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Steuben County, IN

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

Steuben County, Indiana, a core county of the Fort Wayne-Huntington-Auburn, IN market, holds $934M in deposits across 9 insured institutions and 11 branches. Farmers State Bank is the largest deposit holder at 45.6% share. The top three banks hold 66% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have grown 21.9% since 2021 while the branch count rose by 10.0%. It produced $1.5B of real gross domestic product in 2024, ranking #1,045 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$1.5B
#1,045 of 1,523
Population
34,799
#1,098 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$43,302
#783 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/26)
$934M
#982 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$26,843
#547 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$85M
#857 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
9
#815 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
31.6
#413 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$83M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #1,080 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
83.2%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #522 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
66%
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)+21.9% over 5 years
$766M
2021
$850M
2022
$854M
2023
$845M
2024
$873M
2025
$934M
2026

Branches: 10 in 2021 to 11 in 2026. Institutions: 8 to 9. Top-three share: 67% to 66%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
Farmers State Bank$426M45.6%3+29%
First Federal Savings Bank of Angola$104M11.1%1-8%
Flagstar Bank$90M9.7%1+50%
Fifth Third Bank$83M8.9%1+77%
The Farmers & Merchants State Bank$83M8.9%1+20%
KeyBank$73M7.9%1+2%
STAR Financial Bank$52M5.6%1-11%
The State Bank and Trust Company$11M1.2%1no 2021 presence
The Campbell & Fetter Bank$11M1.2%1-31%

The 9 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 Fort Wayne-Huntington-Auburn market

Steuben County is one of 8 counties that make up the Fort Wayne-Huntington-Auburn, IN market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #87 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 4.2% of the market’s output and holds 5.8% of its deposits.

MeasureSteuben CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$1.5B4.2%
Deposits$934M5.8%
Population34,7995.2%

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