County brief: Kaufman County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Kaufman County's 36 local governments owed $3.49 billion in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $17,629 per resident, 16th of 159 counties and 3rd of 31 (100,000 to 499,999). Of that, $33.47 million is owed by 1 issuer that also serves other counties.
- Debt per resident
- $17,629
- Rank
- 16th of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 3rd of 31(100,000 to 499,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $3,487,439,989
- Population (county government's row)
- 197,829
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $33,466,000
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 7 | $365,454,000 | 10.5% | |
| Counties | 1 | $169,615,000 | 4.9% | |
| Water Districts | 21 | $737,711,000 | 21.2% | |
| Independent School Districts | 7 | $2,214,659,989 | 63.5% | |
| Total | 36 | $3,487,439,989 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 36 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forney ISD | Independent School Districts | $1,264,769,911 | $20,675 |
| Terrell ISD | Independent School Districts | $308,605,782 | $10,426 |
| Crandall ISD | Independent School Districts | $285,825,000 | $11,507 |
| Kaufman ISD | Independent School Districts | $180,580,000 | $7,073 |
| Kaufman County | Counties | $169,615,000 | $857 |
| Terrell | Cities | $157,448,000 | $6,852 |
| Mabank ISD | Independent School Districts | $131,039,306 | $5,313 |
| Kaufman County MUD 05 | Water Districts | $88,785,000 | $10,196 |
| Kaufman County MUD 03 | Water Districts | $81,615,000 | $16,375 |
| Crandall | Cities | $77,411,000 | $13,010 |
| Kaufman County FWSD 4A | Water Districts | $75,040,000 | $9,958 |
| Kaufman | Cities | $57,502,000 | $5,877 |
| Kaufman County MUD 06 | Water Districts | $56,010,000 | $9,229 |
| Kaufman County MUD 14 | Water Districts | $52,455,000 | $7,178 |
| Kaufman County MUD 04 | Water Districts | $48,070,000 | $12,111 |
| Kaufman County MUD 10 | Water Districts | $46,360,000 | $14,182 |
| Kemp ISD | Independent School Districts | $36,729,990 | $2,362 |
| Kaufman County FWSD 6 | Water Districts | $35,905,000 | Not reported |
18 more issuers: see https://txbrb.munipro.com/data/explore/county/kaufman/#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 Kaufman County's $3,487,439,989, $33,466,000 is owed by 1 issuer that lists other counties too; 3 issuers that list Kaufman County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Kaufman County government's own row (197,829 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.