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Decatur County, GA

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2025

Decatur County, Georgia, a core county of the Tallahassee-Bainbridge, FL-GA market, holds $750M in deposits across 7 insured institutions and 8 branches. First Port City Bank is the largest deposit holder at 38.3% share. The top three institutions hold 77.6% of deposits, which places the county in the concentrated band. Deposits have grown 33.5% since 2020. It produces $1.1B of output, ranking #1,177 of the 1,523 counties within a CSA or MSA by economic output.

2024 Real GDP
$1.1B
#1,177 of 1,523
Total Deposits
$750M
#1,064 of 1,523
Population
29,432
#1,164 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$35,965
#1,036 of 1,523
Insured Institutions
7
#941 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$94M
#685 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$25,492
#581 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
27.2
#600 of 1,523
Median Institution Size
$65M
Median deposits of the institutions operating in the county. #1,257 of 1,523. A smaller figure signals a market served mainly by community-scale banks.
Community & Regional Bank Share
93.5%
of market deposits held by banks with $100M to $50B in assets. #270 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Deposit Share: concentrated
77.6%
The combined deposit share of the three largest institutions in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Deposit trend

Total county deposits, 2020 to 2025+33.5% over 5 years
$562M
2020
$629M
2021
$702M
2022
$712M
2023
$717M
2024
$750M
2025

Branches: 8 in 2020 to 8 in 2025. Institutions: 7 to 7. Top-three share: 75.3% to 77.6%.

Leading institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
First Port City Bank$287M38.3%2+43%
First National Bank of Decatur County$179M23.8%1+49%
Bank OZK$116M15.5%1+13%
First State Bank of Blakely$65M8.7%1+37%
Regions Bank$48M6.5%1-3%
PeoplesSouth Bank$29M3.9%1+29%
Family Bank$26M3.4%1+33%

The 7 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, as of June 30, 2025. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2020 and 2025. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. Even so, a large gain can reflect acquisition rather than competitive growth; “no 2020 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year.

Part of the Tallahassee-Bainbridge market

Decatur County is one of 5 counties that make up the Tallahassee-Bainbridge, FL-GA market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #124 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 4.7% of the market’s output and holds 7.8% of its deposits.

MeasureDecatur CountyShare of Tallahassee-Bainbridge market
2024 GDP$1.1B4.7%
Deposits$750M7.8%
Population29,4326.9%

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Recruiting in Decatur County

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