County brief: Smith County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing Total principal outstanding for Independent School Districts, fiscal year 2025.
Smith County's 8 Independent School Districts owed $858.8 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, 31st of 245 counties and 18th of 31.
- Total principal outstanding
- $858,784,912
- Rank
- 31st of 245
- Rank in its size band
- 18th of 31(100,000 to 499,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $858,784,912
- Population (county government's row)
- 249,091
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $0
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent School Districts | 8 | $858,784,912 | 100.0% | |
| Total | 8 | $858,784,912 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 8 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler ISD | Independent School Districts | $392,865,000 | $3,427 |
| Bullard ISD | Independent School Districts | $149,294,000 | $11,013 |
| Chapel Hill ISD | Independent School Districts | $115,331,000 | $5,163 |
| Whitehouse ISD | Independent School Districts | $92,780,000 | $4,245 |
| Lindale ISD | Independent School Districts | $54,404,912 | $2,444 |
| Winona ISD | Independent School Districts | $35,525,000 | $5,324 |
| Arp ISD | Independent School Districts | $14,465,000 | $2,958 |
| Troup ISD | Independent School Districts | $4,120,000 | $483 |
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 Smith County's $858,784,912, $0 is owed by 0 issuers that list other counties too; 0 issuers that list Smith County count in another. Total principal outstanding: principal outstanding at the fiscal year end, summed over the local governments attributed to the county. "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 10/17/2026. Computed here from BRB's tables. 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.