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Borrowings and Borrowings Availability (Schedule of debt) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Borrowings	$ 116,394,000us-gaap_OtherBorrowings	$ 46,394,000us-gaap_OtherBorrowings
Weighted average interest rate	1.05%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate	2.22%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
FHLB Term Note 1 [Member]
Maturity date	Jan. 29, 2015
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FHLB Term Note 2 [Member]
Maturity date	Sep. 30, 2015
Borrowings	20,000,000us-gaap_OtherBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = fbp_FederalHomeLoanBankTermNoteTwoMember
Effective percentage	0.44%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = fbp_FederalHomeLoanBankTermNoteTwoMember
Trust Preferred Securities 1 [Member]
Maturity date	Jan. 23, 1934	Jan. 23, 1934
Issuer	Issued by First Bancorp Capital Trusts II and III, which are unconsolidated subsidiaries of the Company	Issued by First Bancorp Capital Trusts II and III, which are unconsolidated subsidiaries of the Company
Earliest date of call feature	Jan. 23, 2009	Jan. 23, 2009
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Effective percentage	2.96%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = fbp_TrustPreferredSecuritiesMember	2.95%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = fbp_TrustPreferredSecuritiesMember
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Trust Preferred Securities 2 [Member]
Maturity date	Jun. 15, 1936	Jun. 15, 1936
Issuer	Issued by First Bancorp Capital Trust IV, an unconsolidated subsidiary of the Company	Issued by First Bancorp Capital Trust IV, an unconsolidated subsidiary of the Company
Earliest date of call feature	Jun. 15, 2011	Jun. 15, 2011
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