County brief: Wharton County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Wharton County's 8 local governments owed $243.9 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025; its debt per resident is not reported. Of that, $28.91 million is owed by 1 issuer that also serves other counties.
- Debt per resident
- Not reported
- Rank
- Not ranked
- Rank in its size band
- Not reported
- Total principal outstanding
- $243,923,000
- Population (county government's row)
- Not reported
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $28,905,000
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 2 | $72,599,000 | 29.8% | |
| Independent School Districts | 5 | $167,920,000 | 68.8% | |
| Health & Hospital Districts | 1 | $3,404,000 | 1.4% | |
| Total | 8 | $243,923,000 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 8 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wharton ISD | Independent School Districts | $63,620,000 | $6,288 |
| El Campo ISD | Independent School Districts | $54,755,000 | $3,309 |
| Wharton | Cities | $41,804,000 | $4,775 |
| El Campo | Cities | $30,795,000 | $2,529 |
| Boling ISD | Independent School Districts | $28,905,000 | $7,021 |
| East Bernard ISD | Independent School Districts | $19,960,000 | $4,909 |
| West Wharton County Hospital District | Health & Hospital Districts | $3,404,000 | Not reported |
| Louise ISD | Independent School Districts | $680,000 | $296 |
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 Wharton County's $243,923,000, $28,905,000 is owed by 1 issuer that lists other counties too; 1 issuer that lists Wharton County counts in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Wharton County government's own row 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.