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Percentage of auction rate securities with credit ratings of AAA.

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Investment Securities Narrative (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Investment Securities Narrative (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities Pledged as Collateral	$ 1,600,000,000		$ 1,700,000,000
Amortized cost	2,237,100,000		2,312,087,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Gain (Loss)	4,145,000	0
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Single Bank Stock Investment, cost basis	15,700,000fult_SingleBankStockInvestmentcostbasis
Single Bank Stock Investment, Fair Value	23,200,000fult_Bankstockinvestmentfairvalue
Percent Ownership In An Individual Financial Institution	66.70%
IndividualBankStockInvestmentPercenttoTotalPortfolio	5.00%
Auction Rate Certificates Not Subject To Any Additional Other Than Temporary Impairment Charges Fair Value	98,900,000
Domestic Corporate debt securities	97,700,000fult_DomesticCorporateDebtSecurities
Equity Securities [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Amortized cost	29,224,000		33,469,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Gain (Loss)	1,970,000	1,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure	40,608,000		47,623,000
Equity Securities Financial Institution [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Equity Securities	34,700,000		41,800,000
Amortized cost	23,400,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure	34,700,000
Equity Securities, Other [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Equity Securities	5,900,000		5,800,000
Auction Rate Securities [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Amortized cost	106,410,000		108,751,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure	98,932,000		100,941,000
Pooled Trust Preferred Securities [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Amortized cost	1,500,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Gain (Loss)	2,200,000
Number of Securities Sold	2
Single-issuer Trust Preferred Securities [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Unrealized Loss on Securities	4,700,000
Number of Trust Preferred Securities	20
Number of Trust Preferred Securities Not Rated	3
Moody's, A2 Rating [Member] \| Auction Rate Securities [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Carrying Value Auction Rate Securities Rated Investment Grade	93,000,000
Percentage Auction Rate Securities Investment Grade	95.00%
Moody's, A3 Rating [Member] \| Auction Rate Securities [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Carrying Value Auction Rate Securities Rated Investment Grade	6,000,000
Percentage Auction Rate Securities Investment Grade	5.00%
External Credit Rating, BBB [Member] \| Single-issuer Trust Preferred Securities [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Amortized cost	4,700,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure	3,800,000
External Credit Rating, Rated Below Investment Grade [Member] \| Pooled Trust Preferred Securities [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Amortized cost	405,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure	1,100,000
Number of Trust Preferred Securities	3
External Credit Rating, Rated Below Investment Grade [Member] \| Single-issuer Trust Preferred Securities [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Amortized cost	14,500,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 12,800,000
Number of Trust Preferred Securities	7