County brief: Polk County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Polk County's 9 local governments owed $143.2 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $2,639 per resident, 141st of 159 counties and 24th of 26 (50,000 to 99,999).
- Debt per resident
- $2,639
- Rank
- 141st of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 24th of 26(50,000 to 99,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $143,210,000
- Population (county government's row)
- 54,258
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $0
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 1 | $2,430,000 | 1.7% | |
| Counties | 1 | $8,140,000 | 5.7% | |
| Water Districts | 1 | $4,215,000 | 2.9% | |
| Independent School Districts | 6 | $128,425,000 | 89.7% | |
| Total | 9 | $143,210,000 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 9 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onalaska ISD | Independent School Districts | $48,695,000 | $5,254 |
| Livingston ISD | Independent School Districts | $44,080,000 | $1,801 |
| Corrigan-Camden ISD | Independent School Districts | $19,010,000 | $2,991 |
| Big Sandy ISDa | Independent School Districts | $12,410,000 | $4,448 |
| Polk County | Counties | $8,140,000 | $150 |
| Memorial Point UD | Water Districts | $4,215,000 | $3,835 |
| Corrigan | Cities | $2,430,000 | $1,734 |
| Goodrich ISD | Independent School Districts | $2,195,000 | $1,334 |
| Leggett ISD | Independent School Districts | $2,035,000 | $2,347 |
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 Polk County's $143,210,000, $0 is owed by 0 issuers that list other counties too; 0 issuers that list Polk County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Polk County government's own row (54,258 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.