Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Liabilities and Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Deferred tax asset, net	$ 69,227	$ 54,629
ASU 2013-11 reclass, described below	0	0
Net deferred tax assets	69,227	54,629
Deferred tax liability, net	$ 1,235	$ 1,282

Unrecognized tax benefit netted against a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward

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Amount, before allocation of valuation allowance, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards, classified as noncurrent.

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