Number of secured commercial real estate non-accrual loans.

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Subsequent Events (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 24, 2019 $ / shares	Feb. 28, 2019 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2016 $ / shares
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Quarterly cash dividends declared to holders of common stock \| $ / shares			$ 0.44	$ 0.40	$ 0.36
Nonaccrual loans			$ 13,699	$ 2,250
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Quarterly cash dividends declared to holders of common stock \| $ / shares	$ 0.12
Commercial
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans			8,279	1,250
Consumer
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans				1
Commercial \| Real estate \| Subsequent Event \| Entities affiliated with DC Solar Solutions, Inc
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of secured commercial real estate non-accrual loans \| loan		2
Nonaccrual loans		$ 3,300
CRE \| Commercial
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans				501
CRE \| Real estate
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans			5,094
Land and construction \| Real estate
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans				119
Home equity \| Real estate
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans			$ 326	$ 379