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Harris County

COUNTY
~4.7M residents · 1 county judge · 4 commissioners
★★★★★93 / 100source audit pending
Operating within capacity
Reserves at 40% of operations
FY25 Budget
$4.98B
No prior period available
Tax Rate
$0.3810 / $100
Per $100
Debt / Resident
$1,070
Source
OverviewMoneyMeetingsSafety & JusticeOperations & InfraSpecial DistrictsData & Documents

Overview Briefing

Official Name
Harris County
Entity Type
COUNTY
Jurisdiction
County
Service Area
County courts, roads, and county-level public services for this parcel
Fiscal Year
FY25
Governing Body
County Commissioner: Precinct 1: Rodney Ellis
Last Verified Update
FY25

What’s Available Here

Budget & Finance: 1/2Meetings: 0/1Maps & Boundaries: 0/1Permits & Service: 2/2Safety & Justice: 0/2
FY25 Budget
$4.98B
Latest adopted
Contracts Data
Public Elsewhere
Procurement coverage
Boundary Map Data
Public Elsewhere
GIS / boundaries
Source Coverage
4/10
Categories available here
Latest Meeting
12/22/2026
Harris County Commissioners Court — 12/22/2026
Agenda Records
0
Latest 12/22/2026
Transparency Stars
3
Public Pensions · Traditional Finances
Population
4,726,177
ACS 2022
Median HH Income
$70,789
ACS 2022

County Conditions

ACS housing and household conditions layered onto the county baseline
Median Home Value
$235,300
ACS 2022
Median Gross Rent
$1,269
ACS 2022
Owner Occupied
54.6%
Poverty rate 15.61%

Risk & Infrastructure

County rollup of district layering, water utility footprint, and TCEQ activity
Special Districts
1,502
WD · OSD · MUD
Water Systems
3,030
Water utility coverage indexed
TCEQ Enforcement
21,913
Latest date under audit
Air Emission Events
0
Recent TCEQ EER activity

Governance Visibility

County-local rollup of agenda coverage, vote visibility, transparency stars, and civic-score leaders
Agenda-visible Jurisdictions
3
harris_county (148) · seabrook__harris_county (12) · harris_county_mud_no_230 (3)
Vote-visible Cities
0
Mapped Legistar cities pending
Transparency Entities
3
debt · pension · traditional
Top Civic-score Cities
3
Houston (25.0) · Pasadena (10.0) · Houston (5.0)

Local Activity Inside County

Rollup of mapped 311, permit, and checkbook activity from locals inside the county
311-visible Places
1
Houston (203,673)
Permit Activity
434,323
Permit stream is active somewhere in this county
Checkbook-visible Places
0
No mapped checkbook places yet
Local Activity Rows
203,673
311 plus checkbook rows visible from mapped county locals

