Chart 1

Over the Long Term, the Number of Banks Has Declined and the Number of Branches Has Increased
Year	Institutions	Branches	Offices
1934	14,146	0	14,146
1935	14,125	3,112	17,237
1936	13,973	3,261	17,234
1937	13,797	3,381	17,178
1938	13,661	3,412	17,073
1939	13,538	3,456	16,994
1940	13,442	3,489	16,931
1941	13,430	3,517	16,947
1942	13,347	3,555	16,902
1943	13,274	3,744	17,018
1944	13,268	3,875	17,143
1945	13,302	3,896	17,198
1946	13,359	3,928	17,287
1947	13,403	4,096	17,499
1948	13,419	4,283	17,702
1949	13,436	4,530	17,966
1950	13,446	4,832	18,278
1951	13,455	5,157	18,612
1952	13,439	5,486	18,925
1953	13,432	5,855	19,287
1954	13,323	6,346	19,669
1955	13,237	6,965	20,202
1956	13,218	7,639	20,857
1957	13,165	8,267	21,432
1958	13,124	8,955	22,079
1959	13,114	9,732	22,846
1960	13,126	10,556	23,682
1961	13,115	11,436	24,551
1962	13,124	12,421	25,545
1963	13,291	13,581	26,872
1964	13,493	14,699	28,192
1965	13,544	15,872	29,416
1966	13,538	17,029	30,567
1967	13,514	18,079	31,593
1968	13,487	19,183	32,670
1969	13,473	20,379	33,852
1970	13,511	21,839	35,350
1971	13,612	23,336	36,948
1972	13,733	24,829	38,562
1973	13,976	26,673	40,649
1974	14,230	28,651	42,881
1975	14,384	30,205	44,589
1976	14,410	31,344	45,754
1977	14,411	33,108	47,519
1978	14,391	34,791	49,182
1979	14,364	36,791	51,155
1980	14,434	38,738	53,172
1981	14,414	40,786	55,200
1982	14,451	39,783	54,234
1983	14,469	40,853	55,322
1984	14,496	41,799	56,295
1985	14,417	43,293	57,710
1986	14,210	44,392	58,602
1987	13,723	45,357	59,080
1988	13,137	46,381	59,518
1989	12,715	48,005	60,720
1990	12,347	50,406	62,753
1991	11,927	51,969	63,896
1992	11,466	51,935	63,401
1993	10,960	52,868	63,828
1994	10,452	55,145	65,597
1995	9,942	56,512	66,454
1996	9,530	57,789	67,319
1997	9,143	60,325	69,468
1998	8,774	61,957	70,731
1999	8,581	63,684	72,265
2000	8,315	64,079	72,394
2001	8,080	65,564	73,644
2002	7,887	66,185	74,072
2003	7,769	66,775	74,544
Source: FDIC Office Structure Information