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According to Albrecht Powell, the Pennsylvania Amish has not always been the largest group of U.S. Amish as is commonly thought. The Amish population in the U.S. numbers more than 390,000 and is growing rapidly (around 3-4% per year), due to large family size (seven children on average) and a church-member retention rate of approximately 80%."
Toggle Communities subsection. 7.1 Cities. 7.2 Villages. ... Amish at 2,786 adherents, United Methodist at 1,533 adherents, Wisconsin Synod Lutheran at 1,402 ...
Marion is home to a sizeable Amish community, who settled there in 1995. As of 2024, the town had 575 Amish residents divided between five church districts. As of 2024, the town had 575 Amish residents divided between five church districts.
Where are the Amish communities in Wisconsin? Wisconsin has one of the largest populations of Amish residents in the country, behind only Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, with about 25,000 Amish.
The Daily Yonder reports that as the Amish population in America grows, Amish communities — and their rural neighbors — are finding ways to adapt.
The economy of Cashton is closely tied to Wisconsin agriculture. The organic foods cooperative Organic Valley, headquartered in nearby La Farge, Wisconsin, employs over 275 people at its Cashton offices and distribution center. [12] The area is also home to many Amish shops and food producers. [13]
St. Anna is located at the edge of an area in eastern Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, known as "The Holyland", so called because of the large number of communities built around churches, including St. Peter, St. Cloud, Marytown, Mount Calvary, Johnsburg, Calvary, Brothertown and Jericho.
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s rural communities have gained greater political representation in their state’s legislature due to population migration along with new legislative maps ...