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Willacy County, TX

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

Willacy County, Texas, a core county of the Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, TX market, holds $145M in deposits across 3 insured institutions and 3 branches. First Community Bank is the largest deposit holder at 50.1% share. The top three institutions hold 100.0% of deposits, which places the county in the concentrated band. Deposits have grown 24.1% since 2020. It produces $543M of output, ranking #1,341 of the 1,523 counties within a CSA or MSA by economic output.

2024 Real GDP
$543M
#1,341 of 1,523
Total Deposits
$145M
#1,453 of 1,523
Population
19,971
#1,303 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$27,169
#1,320 of 1,523
Insured Institutions
3
#1,407 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$48M
#1,389 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$7,269
#1,475 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
15.0
#1,289 of 1,523
Median Institution Size
$42M
Median deposits of the institutions operating in the county. #1,450 of 1,523. A smaller figure signals a market served mainly by community-scale banks.
Community & Regional Bank Share
50.1%
of market deposits held by banks with $100M to $50B in assets. #979 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
100.0%
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+24.1% over 5 years
$117M
2020
$136M
2021
$144M
2022
$146M
2023
$151M
2024
$145M
2025

Branches: 3 in 2020 to 3 in 2025. Institutions: 3 to 3. Top-three share: 100.0% to 100.0%.

Leading institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
First Community Bank$73M50.1%1+45%
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association$42M29.0%1+25%
PNC Bank, National Association$30M20.9%1-8%

The 3 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 Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville market

Willacy County is one of 2 counties that make up the Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, TX market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #162 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 3.8% of the market’s output and holds 2.2% of its deposits.

MeasureWillacy CountyShare of Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville market
2024 GDP$543M3.8%
Deposits$145M2.2%
Population19,9714.4%

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Recruiting in Willacy County

Deposits are held closely by the largest banks, which often means the bankers worth recruiting are inside a small number of institutions. Who holds the deposits, and how contested the market is, shapes both the runway for growth and the competition you would be recruiting against. We recruit commercial relationship managers, banking teams, and market leaders for banks building in markets like Willacy County, on a retained basis.

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