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County · Debt explorer

Harris County

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Harris County's 1 county owed $5.06 billion in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $1,009 per county resident, 28th of 159 counties and 4th of 12 (500,000 and over). 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
$1,009
Rank
28th of 159
Rank in its size band
4th of 12 (500,000 and over)
Total principal outstanding
$5,055,749,736
Population (county government's row)
5,009,302
Of which multi-county issuers
$0

Every bond issue in Harris 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: $5.1 billion
Type?Issuers?Principal outstanding?Share?
Counties1$5,055,749,736100.0%
Total1$5,055,749,736100.0%

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Type?Issuers?Principal outstanding?Share?
Counties1$5,055,749,736100.0%
Total1$5,055,749,736100.0%

Governments attributed to Harris County

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Each counts here because Harris 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 ?
Harris CountyCounties$5,055,749,736$1,009

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Issuer ?Type ?Principal outstanding ?Per resident ?
Harris CountyCounties$5,055,749,736$1,009
  1. Harris CountyCountiesPrincipal $5,055,749,736Per resident: $1,009

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Also serve Harris County

No issuer counted in another county lists Harris County.

Over the years

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Principal outstanding at each fiscal year end; the table below gives the figures.$3.9 billion2016$3.7 billion2017$3.9 billion2018$3.6 billion2019$3.4 billion2020$3.6 billion2021$3.6 billion2022$3.7 billion2023$5.0 billion2024$5.1 billion2025
2016: $3.9 billion; 2025: $5.1 billion
Fiscal year?Principal outstanding?Issuers?Population?Debt per resident?
Fiscal year2025Principal outstanding$5,055,749,736Issuers1Population5,009,302Debt per resident$1,009
Fiscal year2024Principal outstanding$5,038,954,039Issuers1Population4,835,125Debt per resident$1,042
Fiscal year2023Principal outstanding$3,660,051,319Issuers1Population4,780,913Debt per resident$766
Fiscal year2022Principal outstanding$3,628,772,125Issuers1Population4,728,030Debt per resident$768
Fiscal year2021Principal outstanding$3,574,977,125Issuers1Population4,731,145Debt per resident$756
Fiscal year2020Principal outstanding$3,394,002,125Issuers1Population4,713,325Debt per resident$720
Fiscal year2019Principal outstanding$3,638,797,125Issuers1Population4,698,619Debt per resident$774
Fiscal year2018Principal outstanding$3,869,623,022Issuers1Population4,652,980Debt per resident$832
Fiscal year2017Principal outstanding$3,665,684,505Issuers1Population4,589,928Debt per resident$799
Fiscal year2016Principal outstanding$3,863,700,464Issuers1Population4,538,028Debt per resident$851

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Fiscal year?Principal outstanding?Issuers?Population?Debt per resident?
Fiscal year2025Principal outstanding$5,055,749,736Issuers1Population5,009,302Debt per resident$1,009
Fiscal year2024Principal outstanding$5,038,954,039Issuers1Population4,835,125Debt per resident$1,042
Fiscal year2023Principal outstanding$3,660,051,319Issuers1Population4,780,913Debt per resident$766
Fiscal year2022Principal outstanding$3,628,772,125Issuers1Population4,728,030Debt per resident$768
Fiscal year2021Principal outstanding$3,574,977,125Issuers1Population4,731,145Debt per resident$756
Fiscal year2020Principal outstanding$3,394,002,125Issuers1Population4,713,325Debt per resident$720
Fiscal year2019Principal outstanding$3,638,797,125Issuers1Population4,698,619Debt per resident$774
Fiscal year2018Principal outstanding$3,869,623,022Issuers1Population4,652,980Debt per resident$832
Fiscal year2017Principal outstanding$3,665,684,505Issuers1Population4,589,928Debt per resident$799
Fiscal year2016Principal outstanding$3,863,700,464Issuers1Population4,538,028Debt per resident$851

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 Harris County government's own row (5,009,302 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 Harris County but count in another are under "Also serve Harris 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.