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Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses - Summary of Loans by Portfolio Type and Company's Internal Credit Quality Rating (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $)
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Trouble Debt Restructure [Member] | Government National Mortgage Association [Member]    
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]    
Restructured GNMA loans whose repayments are insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, were classified with a pass rating $ 2,200,000,000usb_RestructuredGnmaLoansClassifiedWithPassRating
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= usb_GovernmentNationalMortgageAssociationMember
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableTroubledDebtRestructuringAxis
= usb_TroubleDebtRestructureMember
$ 2,200,000,000usb_RestructuredGnmaLoansClassifiedWithPassRating
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= usb_GovernmentNationalMortgageAssociationMember
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableTroubledDebtRestructuringAxis
= usb_TroubleDebtRestructureMember
GNMA loans 90 days or more past due whose repayments are insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, were classified with a pass rating 3,000,000,000usb_NinetyDaysOrMorePastDueGnmaLoansClassifiedWithPassRating
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= usb_GovernmentNationalMortgageAssociationMember
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableTroubledDebtRestructuringAxis
= usb_TroubleDebtRestructureMember
3,100,000,000usb_NinetyDaysOrMorePastDueGnmaLoansClassifiedWithPassRating
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= usb_GovernmentNationalMortgageAssociationMember
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableTroubledDebtRestructuringAxis
= usb_TroubleDebtRestructureMember
Special Mention or Classified Rating [Member] | Energy Related Businesses [Member]    
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]    
Loans to Customers in Energy Related Businesses $ 946,000,000usb_LoansToCustomersInEnergyRelatedBusinessesWithSpecialMentionOrClassifiedRating
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= usb_EnergyBusinessMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= usb_SpecialMentionOrClassifiedRatingMember
$ 122,000,000usb_LoansToCustomersInEnergyRelatedBusinessesWithSpecialMentionOrClassifiedRating
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= usb_EnergyBusinessMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= usb_SpecialMentionOrClassifiedRatingMember