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Local Government Debt

What BRB does with local government debt, the databases and reports it publishes, and the forms local governments file.

BRB's role

BRB does not approve local government debt issuance.

One of the agency's goals is that public officials can get current information on debt issuance, finance and debt management.

BRB provides statistics on the bonds and other debt obligations that local governments issue. The local governments are cities, community and junior colleges, counties, health and hospital districts, independent school districts, water districts and other special districts.

Where the data comes from

BRB has access to bond transcript information from the Public Finance Division of the Attorney General's Office and from the Comptroller of Public Accounts.

BRB also requires various data on bonds and other debt obligations that local governments issue. The authority is Texas Government Code, Title 9, Public Securities, Chapter 1202.008.

BRB compiles the local government data and shows it on its website.

Search and download

Search every local government bond issue in BRB's data in this site's local bond database. It shows the principal, interest and total debt service outstanding at each fiscal year end (August 31), and you can download the results of any search as a CSV file.

Each local government has its own page with its debt by year, its issues and what each issue cost to sell.

The local debt annual reports are on the Local Publications page. BRB's raw tables, including the bond election results, are on the Texas Open Data Portal.

What you can look up here

  • Local debt outstanding, issue by issue: the local bond database.
  • Local governments by type (cities, counties, school districts, water districts, college districts, hospital districts and other special districts): the Data Center's issuer-type pages.
  • State debt outstanding, issuer by issuer: the state issuers page.
  • Issuance costs for local and state issues: each issue's page lists the fees paid and to whom.
  • Local bond elections: BRB's election results table on the Texas Open Data Portal.

Local debt at a glance, fiscal year 2025

These totals come from BRB's 2025 Local Annual Report and the BRB Data Center, which this site's Data Center matches. The state fiscal year runs from September 1 until August 31.

BRB sorts local government debt into seven categories: Cities, Towns, Villages (Cities); Public School Districts (School Districts); Water Districts and Authorities (WD); Counties; Other Special Districts and Authorities (OSD); Community and Junior Colleges (CCD); and Health/Hospital Districts and Authorities (HHD).

School districts and cities hold about 71 percent of local government debt outstanding ($259.7 billion of $365.5 billion at the end of fiscal year 2025), per the Data Center class pages.

  • Debt outstanding: tax supported $256,421,089,739; revenue supported $109,079,206,289; total $365,500,296,028.
  • Debt issued: tax supported $47,245,737,332; revenue supported $14,687,351,000; total $61,933,088,332.

Reports and forms local governments file

Local governments file HB 3526 reports on bond elections and unissued bonds. They file them online first; BRB still accepts its Excel templates by email.

Bond counsel complete the Local Debt Additional Transcript Requirements (ATR) Form before closing on certain local government debt.

Questions

Send questions or comments to Local Debt Analysts.

Sources

Content from BRB's pages, captured 10/3/2026: BRB: Local Government Services; BRB: Recently Approved State Transactions; BRB: Recently Approved State Transactions; BRB: Local Government Debt; https://www.brb.texas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2025LocalARFinal.pdf