County brief: Wise County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing debt per resident for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Wise County's 25 local governments owed $557.6 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, $6,861 per resident, 75th of 159 counties and 9th of 26 (50,000 to 99,999).
- Debt per resident
- $6,861
- Rank
- 75th of 159
- Rank in its size band
- 9th of 26(50,000 to 99,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $557,590,094
- Population (county government's row)
- 81,275
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $0
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 9 | $162,861,000 | 29.2% | |
| Counties | 1 | $28,195,000 | 5.1% | |
| Water Districts | 7 | $70,745,000 | 12.7% | |
| Independent School Districts | 7 | $189,233,094 | 33.9% | |
| Health & Hospital Districts | 1 | $106,556,000 | 19.1% | |
| Total | 25 | $557,590,094 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 25 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decatur Hospital Authority | Health & Hospital Districts | $106,556,000 | $1,553 |
| Decatur | Cities | $70,106,000 | $8,481 |
| Paradise ISD | Independent School Districts | $63,518,000 | $11,447 |
| Decatur ISD | Independent School Districts | $39,781,094 | $2,083 |
| Boyd | Cities | $30,641,000 | $13,915 |
| Bridgeport | Cities | $29,905,000 | $4,422 |
| Wise County | Counties | $28,195,000 | $347 |
| Boyd ISD | Independent School Districts | $27,000,000 | $3,877 |
| Slidell ISD | Independent School Districts | $25,504,000 | $7,541 |
| Chico ISD | Independent School Districts | $22,940,000 | $5,553 |
| Rhome | Cities | $19,751,000 | $10,255 |
| Alpha Ranch WCID | Water Districts | $17,545,000 | $13,580 |
| New Fairview MUD 1 | Water Districts | $17,155,000 | $17,138 |
| West Wise Special UD | Water Districts | $12,885,000 | $3,431 |
| Rolling V Ranch WCID 1 | Water Districts | $12,575,000 | $17,538 |
| Rolling V Ranch WCID 2 | Water Districts | $6,600,000 | $8,376 |
| New Fairview | Cities | $5,625,000 | $3,449 |
| Bridgeport ISD | Independent School Districts | $5,410,000 | $511 |
7 more issuers: see https://txbrb.munipro.com/data/explore/county/wise/#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 Wise County's $557,590,094, $0 is owed by 0 issuers that list other counties too; 1 issuer that lists Wise County counts in another. Debt per resident divides principal outstanding by the population on Wise County government's own row (81,275 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.