County brief: Matagorda County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Matagorda County's 12 local governments owed $447.6 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $12,300 per resident, 32nd of 159 counties and 2nd of 53 (10,000 to 49,999).
- Debt per resident
- $12,300
- Rank
- 32nd of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 2nd of 53(10,000 to 49,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $447,614,000
- Population (county government's row)
- 36,391
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $0
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 2 | $98,601,000 | 22.0% | |
| Counties | 1 | $8,930,000 | 2.0% | |
| Water Districts | 4 | $12,968,000 | 2.9% | |
| Independent School Districts | 5 | $327,115,000 | 73.1% | |
| Total | 12 | $447,614,000 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 12 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay City ISD | Independent School Districts | $119,350,000 | $6,304 |
| Palacios ISD | Independent School Districts | $107,450,000 | $16,739 |
| Bay City | Cities | $97,436,000 | $5,577 |
| Van Vleck ISD | Independent School Districts | $63,445,000 | $11,618 |
| Tidehaven ISD | Independent School Districts | $33,770,000 | $6,858 |
| Caney Creek MUD | Water Districts | $10,130,000 | $1,459 |
| Matagorda County | Counties | $8,930,000 | $245 |
| Matagorda ISD | Independent School Districts | $3,100,000 | $725 |
| Beach Road MUD | Water Districts | $2,358,000 | $2,358 |
| Palacios | Cities | $1,165,000 | $266 |
| Markham MUD | Water Districts | $240,000 | Not reported |
| Matagorda County WCID 2 | Water Districts | $240,000 | Not reported |
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 Matagorda County's $447,614,000, $0 is owed by 0 issuers that list other counties too; 2 issuers that list Matagorda County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Matagorda County government's own row (36,391 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.