0.07% of total loans, at December 31, 2019. The $14.3 million in nonperforming loans at December 31, 2020 are summarized as follows: $7.6 million in commercial real estate loans, $3.1 million in commercial and industrial loans, $2.3 million in SBA loans, $785,000 in dairy & livestock and agribusiness loans, $430,000 in SFR mortgage loans, and $167,000 in consumer and other loans.
As of December 31, 2020, we had $3.4 million in OREO compared to $4.2 million at September 30, 2020 and $4.9 million at December 31, 2019.
At December 31, 2020, we had loans delinquent 30 to 89 days of $3.1 million. This compares to $3.8 million at September 30, 2020, and $1.7 million at December 31, 2019. As a percentage of total loans, delinquencies, excluding nonaccruals, were 0.04% at December 31, 2020, 0.04% at September, 30, 2020 and 0.02% at December 31, 2019.
At December 31, 2020, we had $2.2 million in performing TDR loans, compared to $2.2 million in performing TDR loans at September 30, 2020 and $3.1 million in performing TDR loans at December 31, 2019. Through January 15, 2021, we have temporary payment deferments (primarily 90 day deferments of principal and interest) in response to the CARES Act for six loans totaling approximately $10 million.
Nonperforming assets, defined as nonaccrual loans and loans 90 days past due accruing interest plus OREO, totaled $17.7 million at December 31, 2020, $16.0 million at September 30 2020 and $10.2 million at December 31, 2019. As a percentage of total assets, nonperforming assets were 0.12% at December 31, 2020, 0.12% at September 30, 2020 and 0.09% at December 31, 2019.
Classified loans are loans that are graded “substandard” or worse. At December 31, 2020, classified loans totaled $78.8 million, compared to $72.7 million at September 30, 2020 and $73.4 million at December 31, 2019. Classified loans increased $6.1 million quarter-over-quarter and included a $4.0 million increase in classified commercial and industrial loans, a $3.6 million increase in classified SBA loans, and an $829,000 increase in classified commercial real estate loans, partially offset by a $2.2 million decrease in classified dairy & livestock and agribusiness loans.
Deposits & Customer Repurchase Agreements
Deposits of $11.74 billion and customer repurchase agreements of $439.4 million totaled $12.18 billion at December 31, 2020. This represented an increase of $523.7 million, or 4.49%, when compared with $11.65 billion at September 30, 2020. Total deposits and customer repurchase agreements increased $3.04 billion, or 33.31% when compared with $9.13 billion at December 31, 2019.
Noninterest-bearing deposits were $7.46 billion at December 31, 2020, an increase of $536.0 million, or 7.75%, when compared to $6.92 billion at September 30, 2020 and an increase of $2.21 billion, or 42.13%, when compared to $5.25 billion at December 31, 2019. At December 31, 2020, noninterest-bearing deposits were 63.52% of total deposits, compared to 61.95% at September 30, 2020 and 60.26% at December 31, 2019.
Capital
For the year ended December 31, 2020, shareholders’ equity increased by $13.9 million to $2.01 billion. The increase was primarily due to net earnings of $177.2 million and a $22.7 million increase in other comprehensive income from the tax effected impact of the increase in market value of available-for-sale securities, partially offset by $91.7 million in stock repurchases in the first quarter and $97.7 million in cash dividends. Our tangible common equity ratio was 9.6% at December 31, 2020.
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