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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 estimated statewide loan-to-deposit ratio2 to the estimated 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 loan-to-deposit ratio, the bank has complied with section 109. A second step
is conducted if a bank’s estimated 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
Host State Loan-to-Deposit Ratios
Using Data as of June 30, 2010
(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

77%

Alaska

70%

Arizona

83%

Arkansas

80%

California

80%

Colorado

70%

Connecticut

89%

Delaware

57%

District of Columbia

84%

Florida

77%

Georgia

80%

Hawaii

64%

Idaho

87%

Illinois

76%

Indiana

83%

Iowa

82%

Kansas

75%

Kentucky

85%

Louisiana

77%

Maine

104%

Maryland

88%

Massachusetts

83%

Michigan

86%

Minnesota

82%

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Section 109 of the Interstate Banking and
Branching Efficiency Act
Host State Loan-to-Deposit Ratios
Using Data as of June 30, 2010
(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

Mississippi

78%

Missouri

77%

Montana

82%

Nebraska

90%

Nevada

86%

New Hampshire

87%

New Jersey

86%

New Mexico

67%

New York

78%

North Carolina

81%

North Dakota

166%

Ohio

81%

Oklahoma

78%

Oregon

83%

Pennsylvania

82%

Rhode Island

86%

South Carolina

79%

South Dakota

84%

Tennessee

89%

Texas

71%

Utah

76%

Vermont

92%

Virginia

78%

Washington

86%

West Virginia

84%

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Section 109 of the Interstate Banking and
Branching Efficiency Act
Host State Loan-to-Deposit Ratios
Using Data as of June 30, 2010
(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

Wisconsin

91%

Wyoming

67%

American Samoa

91%

Guam

74%

Puerto Rico

94%

Virgin Islands

85%

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, 2010. 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 estimated 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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