County brief: Hays County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Hays County's 32 local governments owed $5.15 billion in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $17,632 per resident, 15th of 159 counties and 2nd of 31 (100,000 to 499,999). Of that, $1.05 billion is owed by 3 issuers that also serve other counties.
- Debt per resident
- $17,632
- Rank
- 15th of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 2nd of 31(100,000 to 499,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $5,148,933,649
- Population (county government's row)
- 292,029
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $1,050,975,000
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 7 | $1,194,369,000 | 23.2% | |
| Counties | 1 | $490,619,000 | 9.5% | |
| Water Districts | 18 | $548,377,000 | 10.7% | |
| Independent School Districts | 4 | $2,490,353,649 | 48.4% | |
| Other Special Districts | 2 | $425,215,000 | 8.3% | |
| Total | 32 | $5,148,933,649 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 32 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hays CISD | Independent School Districts | $1,327,780,000 | $9,893 |
| Dripping Springs ISD | Independent School Districts | $641,010,000 | $17,717 |
| San Marcos | Cities | $514,327,000 | $6,921 |
| Hays County | Counties | $490,619,000 | $1,680 |
| Alliance Regional WA | Other Special Districts | $385,965,000 | Not reported |
| Kyle | Cities | $383,502,000 | $5,825 |
| San Marcos CISD | Independent School Districts | $298,760,000 | $4,140 |
| Wimberley ISD | Independent School Districts | $222,803,649 | $10,661 |
| Buda | Cities | $221,380,000 | $13,759 |
| Headwaters MUD | Water Districts | $88,120,000 | $31,427 |
| Sunfield MUD 04 | Water Districts | $82,905,000 | $6,143 |
| Dripping Springs | Cities | $66,556,000 | $6,548 |
| Crystal Clear SUD | Water Districts | $42,452,000 | $119 |
| Springhollow MUD | Water Districts | $41,445,000 | $37,004 |
| North Hays County MUD 1 | Water Districts | $40,000,000 | $6,321 |
| Hays County Development District 1 | Other Special Districts | $39,250,000 | $28,177 |
| Crosswinds MUD | Water Districts | $33,740,000 | $11,326 |
| South Buda WCID 1 | Water Districts | $31,925,000 | $7,877 |
14 more issuers: see https://txbrb.munipro.com/data/explore/county/hays/#issuers
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 Hays County's $5,148,933,649, $1,050,975,000 is owed by 3 issuers that list other counties too; 2 issuers that list Hays County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Hays County government's own row (292,029 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.