County brief: Montgomery County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Montgomery County's 136 local governments owed $9.66 billion in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $12,888 per resident, 27th of 159 counties and 7th of 12 (500,000 and over). Of that, $10.81 million is owed by 1 issuer that also serves other counties.
- Debt per resident
- $12,888
- Rank
- 27th of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 7th of 12(500,000 and over)
- Total principal outstanding
- $9,661,165,400
- Population (county government's row)
- 749,613
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $10,810,000
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 13 | $675,010,397 | 7.0% | |
| Counties | 1 | $536,771,000 | 5.6% | |
| Water Districts | 113 | $3,265,484,003 | 33.8% | |
| Independent School Districts | 6 | $4,970,265,000 | 51.4% | |
| Other Special Districts | 3 | $213,635,000 | 2.2% | |
| Total | 136 | $9,661,165,400 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 136 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conroe ISD | Independent School Districts | $2,522,050,000 | $6,214 |
| New Caney ISD | Independent School Districts | $893,930,000 | $10,744 |
| Montgomery ISD | Independent School Districts | $585,845,000 | $10,835 |
| Montgomery County | Counties | $536,771,000 | $716 |
| Conroe | Cities | $515,330,000 | $4,498 |
| San Jacinto RA | Water Districts | $478,320,000 | $4,449 |
| Willis ISD | Independent School Districts | $451,620,000 | $7,655 |
| Magnolia ISD | Independent School Districts | $281,060,000 | $4,611 |
| Splendora ISD | Independent School Districts | $235,760,000 | $8,684 |
| East Montgomery County ID | Other Special Districts | $165,500,000 | $1,471 |
| Montgomery County MUD 113 | Water Districts | $118,430,000 | $9,808 |
| Conroe MMD 1 | Water Districts | $101,495,000 | $22,002 |
| Montgomery County MUD 119 | Water Districts | $94,705,000 | $9,850 |
| Montgomery County MUD 139 | Water Districts | $84,755,000 | $13,460 |
| Porter MUD | Water Districts | $81,525,000 | $4,103 |
| East Montgomery County MUD 5 | Water Districts | $79,245,000 | Not reported |
| Montgomery County MUD 105 | Water Districts | $76,745,000 | $20,132 |
| New Caney MUD | Water Districts | $74,263,524 | $9,283 |
118 more issuers: see https://txbrb.munipro.com/data/explore/county/montgomery/#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 Montgomery County's $9,661,165,400, $10,810,000 is owed by 1 issuer that lists other counties too; 4 issuers that list Montgomery County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Montgomery County government's own row (749,613 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.