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St. Mary's County, MD

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

St. Mary's County, Maryland, a core county of the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA market, holds $2.0B in deposits across 7 insured institutions and 13 branches. PNC Bank is the largest deposit holder at 27.8% share. The top three banks hold 69% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have grown 4.9% since 2021 while the branch count fell by 23.5%. It produced $8.4B of real gross domestic product in 2024, ranking #408 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$8.4B
#408 of 1,523
Population
116,692
#546 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$71,883
#178 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/26)
$2.0B
#659 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$17,322
#1,083 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$155M
#189 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
7
#1,013 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
11.1
#1,428 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$290M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #173 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
41.0%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #1,182 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
69%
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)+4.9% over 5 years
$1.9B
2021
$2.0B
2022
$1.9B
2023
$1.9B
2024
$2.0B
2025
$2.0B
2026

Branches: 17 in 2021 to 13 in 2026. Institutions: 7 to 7. Top-three share: 77% to 69%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
PNC Bank$562M27.8%3-5%
Shore United Bank$539M26.6%3-10%
Bank of America$300M14.8%1+3%
WesBanco Bank, Inc.$290M14.3%2+58%
Truist Bank$244M12.1%2+19%
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company$64M3.2%1+15%
JPMorgan Chase Bank$23M1.1%1no 2021 presence

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 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington market

St. Mary's County is one of 42 counties that make up the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #4 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 1.0% of the market’s output and holds 0.5% of its deposits.

MeasureSt. Mary's CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$8.4B1.0%
Deposits$2.0B0.5%
Population116,6921.1%

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