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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123577603&loc=SL6953676-111524

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Amount, after troubled debt restructuring, of modified financing receivable.

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Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses - Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) contract	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) contract	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) contract
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| contract	4		9	4
Total Modifications	$ 672	$ 0	$ 907	$ 175
1-4 Family Residential Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| contract	3		5
Total Modifications	$ 219		$ 344
Commercial Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| contract	1		1	1
Total Modifications	$ 453		$ 453	$ 58
Commercial loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| contract			3	3
Total Modifications			$ 110	$ 117
Extended Amortization Period
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	0		0	0
Extended Amortization Period \| 1-4 Family Residential Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	0		0
Extended Amortization Period \| Commercial Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	0		0	0
Extended Amortization Period \| Commercial loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications			0	0
Interest Rate Reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	0		16	0
Interest Rate Reduction \| 1-4 Family Residential Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	0		0
Interest Rate Reduction \| Commercial Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	0		0	0
Interest Rate Reduction \| Commercial loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications			16	0
Combination
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	672		891	175
Combination \| 1-4 Family Residential Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	219		344
Combination \| Commercial Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications	$ 453		453	58
Combination \| Commercial loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Total Modifications			$ 94	$ 117