BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

BASIS OF PRESENTATION [Abstract]

Accounts of the Company and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc. (the Company) and its wholly owned subsidiaries (the “Banks”):

					June 30, 2018
		Year	Total		Net Income
Subsidiary	Location	Acquired	Assets		Qtr			YTD
Citizens Deposit Bank & Trust	Vanceburg, Kentucky	1991	$	429,714	$	1,394		$	2,684
Premier Bank, Inc.	Huntington, West Virginia	1998		1,077,580		3,592			8,078
Parent and Intercompany Eliminations				7,006		(611	)		(1,254	)
Consolidated Total			$	1,514,300	$	4,375		$	9,508