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Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Abstract]    
Loans pledged at the Federal Home Loan Bank as collateral for borrowings and letters of credit obtained to secure public deposits $ 3,600,000,000us-gaap_PledgedFinancialInstrumentsNotSeparatelyReportedLoansReceivablePledgedForFederalHomeLoanBankDebt  
Loans Pledged to the Federal Reserve Bank as collateral for discount window borrowings 1,300,000,000cbsh_PledgedFinancialInstrumentsNotSeparatelyReportedLoansPledgedForFederalReserveBankDebt  
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans 65,900,000cbsh_TroubledDebtRestructuredLoans  
Accruing Restructured Loans 42,991,000cbsh_AccruingRestructuredLoans 40,313,000cbsh_AccruingRestructuredLoans
Restructured Loans NonAccrual 23,000,000cbsh_RestructuredLoansNonaccrual  
Restructured loans performing under their modified terms 24,400,000cbsh_RestructuredLoansPerformingUnderModifiedTerms  
Aggregate restructured credit card loans held 9,600,000cbsh_AggregateRestructuredCreditCardLoans  
Restructured Loans Due to Bankruptcy Proceeding 9,000,000cbsh_RestructuredLoansDueToBankruptcyProceeding  
Period after which loans are deemed in default (in days) 90 days  
Effect on Interest Income Resulting From Modification to Credit Card Loans (1,100,000)cbsh_EffectOnInterestIncomeResultingFromModificationToCreditCardLoans  
Commitments to lend additional funds to customers with restructured loans 6,400,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableImpairedCommitmentToLend  
Fair Value of Personal Real Estate Loans Held for Sale 2,800,000us-gaap_LoansHeldForSaleFairValueDisclosure  
Unpaid Principal Balance on Personal Real Estate Loans Held for Sale 2,700,000cbsh_UnpaidPrincipalBalanceonPersonalRealEstateLoansHeldforSale  
Foreclosed real estate 5,000,000us-gaap_RealEstateAcquiredThroughForeclosure 5,500,000us-gaap_RealEstateAcquiredThroughForeclosure
Personal property acquired in repossession $ 2,200,000us-gaap_OtherForeclosedAssets $ 2,400,000us-gaap_OtherForeclosedAssets