Underlying Entities

Districts & authorities in this county
Special Districts / Authorities (119)
  • Chimney Hill MUDWD
  • Clear Brook City MUDWD
  • Crosby MUDWD
  • Harris County MUD #1OSD
  • Harris County MUD #11OSD
  • Harris County MUD #132OSD
  • Harris County MUD #136OSD
  • Harris County MUD #147OSD
  • Harris County MUD #151OSD
  • Harris County MUD #155OSD
  • Harris County MUD #202OSD
  • Harris County MUD #215OSD
  • Harris County MUD #24OSD
  • Harris County MUD #273 *OSD
  • Harris County MUD #275OSD
  • Harris County MUD #280OSD
  • Harris County MUD #316OSD
  • Harris County MUD #33OSD
  • Harris County MUD #342OSD
  • Harris County MUD #345OSD
  • Harris County MUD #36 *OSD
  • Harris County MUD #396OSD
  • Harris County MUD #43OSD
  • Harris County MUD #46 *OSD
  • Harris County MUD #5OSD
  • Harris County MUD #503OSD
  • Harris County MUD #528OSD
  • Harris County MUD #6 *OSD
  • Harris County MUD #65OSD
  • Harris County MUD #71OSD
  • Harris County MUD #82OSD
  • Harris County MUD #96OSD
  • Harris County MUD 102WD
  • Harris County MUD 104WD
  • Harris County MUD 106WD
  • Harris County MUD 109WD
  • Harris County MUD 120WD
  • Harris County MUD 122WD
  • Harris County MUD 148WD
  • Harris County MUD 152WD
  • Harris County MUD 153WD
  • Harris County MUD 154WD
  • Harris County MUD 158WD
  • Harris County MUD 162WD
  • Harris County MUD 172WD
  • Harris County MUD 173WD
  • Harris County MUD 189WD
  • Harris County MUD 196WD
  • Harris County MUD 200WD
  • Harris County MUD 208WD
  • Harris County MUD 217WD
  • Harris County MUD 220WD
  • Harris County MUD 230WD
  • Harris County MUD 250WD
  • Harris County MUD 278WD
  • Harris County MUD 284WD
  • Harris County MUD 285WD
  • Harris County MUD 290WD
  • Harris County MUD 322WD
  • Harris County MUD 344WD
  • Harris County MUD 354WD
  • Harris County MUD 358WD
  • Harris County MUD 359WD
  • Harris County MUD 361WD
  • Harris County MUD 364WD
  • Harris County MUD 365WD
  • Harris County MUD 367WD
  • Harris County MUD 368WD
  • Harris County MUD 370WD
  • Harris County MUD 371WD
  • Harris County MUD 372WD
  • Harris County MUD 374WD
  • Harris County MUD 389WD
  • Harris County MUD 390WD
  • Harris County MUD 391WD
  • Harris County MUD 397WD
  • Harris County MUD 400WD
  • Harris County MUD 410WD
  • Harris County MUD 412WD
  • Harris County MUD 415WD
  • Harris County MUD 419WD
  • Harris County MUD 421WD
  • Harris County MUD 432WD
  • Harris County MUD 433WD
  • Harris County MUD 468WD
  • Harris County MUD 473WD
  • Harris County MUD 481WD
  • Harris County MUD 489WD
  • Harris County MUD 495WD
  • Harris County MUD 530WD
  • Harris County MUD 531WD
  • Harris County MUD 538WD
  • Harris County MUD 542WD
  • Harris County MUD 551WD
  • Harris County MUD 558WD
  • Harris County MUD 561WD
  • Harris County WCID 159WD
  • Harris County-Houston Sports AuthorityOSD
  • Mount Houston Road MUDWD
  • Newport MUDWD
  • North Green MUD *OSD
  • Northwest Harris County MUD #10OSD
  • Northwest Harris County MUD #20OSD
  • Northwest Harris County MUD #29OSD
  • Northwest Harris County MUD #5OSD
  • Northwest Harris County MUD #9OSD
  • Northwest Harris County MUD 12WD
  • Northwest Harris County MUD 15WD
  • Northwest Harris County MUD 16WD
  • Northwest Harris County MUD 19WD
  • Northwest Harris County MUD 30WD
  • Northwest Harris County MUD 32WD
  • Southwest Harris County MUD 1WD
  • Trail of the Lakes MUDWD
  • West Harris County MUD #2OSD
  • West Harris County MUD #7OSD
  • West Harris County MUD #9OSD
  • West Harris County MUD 11WD
  • Woodcreek MUDWD
Source: CivicBrief entities registry & special-district records
Data Availability by Category (Audit Reference)
CategoryStatusSourceAs of
Budget & FinancialsAvailable HereSource audit pendingFY25
Spending & PayrollUnverified
Meetings & AgendasPublic Elsewhereagenda.harriscountytx.gov12/22/2026
GIS / BoundariesPublic Elsewherecensus.gov (TIGER/Line)
PermitsAvailable HereMunicipal permit importer
Service RequestsAvailable Here311 service-request stream
Public SafetyPublic ElsewhereCity open-data portals
Courts & JailUnverified
Contracts & ProcurementPublic Elsewherecomptroller.texas.gov
UtilitiesAvailable HereEPA SDWIS water systems

Recent Meetings

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Harris County Commissioners Court — 12/22/2026Upcoming
harris_county · 12/22/2026
General local governance item
Harris County Commissioners Court — 12/08/2026Upcoming
harris_county · 12/8/2026
General local governance item
Harris County Commissioners Court — 11/24/2026Upcoming
harris_county · 11/24/2026
General local governance item
Harris County Commissioners Court — 11/10/2026Upcoming
harris_county · 11/10/2026
General local governance item
Harris County Commissioners Court — 10/27/2026Upcoming
harris_county · 10/27/2026
General local governance item

Latest Updates

Source match needs audit before relying on linked fiscal document; date under audit
Open data refresh for county records