Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Note 7 - Income Taxes Income tax expense was $8,021,000 for the third quarter of 2015 as compared to $7,843,000 for the same period in 2014. The Company’s effective tax rates on pretax income were 23.66% and 25.08% for the third quarters of 2015 and 2014, respectively. Income tax expense was $23,867,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 as compared to $21,705,000 for the same period in 2014. The Company’s effective tax rates on pretax income were 24.09% and 24.48% for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The effective tax rates differ from the statutory federal tax rate of 35% primarily due to tax exempt interest income earned on certain investment securities and loans and the deductibility of dividends paid to our employee stock ownership plan.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Note 7 - Income Taxes

Income tax expense was $8,021,000 for the third quarter of 2015 as compared to $7,843,000 for the same period in 2014. The Company’s effective tax rates on pretax income were 23.66% and 25.08% for the third quarters of 2015 and 2014, respectively. Income tax expense was $23,867,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 as compared to $21,705,000 for the same period in 2014. The Company’s effective tax rates on pretax income were 24.09% and 24.48% for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The effective tax rates differ from the statutory federal tax rate of 35% primarily due to tax exempt interest income earned on certain investment securities and loans and the deductibility of dividends paid to our employee stock ownership plan.