County brief: Taylor County
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Debt explorer, Data Center. Showing Total principal outstanding for all local governments, fiscal year 2025.
Taylor County's 14 local governments owed $930.4 million in principal outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2025, 42nd of 252 counties and 27th of 31.
- Total principal outstanding
- $930,423,216
- Rank
- 42nd of 252
- Rank in its size band
- 27th of 31(100,000 to 499,999)
- Total principal outstanding
- $930,423,216
- Population (county government's row)
- 148,813
- Of which multi-county issuers
- $0
Debt by government type
| Type | Issuers | Principal outstanding | Share | Share, as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 6 | $408,236,000 | 43.9% | |
| Counties | 1 | $56,810,000 | 6.1% | |
| Water Districts | 1 | $1,148,000 | 0.1% | |
| Independent School Districts | 5 | $462,204,216 | 49.7% | |
| Other Special Districts | 1 | $2,025,000 | 0.2% | |
| Total | 14 | $930,423,216 | 100.0% |
Over the years
Largest of the 14 governments
| Issuer | Type | Principal outstanding | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abilene | Cities | $392,925,000 | $3,011 |
| Wylie ISD | Independent School Districts | $214,170,000 | $7,649 |
| Abilene ISD | Independent School Districts | $183,289,216 | $1,749 |
| Taylor County | Counties | $56,810,000 | $382 |
| Jim Ned CISD | Independent School Districts | $55,440,000 | $7,315 |
| Merkel ISD | Independent School Districts | $7,410,000 | $1,214 |
| Merkel | Cities | $5,763,000 | $2,311 |
| Buffalo Gap | Cities | $5,151,000 | $8,137 |
| Tye | Cities | $2,962,000 | $2,387 |
| Abilene-Taylor County Events Venue District | Other Special Districts | $2,025,000 | Not reported |
| Trent ISD | Independent School Districts | $1,895,000 | $491 |
| Tuscola-Taylor County WCID 1 | Water Districts | $1,148,000 | $1,148 |
| Lawn | Cities | $750,000 | $2,381 |
| Tuscola | Cities | $685,000 | $809 |
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 Taylor County's $930,423,216, $0 is owed by 0 issuers that list other counties too; 0 issuers that list Taylor 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.