Total loans outstanding at federally insured credit unions grew6.8% in the year ending Sept. 30, 2013, according to a new analysisof state-level data released by the NCUA on Wednesday.

Membership increased in 43 states and territories but declinedin nine states, the agency said.

The NCUA Quarterly U.S. Map Review covers keyindicators of federally insured credit unions' financial health inthe 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and theVirgin Islands.

“Nationally, total loans outstanding grew 6.8% in the yearending in the third quarter of 2013, up from 4.3% the previousyear. All but three of the 54 states and territories included inthe report showed loan growth, with Idaho (15.2%) and Rhode Island(12.6%) posting the largest gains,” according to the NCUA Quarterly U.S. Map Review for the thirdquarter.

The review for the third quarter in 2012 said the “total amountof loans outstanding at federally insured credit unions grew by4.3%, after remaining unchanged during the previous year ending inthe third quarter of 2011.”

Membership in federally insured credit unions grew nationally by2.2% to 95.9 million. In the third quarter of the previous year,membership grew 2.7% to 93.9 million.

“Membership increased in 43 of the states and territories, withIdaho (8.9%) and Virginia (7.8%) reporting the fastest growth.Membership declined in nine states, the Virgin Islands and theDistrict of Columbia,” said the NCUA's review.

Utah and Washington had the highest return on average assets inthe third quarter.

“Nationally, the annualized return on average assets (ROAA) atfederally insured credit unions was 80 basis points in the firstthree quarters of 2013 compared to 86 basis points at the end ofthe third quarter of 2012,” said an NCUA press release.

“ROAA was higher than a year ago in eight states and Guam andwas unchanged in Georgia. Utah had the highest annualized ROAA (144basis points), followed by Washington (117 basis points). TheDistrict of Columbia (25 basis points) and Connecticut (30 basispoints) posted the lowest annualized returns of the remainingstates and territories.”