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SECTION 109 HOST STATE LOAN-TO-DEPOSIT RATIOS
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the agencies) today are making
public the host state loan-to-deposit ratios1 that the agencies will use to determine compliance
with section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994
(Interstate Act). In general, section 109 prohibits a bank from establishing or acquiring a branch
or branches outside of its home state primarily for the purpose of deposit production. Section
106 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 amended coverage of section 109 of the Interstate
Act to include any branch of a bank controlled by an out-of-state bank holding company.
To determine compliance with section 109, the appropriate agency first compares a
bank’s statewide loan-to-deposit ratio2 to the host state loan-to-deposit ratio for a particular state.
If the bank’s statewide loan-to-deposit ratio is at least one-half of the published host state loanto-deposit ratio, the bank has complied with section 109. A second step is conducted if a bank’s
statewide loan-to-deposit ratio is less than one-half of the published ratio for that state or if data
are not available at the bank to conduct the first step. The second step requires the appropriate
banking agency to determine whether the bank is reasonably helping to meet the credit needs of
the communities served by the bank’s interstate branches. A bank that fails both steps is in
violation of section 109 and subject to sanctions by the appropriate agency.

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The host state loan-to-deposit ratio is the ratio of total loans in a state to total deposits from the state for
all banks that have that state as their home state. For state-chartered banks and FDIC-supervised savings banks, the
home state is the state where the bank was chartered. For national banks, the home state is the state where the
bank’s main office is located. The home state of a foreign bank is determined by 12 USC 3103(c) and applicable
agency regulations at 12 CFR 28.11(o) (OCC), 12 CFR 211.22 (Board), and 12 CFR 346.1(j) (FDIC).
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The statewide loan-to-deposit ratio relates to an individual bank and is the ratio of a bank’s loans to its
deposits in a particular state where the bank has interstate branches.

Section 109 of the Interstate Banking and
Branching Efficiency Act
2008 Host State Loan-to-Deposit Ratios
Using Data as of June 30, 2008
(Excludes wholesale or limited purpose CRA-designated
banks, credit card banks, and special purpose banks)
State or U.S. Territory

Host State Loan-toDeposit Ratio

Alabama

90%

Alaska

79%

Arizona

110%

Arkansas

86%

California

101%

Colorado

83%

Connecticut

104%

Delaware

95%

District of Columbia

86%

Florida

94%

Georgia

95%

Hawaii

78%

Idaho

104%

Illinois

92%

Indiana

95%

Iowa

90%

Kansas

84%

Kentucky

92%

Louisiana

86%

Maine

111%

Maryland

100%

Massachusetts

92%

Michigan

95%

Minnesota

95%

Mississippi

85%

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Section 109 of the Interstate Banking and
Branching Efficiency Act
2008 Host State Loan-to-Deposit Ratios
Using Data as of June 30, 2008
(Excludes wholesale or limited purpose CRA-designated
banks, credit card banks, and special purpose banks)
State or U.S. Territory

Host State Loan-toDeposit Ratio

Missouri

90%

Montana

96%

Nebraska

87%

Nevada

128%

New Hampshire

92%

New Jersey

95%

New Mexico

79%

New York

70%

North Carolina

88%

North Dakota

172%

Ohio

98%

Oklahoma

83%

Oregon

105%

Pennsylvania

88%

Rhode Island

100%

South Carolina

95%

South Dakota

101%

Tennessee

108%

Texas

81%

Utah

59%

Vermont

90%

Virginia

84%

Washington

109%

West Virginia

91%

Wisconsin

111%

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Section 109 of the Interstate Banking and
Branching Efficiency Act
2008 Host State Loan-to-Deposit Ratios
Using Data as of June 30, 2008
(Excludes wholesale or limited purpose CRA-designated
banks, credit card banks, and special purpose banks)
State or U.S. Territory

Host State Loan-toDeposit Ratio

Wyoming

77%

American Samoa

120%

Federated States of Micronesia

48%

Guam

63%

Puerto Rico

94%

Virgin Islands

87%

Due to the legislative intent against imposing regulatory burden, no additional data were
collected from institutions to implement section 109. However, since insufficient lending data
were available on a geographic basis to calculate the host state loan-to-deposit ratios directly, the
agencies used a proxy to estimate the ratios. Accordingly, the agencies calculated the host state
loan-to-deposit ratios using data obtained from the call reports and summary of deposits reports,
as of June 30, 2008. For each home state bank, the agencies calculated the percentage of the
bank’s total deposits attributable to branches located in its home state (determined from the
summary of deposits), and applied this percentage to the bank’s total domestic loans (determined
from the call reports) to estimate the amount of loans attributable to the home state. The host
state loan-to-deposit ratio was then calculated by separately totaling the loans and deposits for
the home state banks, and then dividing the sum of the loans by the sum of the deposits.
Section 109 of the Interstate Act directs the agencies to determine, from relevant sources,
the host state loan-to-deposit ratios. As discussed in the preamble to the joint final rule,

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Prohibition Against Use of Interstate Branches Primarily for Deposit Production (62 FR 47728,
47731, September 10, 1997), implementing section 109, banks designated as limited purpose or
wholesale banks under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) were excluded from the host
state loan-to-deposit calculation, recognizing that these banks could have very large loan
portfolios, but few, if any, deposits. Likewise, credit card banks, which typically have large loan
portfolios but few deposits, were also excluded, regardless of whether they had a limited purpose
designation for CRA purposes. Beginning in 2001, special purpose banks, including bankers’
banks, were excluded because these banks do not engage in traditional deposit taking or lending.
The host state loan-to-deposit ratios, and any changes in the way the ratios are calculated,
will be publicized on an annual basis.

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