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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details)
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Sep. 30, 2018
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Jun. 30, 2018
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Mar. 31, 2018
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Sep. 30, 2017
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Jun. 30, 2017
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Mar. 31, 2019
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segments
Mar. 31, 2018
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Mar. 31, 2017
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Dec. 16, 2018
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Mar. 31, 2016
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Mar. 10, 2015
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Schedule of Subsidiaries Information [Line Items]                            
Document Fiscal Year Focus                 2019          
Advertising Expense                 $ 22,494,946 $ 21,195,718 $ 16,557,146      
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount                       $ 75,000,000   $ 25,000,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross $ 1,127,957,383       $ 1,004,233,159       $ 1,127,957,383 1,004,233,159        
Nature of Operations [Text Block]                
Nature of Operations

The Company is a small-dollar consumer finance (installment loan) company headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina that offers short-term small loans, medium-term larger loans, related credit insurance products and ancillary products and services to individuals who have limited access to other sources of consumer credit. It also offers income tax return preparation services to its customer base and to others.

As of March 31, 2019, the Company operated 1,193 branches in Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin. Branches in the aforementioned states operate under one of the following names: Amicable Finance, Colonial Finance, Freeman Finance, General Credit, Midwestern Loans, World Acceptance, or World Finance. On August 3, 2018 the Company and its affiliates completed the sale of the Company's Mexico operating segment in its entirety, effective as of July 1, 2018. Thus, the Company operated no branches in Mexico as of March 31, 2019. During the first quarter of fiscal 2019, branches in Mexico operated under the name Préstamos Avance or Préstamos Viva. The Company is subject to numerous lending regulations that vary by jurisdiction.
          
Business Segments [Abstract]                            
Number of reportable segments | segments                 1          
Document Period End Date                 Mar. 31, 2019          
Current Fiscal Year End Date                 --03-31          
Total assets 854,988,073       840,987,037       $ 854,988,073 840,987,037        
Total revenues $ 156,997,000 $ 137,639,000 $ 127,116,000 $ 122,790,000 141,399,000 $ 125,704,000 $ 118,929,000 $ 116,638,000 $ 544,542,925 502,668,332 490,821,420      
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]                            
Periods of maturity of highly liquid investments (in months)                 3 months          
Loans and Interest Income [Abstract]                            
Percentage of present value of new loan terms to remaining cash flows under original loan, Minimum (in hundredths) 10.00%               10.00%          
Allowance for loan losses [Abstract]                            
Average contractual loan terms                 8 months          
Principal loans more than ninety days past due included in loan loss reserves (in hundredths) 100.00%               100.00%          
General reserve percentage                 4.25%          
Average loan life                 8 months          
Impaired loans [Abstract]                            
Number of days past due for loans to be classified as impaired, Minimum (in days)                 91 days or more          
Net investment in loans deemed uncollectible charged-off (in hundredths) 100.00%               100.00%          
Bankrupt accounts that had not been charged off $ 6,100,000               $ 6,100,000          
Accounts past due, reserved (in hundredths) 100.00%               100.00%          
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 5,100,000       5,500,000       $ 5,100,000 5,500,000        
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount 500,000               500,000          
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent 552,116,625       541,107,852       $ 552,116,625 541,107,852 461,063,577   $ 391,901,581  
Minimum [Member]                            
Allowance for loan losses [Abstract]                            
Historial loss ratio, percentage                 12.80%          
Maximum [Member]                            
Allowance for loan losses [Abstract]                            
Historial loss ratio, percentage                 16.20%          
Small loans [Member]                            
Schedule of Subsidiaries Information [Line Items]                            
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross 736,643,663       667,990,387       $ 736,643,663 667,990,387        
Large loans [Member] [Member]                            
Schedule of Subsidiaries Information [Line Items]                            
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross 383,686,372       333,549,952       383,686,372 333,549,952        
Loans and Finance Receivables [Member]                            
Schedule of Subsidiaries Information [Line Items]                            
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross $ 7,627,348       $ 2,692,820       $ 7,627,348 $ 2,692,820        
UNITED STATES                            
Schedule of Subsidiaries Information [Line Items]                            
Number of offices operated in the United States of America 1,193               1,193          
MEXICO                            
Schedule of Subsidiaries Information [Line Items]                            
Number of offices operated in the United States of America 0               0          
Business Segments [Abstract]                            
Total revenues                     $ 40,913,304      
Noncompete Agreements [Member]                            
Schedule of Subsidiaries Information [Line Items]                            
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life                 4 years 9 months 18 days          
Noncompete Agreements [Member] | Minimum [Member]                            
Schedule of Subsidiaries Information [Line Items]                            
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life                 3 years          
Noncompete Agreements [Member] | Maximum [Member]                            
Schedule of Subsidiaries Information [Line Items]                            
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life                 5 years 3 months 18 days