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Jefferson County

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Jefferson County's 10 water districts owed $1.22 billion in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $4,792 per county resident, 6th of 87 counties and 2nd of 26 (100,000 to 499,999). 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 water districts, 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
$4,792
Rank
6th of 87
Rank in its size band
2nd of 26 (100,000 to 499,999)
Total principal outstanding
$1,216,809,000
Population (county government's row)
253,948
Of which multi-county issuers
$0

Every bond issue in Jefferson 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.Water Districts: $1.2 billion
Type?Issuers?Principal outstanding?Share?
Water Districts10$1,216,809,000100.0%
Total10$1,216,809,000100.0%

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Type?Issuers?Principal outstanding?Share?
Water Districts10$1,216,809,000100.0%
Total10$1,216,809,000100.0%

Governments attributed to Jefferson County

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Each counts here because Jefferson 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 ?
Port of Beaumont NDWater Districts$889,485,000$3,467
Sabine-Neches ND of Jefferson CountyWater Districts$186,420,000$1,260
Port of Port Arthur NDWater Districts$83,990,000Not reported
Lower Neches Valley AuthorityWater Districts$11,980,000Not reported
Jefferson County DD 7Water Districts$10,755,000Not reported
Jefferson County WCID 10Water Districts$9,955,000$1,788
Meeker MWDWater Districts$7,475,000$1,751
Sabine Pass Port AuthorityWater Districts$6,856,000$8,549
Tarkington Special UDWater Districts$5,118,000$1,137
Jefferson County DD 6Water Districts$4,775,000$19

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Issuer ?Type ?Principal outstanding ?Per resident ?
Port of Beaumont NDWater Districts$889,485,000$3,467
Sabine-Neches ND of Jefferson CountyWater Districts$186,420,000$1,260
Port of Port Arthur NDWater Districts$83,990,000Not reported
Lower Neches Valley AuthorityWater Districts$11,980,000Not reported
Jefferson County DD 7Water Districts$10,755,000Not reported
Jefferson County WCID 10Water Districts$9,955,000$1,788
Meeker MWDWater Districts$7,475,000$1,751
Sabine Pass Port AuthorityWater Districts$6,856,000$8,549
Tarkington Special UDWater Districts$5,118,000$1,137
Jefferson County DD 6Water Districts$4,775,000$19
  1. Port of Beaumont NDWater DistrictsPrincipal $889,485,000Per resident: $3,467
  2. Sabine-Neches ND of Jefferson CountyWater DistrictsPrincipal $186,420,000Per resident: $1,260
  3. Port of Port Arthur NDWater DistrictsPrincipal $83,990,000Per resident: Not reported
  4. Lower Neches Valley AuthorityWater DistrictsPrincipal $11,980,000Per resident: Not reported
  5. Jefferson County DD 7Water DistrictsPrincipal $10,755,000Per resident: Not reported
  6. Jefferson County WCID 10Water DistrictsPrincipal $9,955,000Per resident: $1,788
  7. Meeker MWDWater DistrictsPrincipal $7,475,000Per resident: $1,751
  8. Sabine Pass Port AuthorityWater DistrictsPrincipal $6,856,000Per resident: $8,549
  9. Tarkington Special UDWater DistrictsPrincipal $5,118,000Per resident: $1,137
  10. Jefferson County DD 6Water DistrictsPrincipal $4,775,000Per resident: $19

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Also serve Jefferson County

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These 1 issuer list Jefferson County but count in another county, the first one listed for each:

Issuer?Type?Counted in?Principal outstanding?
Trinity Bay CDWater DistrictsChambers$2,930,000

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Issuer?Type?Counted in?Principal outstanding?
Trinity Bay CDWater DistrictsChambers$2,930,000

Over the years

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Principal outstanding at each fiscal year end; the table below gives the figures.$291 million2016$280 million2017$383 million2018$402 million2019$544 million2020$759 million2021$755 million2022$938 million2023$1.2 billion2024$1.2 billion2025
2016: $291 million; 2025: $1.2 billion
Fiscal year?Principal outstanding?Issuers?Population?Debt per resident?
Fiscal year2025Principal outstanding$1,216,809,000Issuers10Population253,948Debt per resident$4,792
Fiscal year2024Principal outstanding$1,231,352,100Issuers10Population251,496Debt per resident$4,896
Fiscal year2023Principal outstanding$938,246,100Issuers10Population250,830Debt per resident$3,741
Fiscal year2022Principal outstanding$755,434,200Issuers9Population253,704Debt per resident$2,978
Fiscal year2021Principal outstanding$759,083,200Issuers10Population256,526Debt per resident$2,959
Fiscal year2020Principal outstanding$543,601,200Issuers10Population251,565Debt per resident$2,161
Fiscal year2019Principal outstanding$402,441,000Issuers10Population255,001Debt per resident$1,578
Fiscal year2018Principal outstanding$383,132,000Issuers10Population256,299Debt per resident$1,495
Fiscal year2017Principal outstanding$279,941,000Issuers10Population254,679Debt per resident$1,099
Fiscal year2016Principal outstanding$290,830,000Issuers10Population254,308Debt per resident$1,144

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Fiscal year?Principal outstanding?Issuers?Population?Debt per resident?
Fiscal year2025Principal outstanding$1,216,809,000Issuers10Population253,948Debt per resident$4,792
Fiscal year2024Principal outstanding$1,231,352,100Issuers10Population251,496Debt per resident$4,896
Fiscal year2023Principal outstanding$938,246,100Issuers10Population250,830Debt per resident$3,741
Fiscal year2022Principal outstanding$755,434,200Issuers9Population253,704Debt per resident$2,978
Fiscal year2021Principal outstanding$759,083,200Issuers10Population256,526Debt per resident$2,959
Fiscal year2020Principal outstanding$543,601,200Issuers10Population251,565Debt per resident$2,161
Fiscal year2019Principal outstanding$402,441,000Issuers10Population255,001Debt per resident$1,578
Fiscal year2018Principal outstanding$383,132,000Issuers10Population256,299Debt per resident$1,495
Fiscal year2017Principal outstanding$279,941,000Issuers10Population254,679Debt per resident$1,099
Fiscal year2016Principal outstanding$290,830,000Issuers10Population254,308Debt per resident$1,144

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 Jefferson County government's own row (253,948 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 Jefferson County but count in another are under "Also serve Jefferson 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.