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Securities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Available-for-sale Securities [Abstract] |
Securities Available for Sale | The following table summarizes the amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses and the resulting fair value of securities available for sale:
|  | Amortized Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Value
December 31, 2013 |  | (in thousands)
U.S. government agency and government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations |  | $ | 961,442 |  |  | $ | 10,640 |  |  | $ | (23,674 | ) |  | $ | 948,408 |
State and municipal securities |  | 357,013 |  |  | 11,450 |  |  | (3,993 | ) |  | 364,470 |
U.S. government agency and government-sponsored enterprise securities |  | 335,671 |  |  | 434 |  |  | (10,066 | ) |  | 326,039 |
U.S. government securities |  | 21,081 |  |  | — |  |  | (967 | ) |  | 20,114 |
Other securities |  | 5,284 |  |  | 27 |  |  | (231 | ) |  | 5,080 |
Total |  | $ | 1,680,491 |  |  | $ | 22,551 |  |  | $ | (38,931 | ) |  | $ | 1,664,111 |
December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government agency and government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations |  | $ | 561,076 |  |  | $ | 16,719 |  |  | $ | (5,426 | ) |  | $ | 572,369 |
State and municipal securities |  | 265,070 |  |  | 20,893 |  |  | (388 | ) |  | 285,575 |
U.S. government agency and government-sponsored enterprise securities |  | 120,085 |  |  | 851 |  |  | (435 | ) |  | 120,501 |
U.S. government securities |  | 19,804 |  |  | 39 |  |  | (15 | ) |  | 19,828 |
Other securities |  | 3,324 |  |  | 104 |  |  | (36 | ) |  | 3,392 |
Total |  | $ | 969,359 |  |  | $ | 38,606 |  |  | $ | (6,300 | ) |  | $ | 1,001,665 |
Schedule of Contractual Maturities of Investment Securities Available for Sale | The following table summarizes the amortized cost and fair value of securities available for sale by contractual maturity groups:
|  | December 31, 2013
|  | Amortized Cost |  | Fair Value
|  | (in thousands)
Due within one year |  | $ | 14,079 |  |  | $ | 14,239 |
Due after one year through five years |  | 303,875 |  |  | 302,641 |
Due after five years through ten years |  | 487,643 |  |  | 480,244 |
Due after ten years |  | 869,610 |  |  | 861,907 |
Other securities with no stated maturity |  | $ | 5,284 |  |  | $ | 5,080 |
Total investment securities available-for-sale |  | $ | 1,680,491 |  |  | $ | 1,664,111 |
Carrying Value of Securities Pledged As Collateral | The following table summarizes, as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the carrying value of securities pledged as collateral to secure public deposits, borrowings and other purposes as permitted or required by law:
|  | December 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
|  | (in thousands)
Washington and Oregon State to secure public deposits |  | $ | 277,012 |  |  | $ | 281,006 |
Federal Reserve Bank to secure borrowings |  | 42,694 |  |  | 47,634 |
Other securities pledged |  | 43,081 |  |  | 46,090 |
Total securities pledged as collateral |  | $ | 362,787 |  |  | $ | 374,730 |
Summary of Gross Unrealized Losses and Fair Value of the Investments with Unrealized Losses | The following tables show the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the Company’s investments with unrealized losses that are not deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at December 31, 2013 and 2012:
|  | Less than 12 Months |  | 12 Months or More |  | Total
|  | Fair Value |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Value |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Value |  | Unrealized Losses
December 31, 2013 |  | (in thousands)
U.S. government agency and government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations |  | $ | 492,921 |  |  | $ | (10,991 | ) |  | $ | 121,303 |  |  | $ | (12,684 | ) |  | $ | 614,224 |  |  | (23,675 | )
State and municipal securities |  | 112,400 |  |  | (3,069 | ) |  | 13,815 |  |  | (923 | ) |  | 126,215 |  |  | (3,992 | )
U.S. government agency and government-sponsored enterprise securities |  | 260,001 |  |  | (8,063 | ) |  | 28,447 |  |  | (2,003 | ) |  | 288,448 |  |  | (10,066 | )
U.S. government securities |  | 20,114 |  |  | (967 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 20,114 |  |  | (967 | )
Other securities |  | 2,257 |  |  | (58 | ) |  | 2,783 |  |  | (173 | ) |  | 5,040 |  |  | (231 | )
Total |  | $ | 887,693 |  |  | $ | (23,148 | ) |  | $ | 166,348 |  |  | $ | (15,783 | ) |  | $ | 1,054,041 |  |  | $ | (38,931 | )
December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government agency and government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations |  | $ | 167,739 |  |  | $ | (5,090 | ) |  | $ | 12,204 |  |  | $ | (336 | ) |  | $ | 179,943 |  |  | $ | (5,426 | )
State and municipal securities |  | 20,413 |  |  | (383 | ) |  | 210 |  |  | (5 | ) |  | 20,623 |  |  | (388 | )
U.S. government agency and government-sponsored enterprise securities |  | 56,600 |  |  | (435 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 56,600 |  |  | (435 | )
U.S. government securities |  | 9,914 |  |  | (15 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 9,914 |  |  | (15 | )
Other securities |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 964 |  |  | (36 | ) |  | 964 |  |  | (36 | )
Total |  | $ | 254,666 |  |  | $ | (5,923 | ) |  | $ | 13,378 |  |  | $ | (377 | ) |  | $ | 268,044 |  |  | $ | (6,300 | )

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