Government Financial Transparency Project Archives

Report: Cities have $1.4 trillion in debt

Financial Transparency Project by Mariana Trujillo and Jordan Campbell

Report: County governments have $757 billion in debt

Financial Transparency Project by Mariana Trujillo and Jordan Campbell

Report ranks every state’s debt, from California’s $497 billion to South Dakota’s $2 billion

Financial Transparency Project by Mariana Trujillo and Jordan Campbell

Report: State and local governments have $6.1 trillion in debt

Financial Transparency Project by Mariana Trujillo and Jordan Campbell

Debt trends for state and local governments 2020-2022

Financial Transparency Project by Reason Foundation, Geoffrey Lawrence, Mariana Trujillo, Thuy Nguyen, Jordan Campbell, Carter Langofer and Leonard Gilroy

City debt: New York has more than four times the liabilities of Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston and other cities

Financial Transparency Project by Geoffrey Lawrence, Jordan Campbell and Mariana Trujillo

County debt: Los Angeles, Miami-Dade and Cook counties among worst in nation

Financial Transparency Project by Geoffrey Lawrence, Jordan Campbell and Mariana Trujillo

State debt: California, Illinois, New York, New Jersey and Texas each have over $200 billion in total liabilities

Financial Transparency Project by Geoffrey Lawrence, Jordan Campbell and Mariana Trujillo