County brief: Orange County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Orange County's 12 local governments owed $487.6 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $5,662 per resident, 93rd of 159 counties and 12th of 26 (50,000 to 99,999).
- Debt per resident
- $5,662
- Rank
- 93rd of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 12th of 26(50,000 to 99,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $487,577,431
- Population (county government's row)
- 86,115
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $0
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 4 | $21,704,000 | 4.5% | |
| Counties | 1 | $2,695,000 | 0.6% | |
| Water Districts | 2 | $31,023,440 | 6.4% | |
| Independent School Districts | 5 | $432,154,991 | 88.6% | |
| Total | 12 | $487,577,431 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 12 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Orange-Cove CISD | Independent School Districts | $122,875,000 | $6,363 |
| Vidor ISD | Independent School Districts | $105,515,000 | $4,366 |
| Bridge City ISD | Independent School Districts | $102,389,991 | $7,779 |
| Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD | Independent School Districts | $53,910,000 | $3,409 |
| Orangefield ISD | Independent School Districts | $47,465,000 | $26,326 |
| Orange County WCID 1 | Water Districts | $25,588,440 | $1,694 |
| Orange | Cities | $14,290,000 | $741 |
| Orange County WCID 2 | Water Districts | $5,435,000 | $1,579 |
| Vidor | Cities | $3,650,000 | $377 |
| Bridge City | Cities | $3,145,000 | $321 |
| Orange County | Counties | $2,695,000 | $31 |
| Pinehurst | Cities | $619,000 | $278 |
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 Orange County's $487,577,431, $0 is owed by 0 issuers that list other counties too; 2 issuers that list Orange County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Orange County government's own row (86,115 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.