Figure 1: Number of Community Banks  12,000  Number of banks  10,000  8,000  6,000  4,000  2,000  1997  1999  2001  2003  2005  2007  2009  2011  2013  Year Total  Rural  Urban  Source: Federal Reserve Board staff calculations using bank Reports of Condition and Income filed with the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council and Thrift Financial Reports filed with the Office of Thrift Supervision.
2015  2017  Figure 2: Average Size of Community Banks  Average assets (millions of dollars)  1000  800  600  400  200  0  1997  1999  2001  2003  2005  2007  2009  2011  2013  Year Rural  Urban  Note: Assets are in 2005 dollars.