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The Amish have settled in as many as 32 US-states though about 2/3 are located in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. The largest Amish settlement is Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and adjacent counties followed by Holmes and adjoining counties in northeast Ohio, about 78 miles south of Cleveland.
The United States is the home to the overwhelming majority (over 98 percent) of the Amish people. In 2024, Old Order communities were present in 32 U.S. states. The total Amish population in the United States as of June 2024 has stood at 394,720 [1] up 17,445 or 4.6 percent, compared to
Holmes County itself has the highest concentration of Amish in any US county; [9] [15] the Amish make up half the county's population. [16] In contrast, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the Amish represent about 7% of the county's population. [13] [17] Holmes County has been projected to become the first in the US with a majority-Amish ...
The total Amish population in Pennsylvania is estimated to be about 93,000. ... home to the largest Amish settlement in the U.S. – was 43,640. He said when looking solely at Lancaster County ...
The Daily Yonder reports that as the Amish population in America grows, Amish communities — and their rural neighbors — are finding ways to adapt. Across the country, Amish populations are on ...
The largest populations are recorded in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin, according to the Young Center for Amish Studies. In swing states like Pennsylvania, home to the largest Amish ...
Holmes County, which was about 42% Amish in 2010, [6] and 48% in 2020, [7] has the highest concentration of Amish in the world, [8] which draws many visitors to the county. The Holmes Amish settlement , which also includes Amish from neighboring counties, is the second-largest in the world after Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , and numbered ...
There are more than 360,000 Amish in the U.S., and at least 32 states had an Amish population as of 2022, concentrated in the Midwest and East Coast states. The Swartzentruber Amish are among the ...