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Note 3 - Investment Securities (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Note 3 - Investment Securities (Details) [Line Items]        
Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Fair Value   $ 680,500,000sfnc_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValue $ 715,300,000sfnc_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValue  
Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Fair Value Percent of Portfolio   62.80%sfnc_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValuePercentOfPortfolio 75.80%sfnc_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValuePercentOfPortfolio  
Available-for-sale Securities Pledged as Collateral   520,400,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesPledgedAsCollateral 587,900,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesPledgedAsCollateral  
Securities Sold under Agreements to Repurchase   93,500,000us-gaap_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchase 102,800,000us-gaap_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchase  
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Gains   199,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains 151,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains 2,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Losses   191,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLosses 302,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLosses 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLosses
Income Tax Benefit Related to Security Gains (Losses), Percentage (39.225%)sfnc_IncomeTaxBenefitRelatedToSecurityGainsLossesPercentage      
Liquidation of the Acquired Investment Portfolio from SSB [Member]        
Note 3 - Investment Securities (Details) [Line Items]        
Marketable Securities, Realized Gain (Loss)     $ (193,000)us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesRealizedGainLoss
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= sfnc_LiquidationOfTheAcquiredInvestmentPortfolioFromSSBMember