County brief: Karnes County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Karnes County's 8 local governments owed $164.5 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $10,870 per resident, 41st of 159 counties and 5th of 53 (10,000 to 49,999).
- Debt per resident
- $10,870
- Rank
- 41st of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 5th of 53(10,000 to 49,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $164,531,985
- Population (county government's row)
- 15,137
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $0
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 2 | $13,395,000 | 8.1% | |
| Counties | 1 | $500,000 | 0.3% | |
| Independent School Districts | 4 | $115,343,985 | 70.1% | |
| Health & Hospital Districts | 1 | $35,293,000 | 21.5% | |
| Total | 8 | $164,531,985 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 8 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenedy ISD | Independent School Districts | $69,744,985 | $9,479 |
| Karnes County Hospital District | Health & Hospital Districts | $35,293,000 | $2,379 |
| Karnes City ISD | Independent School Districts | $26,575,000 | $6,908 |
| Falls City ISD | Independent School Districts | $13,940,000 | $7,174 |
| Kenedy | Cities | $8,735,000 | $2,586 |
| Runge ISD | Independent School Districts | $5,084,000 | $3,477 |
| Karnes City | Cities | $4,660,000 | $1,287 |
| Karnes County | Counties | $500,000 | $33 |
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 Karnes County's $164,531,985, $0 is owed by 0 issuers that list other counties too; 1 issuer that lists Karnes County counts in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Karnes County government's own row (15,137 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.