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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, the carrying value of junior subordinated long-term debt owed to unconsolidated subsidiary trusts as of the balance sheet date. Such debt places a lender in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment in liquidation of the entity's assets and was initially scheduled to be repaid after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle if longer.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Face amount or stated value per share of preferred stock nonredeemable or redeemable solely at the option of the issuer.

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JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES 2013 (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2004	Dec. 01, 2005	Mar. 01, 2007	Dec. 31, 2002
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption date	Aug. 12, 2013
Credit Agreement borrowing capacity		$ 696,000,000
Unsecured Revolving Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate		2.03%
Maturity date		Aug. 08, 2015
Credit Agreement borrowing capacity		25,000,000
Multi-Draw Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date		Aug. 08, 2018
Credit Agreement borrowing capacity		60,000,000
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of BancorpSouth Capital Trust I [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities						128,900,000
Interest rate						8.15%
Number of shares of trust preferred securities						5,000,000
Trust preferred securities, value per share						$ 25
Write-off of unamortized issuance costs		2,900,000
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of Business Holding Company Trust I [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities			6,200,000
Number of shares of trust preferred securities			6,000
Maturity date			Apr. 07, 2034
Interest rate spread over LIBOR			2.85%
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of American State Capital Trust I [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities				6,700,000
Number of shares of trust preferred securities				6,500
Maturity date				Apr. 07, 2034
Interest rate spread over LIBOR				2.80%
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of Signature Bancshares Preferred Trust I [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities					8,200,000
Number of shares of trust preferred securities					8,000
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of City Bancorp Preferred Trust I [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities					$ 10,300,000
Number of shares of trust preferred securities					10,000
Maturity date					Mar. 15, 2035
Interest rate spread over LIBOR					2.20%