(MONEY Magazine) – The 98 supersafe banks here were culled from a list of 1,800 Blue Ribbon banks that Veribanc, a research firm in Wakefield, Mass., has compiled quarterly / since 1982. To qualify for the Blue Ribbon designation, banks must have assets of at least $50 million and meet strict standards for equity, profitability, liquidity and problem loans. Because of space limitations, we show the two largest Blue Ribbon banks in 46 states and Puerto Rico. Delaware, Idaho, Vermont and Washington, D.C. have only one Blue Ribbon bank each -- and Hawaii has none.

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