County brief: Starr County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Starr County's 8 local governments owed $368.3 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $5,531 per resident, 95th of 159 counties and 13th of 26 (50,000 to 99,999). Of that, $88.21 million is owed by 1 issuer that also serves other counties.
- Debt per resident
- $5,531
- Rank
- 95th of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 13th of 26(50,000 to 99,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $368,284,000
- Population (county government's row)
- 66,587
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $88,210,000
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 4 | $54,284,000 | 14.7% | |
| Counties | 1 | $18,480,000 | 5.0% | |
| Independent School Districts | 2 | $207,310,000 | 56.3% | |
| Community & Junior College Districts | 1 | $88,210,000 | 24.0% | |
| Total | 8 | $368,284,000 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 8 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande City Grulla ISD | Independent School Districts | $120,905,000 | $3,670 |
| South Texas College | Community & Junior College Districts | $88,210,000 | $78 |
| Roma ISD | Independent School Districts | $86,405,000 | $3,609 |
| Rio Grande City | Cities | $38,393,000 | $2,473 |
| Starr County | Counties | $18,480,000 | $278 |
| Roma | Cities | $13,560,000 | $1,165 |
| La Grulla | Cities | $1,961,000 | $1,585 |
| Escobares | Cities | $370,000 | $143 |
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 Starr County's $368,284,000, $88,210,000 is owed by 1 issuer that lists other counties too; 0 issuers that list Starr County count in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Starr County government's own row (66,587 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.