Certain officers, directors and principal stockholders of the Company and its subsidiaries, their immediate families or their affiliated companies (“related parties”) have loans with one or more of the subsidiaries. These loans are made in the ordinary course of business on substantially the same terms, including interest and collateral, as those prevailing for comparable transactions with others. Loans to related parties totaled approximately $169.7 million and $123.6 million at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Activity during 2022 and 2021 was as follows (in thousands):


	2022			2021
Beginning balance	$	123,614		$	55,125
New loans		135,464			117,927
Loan repayments		(89,394	)		(49,438	)
Ending balance	$	169,684		$	123,614

Deposits from related parties held by First Mid Bank at December 31, 2022 and 2021 totaled $31.2 million and $33.0 million, respectively.