Loans, Loans Modified in a Troubled Debt Restructuring (Details) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	44	58
Recorded Investment(a)	$ 7,531	$ 6,370
Unpaid Principal Balance(b)	$ 8,986	$ 6,394
PPP
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	0	0
Recorded Investment(a)	$ 0	$ 0
Unpaid Principal Balance(b)	$ 0	$ 0
Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	2	1
Recorded Investment(a)	$ 1,112	$ 196
Unpaid Principal Balance(b)	$ 1,140	$ 196
Commercial real estate — owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	1	0
Recorded Investment(a)	$ 288	$ 0
Unpaid Principal Balance(b)	$ 319	$ 0
Commercial real estate — investor
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	1	0
Recorded Investment(a)	$ 395	$ 0
Unpaid Principal Balance(b)	$ 1,705	$ 0
Real estate construction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	1	0
Recorded Investment(a)	$ 102	$ 0
Unpaid Principal Balance(b)	$ 102	$ 0
Residential mortgage
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	24	38
Recorded Investment(a)	$ 5,163	$ 5,665
Unpaid Principal Balance(b)	$ 5,237	$ 5,682
Home equity
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	15	18
Recorded Investment(a)	$ 471	$ 499
Unpaid Principal Balance(b)	$ 483	$ 506
Other consumer
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	0	1
Recorded Investment(a)	$ 0	$ 10
Unpaid Principal Balance(b)	$ 0	$ 10

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121611835&loc=SL6953676-111524

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