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County · Debt explorer

Harris County

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Harris County's 1 County owed $5.1 billion in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, 1st of 159 counties and 1st of 12. Figures as loaded 10/17/2026.

Showing Total principal outstanding for Counties, fiscal year 2025. How it is computed: principal outstanding at the fiscal year end, summed over the local governments attributed to the county; computed here from BRB's tables. Method.

Total principal outstanding
$5,055,749,736
Rank
1st of 159
Rank in its size band
1st of 12
Population (county government's row)
5,009,302
Of which multi-county issuers
$0

Every bond issue in Harris County in the bond database

Debt by government type, fiscal year 2025

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Principal outstanding by government type; the table below gives the figures.Counties: $5.1 billion
Type?Issuers?Principal outstanding?Share?
CountiesIssuers1Principal outstanding$5,055,749,736Share100.0%
TotalIssuers1Principal outstanding$5,055,749,736Share100.0%

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Type?Issuers?Principal outstanding?Share?
CountiesIssuers1Principal outstanding$5,055,749,736Share100.0%
TotalIssuers1Principal outstanding$5,055,749,736Share100.0%

Governments attributed to Harris County

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Each counts here because Harris is the first county BRB lists for it. Per resident uses the government's own reported population, where it reports one.

Issuer ?Type ?Principal outstanding ?Per resident ?
Harris CountyCounties$5,055,749,736$1,009

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Issuer ?Type ?Principal outstanding ?Per resident ?
Harris CountyCounties$5,055,749,736$1,009
  1. Harris CountyCountiesPrincipal $5,055,749,736Per resident: $1,009

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Also serve Harris County

No issuer counted in another county lists Harris County.

Over the years

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Principal outstanding at each fiscal year end; the table below gives the figures.$3.9billion2016$3.7billion2017$3.9billion2018$3.6billion2019$3.4billion2020$3.6billion2021$3.6billion2022$3.7billion2023$5.0billion2024$5.1billion2025
2016: $3.9 billion; 2025: $5.1 billion
Fiscal year?Principal outstanding?Issuers?Population?
Fiscal year2025Principal outstanding$5,055,749,736Issuers1Population5,009,302
Fiscal year2024Principal outstanding$5,038,954,039Issuers1Population4,835,125
Fiscal year2023Principal outstanding$3,660,051,319Issuers1Population4,780,913
Fiscal year2022Principal outstanding$3,628,772,125Issuers1Population4,728,030
Fiscal year2021Principal outstanding$3,574,977,125Issuers1Population4,731,145
Fiscal year2020Principal outstanding$3,394,002,125Issuers1Population4,713,325
Fiscal year2019Principal outstanding$3,638,797,125Issuers1Population4,698,619
Fiscal year2018Principal outstanding$3,869,623,022Issuers1Population4,652,980
Fiscal year2017Principal outstanding$3,665,684,505Issuers1Population4,589,928
Fiscal year2016Principal outstanding$3,863,700,464Issuers1Population4,538,028

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Fiscal year?Principal outstanding?Issuers?Population?
Fiscal year2025Principal outstanding$5,055,749,736Issuers1Population5,009,302
Fiscal year2024Principal outstanding$5,038,954,039Issuers1Population4,835,125
Fiscal year2023Principal outstanding$3,660,051,319Issuers1Population4,780,913
Fiscal year2022Principal outstanding$3,628,772,125Issuers1Population4,728,030
Fiscal year2021Principal outstanding$3,574,977,125Issuers1Population4,731,145
Fiscal year2020Principal outstanding$3,394,002,125Issuers1Population4,713,325
Fiscal year2019Principal outstanding$3,638,797,125Issuers1Population4,698,619
Fiscal year2018Principal outstanding$3,869,623,022Issuers1Population4,652,980
Fiscal year2017Principal outstanding$3,665,684,505Issuers1Population4,589,928
Fiscal year2016Principal outstanding$3,863,700,464Issuers1Population4,538,028

How these figures are made

Total principal outstanding

principal outstanding at the fiscal year end, summed over the local governments attributed to the county; computed here from BRB's tables for fiscal year 2025. It has no denominator.

Which governments count here

BRB's County field lists every county an issuer serves and gives no shares. An issuer's debt counts in its home county, the first county listed for it, so each dollar counts once statewide. Issuers that list Harris County but count in another are under "Also serve Harris County". Per resident in the issuer list uses each government's own reported population, where it reports one.

Not reported means no government of the chosen type in the county reported the amount that year, or the denominator was not reported. It is never shown as zero.

Fiscal years: Texas fiscal years run September 1 to August 31. Local governments report at the end of their own fiscal year, as BRB's tables do.

The full method, with the class breaks and the size bands, is on the explorer's main page. Sources are listed below.

EMMA links are added as each issue is matched.

Source: 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 10/17/2026.

Texas fiscal years run September 1 to August 31.

Issuer names are shown as published, without source footnote letters.

Figures are as reported to the agency and have not been independently verified.