Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Business Combinations (Detail Textuals)

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Business Combinations (Detail Textuals) (USD $)
Share data in Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Mar. 02, 2014
business
Sep. 12, 2014
business
Business Acquisition Line Items          
Goodwill $ 522,541,000us-gaap_Goodwill $ 444,268,000us-gaap_Goodwill      
Business Combination, Bargain Purchase, Gain Recognized, Amount 0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationBargainPurchaseGainRecognizedAmount 0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationBargainPurchaseGainRecognizedAmount 11,217,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationBargainPurchaseGainRecognizedAmount    
Camco Financial [Member]          
Business Acquisition Line Items          
BusinessAcquisitionNameOfAcquiredEntity       Camco Financial  
BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity       Camco Financial operated 22 banking offices and served communities in Southeast Ohio.  
BusinessCombinationReasonForBusinessCombination       The acquisition provides Huntington the opportunity to enhance our presence in several areas within our existing footprint and to expand into a few new markets.  
Acquisition Date       Mar. 01, 2014  
NumberOfBusinessesAcquired       22us-gaap_NumberOfBusinessesAcquired
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= hban_CamcoFinancialMember
 
PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross       17,800,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= hban_CamcoFinancialMember
 
BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable       91,700,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= hban_CamcoFinancialMember
 
BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1       109,500,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= hban_CamcoFinancialMember
 
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Financial Liabilities       557,400,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedFinancialLiabilities
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= hban_CamcoFinancialMember
 
Business Combinatio nRecognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Financial Assets       559,400,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedFinancialAssets
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= hban_CamcoFinancialMember
 
Goodwill       64,200,000us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= hban_CamcoFinancialMember
 
Business Acquisition Number of Shares Issued       8,700us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= hban_CamcoFinancialMember
 
Cash Payment Per Share For Business Acquisition       $ 6hban_CashPaymentPerShareForBusinessAcquisition
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= hban_CamcoFinancialMember
 
Share Ratio Exchanged       0.7264hban_Shareratioexchanged
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= hban_CamcoFinancialMember
 
Bank of America Branches [Member]          
Business Acquisition Line Items          
Acquisition Date         Sep. 12, 2014
NumberOfBusinessesAcquired         24us-gaap_NumberOfBusinessesAcquired
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= hban_BankOfAmericaBranchesMember
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Financial Liabilities         745,200,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedFinancialLiabilities
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= hban_BankOfAmericaBranchesMember
Goodwill         $ 17,100,000us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= hban_BankOfAmericaBranchesMember