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Decatur County, GA

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits (SOD), June 30, 2026

Decatur County, Georgia, a core county of the Tallahassee-Bainbridge, FL-GA market, holds $730M in deposits across 7 insured institutions and 10 branches. First Port City Bank is the largest deposit holder at 39.0% share. The top three banks hold 78% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have grown 16.1% since 2021 while the branch count rose by 25.0%. It produced $1.1B of real gross domestic product in 2024, ranking #1,177 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$1.1B
#1,177 of 1,523
Population
29,432
#1,164 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$35,965
#1,036 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/26)
$730M
#1,083 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$24,817
#642 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$73M
#1,060 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
7
#942 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
34.0
#353 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$65M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #1,288 of 1,523. A lower figure means institutions typically hold smaller deposit positions here; it reflects local deposit presence, not an institution’s overall size. See Community & Regional Bank Share for institution scale.
Community & Regional Bank Share
93.9%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #294 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 Banks’ Deposit Share: Concentrated
78%
The combined deposit share of the top three banks by deposits in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Ranks show where the county stands among the 1,523 ranked counties (those within a Combined or Metropolitan Statistical Area that have a branch). They describe relative position, not a rating of market quality or suitability.

Deposit trend

County Deposits (SOD, 2021 to 2026)+16.1% over 5 years
$629M
2021
$702M
2022
$712M
2023
$717M
2024
$750M
2025
$730M
2026

Branches: 8 in 2021 to 10 in 2026. Institutions: 7 to 7. Top-three share: 76% to 78%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
First Port City Bank$285M39.0%3+29%
First National Bank of Decatur County$170M23.3%2+15%
Bank OZK$114M15.6%1+7%
First State Bank of Blakely$65M8.9%1+20%
Regions Bank$44M6.1%1-14%
PeoplesSouth Bank$28M3.9%1+18%
Family Bank$24M3.3%1+4%

The 7 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2026. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2021 and 2026. 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. “No 2021 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year. Deposit figures are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

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 8.0% of its deposits.

MeasureDecatur CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$1.1B4.7%
Deposits$730M8.0%
Population29,4326.9%

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