U.S. Bancorp was number 131 in the Fortune 500 list of major U.S. companies for 2006.

History

The present day U.S. Bancorp developed from a number of mergers. The first of which being Firstar Corporation's merger with Star Bank (formerly First National Cincinnati) of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1999. Five months later, Firstar acquired Mercantile Bancorporation of St. Louis, Missouri. The final major acquisition was Firstar's buyout of the original U.S. Bancorp, headquartered in Portland, Oregon. That buyout was completed on February 27, 2001. Firstar changed its name to U.S. Bancorp at that time.

Several other banks were acquired by U.S Bancorp's legacy companies. Other banks that were bought by Firstar include Banks of Iowa, Federated Bank, First Colonial Bankshares Corporation, and Investors Bank. Banks bought by Mercantile Bancorporation include Mark Twain Bancshares, Firstbank of Illinois, Hawkeye Bancorporation, and Ameribanc. Star Bank Corporation bought Great Financial Bank, and US Bancorp bought West One Bancorp.

Coverage

U.S. Bancorp has locations in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. It has some operations in Canada as well.

Subsidiaries
Former subsidiaries include Piper Jaffray NYSE: PJC, which became an independent, publicly held

company following its spin-off from U.S. Bancorp on December 31, 2003.

Namesakes

The U.S. Bank Tower in Los Angeles is named for this company, as is the US Bancorp Tower in Portland, Oregon, U.S. Bank Center in Seattle, WA, the U.S. Bank Tower in Cincinnati, Ohio, the U.S. Bank Center in Milwaukee, WI, U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. Bank Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri, and the U.S. Bank Center in Saint Paul, MN. More recently the U.S. Bank Tower in Sacramento, California.