Combined percentage of commercial real estate and commercial construction in commercial loans.

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Financial receivable trouble debt restructuring reclassified to accruing trouble debt restructuring status.

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Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual Status and Impaired Paid Off During the Period, Number of Contracts

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Increase (Decrease) in Net Nonperforming Assets

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Maximum concentration of commercial real estate and commercial construction portfolio in loans.

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Net loans out of state percentage excluding contiguous states.

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Net nonperforming assets.

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Number of troubled debt restructuring loans returned back to accruing status.

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Out of state exposure of combined portfolio.

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Percentage of commercial loans in portfolio loans.

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Period of loans in default treated as troubled debt restructuring.

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Total remaining unamortized or unaccreted amounts of premiums, discounts, and intangible assets, in years subsequent to the year of acquisition, when the total amounts of remaining discounts, premiums, and intangible assets exceed 30 percent of stockholders' equity.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Loans and Loans Held for Sale - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) loan
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Unearned income on loans and leases receivable		$ 5,300	$ 5,200
Net unamortized discount related to purchase accounting fair value adjustments		3,300	2,800
Loans receivable, net		$ 5,949,019	$ 5,765,934
Number of commitments to lend additional funds \| loan		6
Commitment to lend additional funds		$ 11,600
Number of TDRs returned back to accruing status \| loan		0	1
Financial receivable trouble debt restructuring reclassified to accruing trouble debt restructuring status			$ 2,000
Minimum period of loan payment defaults following restructure for TDRs to be in default		90 days
Number of TDRs defaulted that were restructured within the last 12 months prior to defaulting \| loan		4	0
Financial receivable defaulted trouble debt restructuring loans restructured within twelve months prior to defaulting		$ 4,400
Increase in nonperforming assets		24,800
Nonperforming assets		49,165	$ 24,407
Increase in other real estate		$ 2,600
Commercial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Percentage of commercial loans in total portfolio loans		79.00%	78.00%
Loans recorded investment		$ 4,672,445	$ 4,503,594
Commercial real estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans receivable, net		2,921,832	2,685,994
Commercial real estate \| Commercial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans recorded investment		2,921,832	2,685,994
Commercial and industrial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans receivable, net		$ 1,493,416	1,433,266
Number of nonperforming, impaired loans paid off during the period \| loan		3
Balance of nonperforming, impaired loans paid off during the period		$ 23,600
Commercial and industrial \| Commercial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans recorded investment		1,493,416	1,433,266
Commercial construction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans receivable, net		257,197	384,334
Commercial construction \| Commercial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans recorded investment		257,197	384,334
Residential mortgage
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans receivable, net		$ 726,679	$ 698,774
CRE and Commercial Construction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Out-of-state exposure of combined portfolio		5.40%	5.20%
CRE and Commercial Construction \| Commercial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans recorded investment		$ 3,200,000	$ 3,100,000
Combined percentage of commercial real estate and commercial construction in total commercial loans		68.00%	68.00%
Combined percentage of commercial real estate and commercial construction in total portfolio loans		53.00%	53.00%
Concentration risk percentage		0.00%	0.00%
Maximum concentration of commercial real estate and commercial construction portfolio in loans		14.00%	14.00%
Percentage of total loans out-of-state excluding contiguous states		2.90%	2.80%
Integrity Bancshares, Inc.
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans receivable, net		$ 312,300	$ 386,600
Integrity Bancshares, Inc. \| Commercial real estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans receivable, net		180,400	208,500
Integrity Bancshares, Inc. \| Commercial and industrial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans receivable, net		73,400	92,200
Integrity Bancshares, Inc. \| Commercial construction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans receivable, net		6,600	11,100
Integrity Bancshares, Inc. \| Residential mortgage
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans receivable, net		38,700	57,500
Integrity Bancshares, Inc. \| Home Equity, Installment and Other Consumer Construction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans receivable, net		$ 13,200	$ 17,300
Land
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Increase in other real estate	$ 2,500