 159 counties and 18th of 26 (50,000 to 99,999).
- Debt per resident
- $4,030
- Rank
- 117th of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 18th of 26(50,000 to 99,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $236,468,997
- Population (county government's row)
- 58,670
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $0
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 2 | $3,370,000 | 1.4% | |
| Counties | 1 | $285,000 | 0.1% | |
| Water Districts | 2 | $76,105,000 | 32.2% | |
| Independent School Districts | 5 | $156,708,997 | 66.3% | |
| Total | 10 | $236,468,997 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 10 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumberton MUD | Water Districts | $75,760,000 | $2,476 |
| Lumberton ISD | Independent School Districts | $66,700,000 | $3,245 |
| Hardin-Jefferson ISD | Independent School Districts | $46,075,000 | $3,697 |
| Kountze ISD | Independent School Districts | $21,505,000 | $2,568 |
| Silsbee ISD | Independent School Districts | $21,014,997 | $1,181 |
| Kountze | Cities | $3,025,000 | $1,424 |
| West Hardin County CISD | Independent School Districts | $1,414,000 | $386 |
| Hardin County WCID 1 | Water Districts | $345,000 | $239 |
| Sour Lake | Cities | $345,000 | $187 |
| Hardin County | Counties | $285,000 | $5 |
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 Hardin County's $236,468,997, $0 is owed by 0 issuers that list other counties too; 0 issuers that list Hardin County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Hardin County government's own row (58,670 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.