Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Benefit Plans (Details Textuals)

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Benefit Plans (Details Textuals) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013 Y	Dec. 31, 2012
Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Employees retirement age for health care and life insurance benefits under unfunded defined benefit post-retirement plan	55
Employees vesting service under defined benefit post-retirement plan, minimum	10 Years
Life insurance coverage, maximum	$ 50
Average duration of plan assets investment in bonds, years	12 years
Base pay contributed to the plan	up to first 4%
Fair value of plan assets, Percentage	100.00%	100.00%
Equity Securities [Member]
Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocations	58.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Minimum	20.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Assets Allocation Range Maximum	80.00%
Covered Bonds [Member]
Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocations	42.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations Range Minimum	50.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Assets Allocation Range Maximum	50.00%
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]
Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocations	1.00%

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Life insurance coverage, maximum.

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Percentage of fair value of investments (categorized by debt securities, equity securities, real estate and other plan assets) to the fair value of plan assets held.

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