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The Amish of Canada settled in southwestern Ontario, having come from the United States in 1815 and directly from Europe in 1822. They numbered about 1,000 people in 1991. [1] Today, the Canadian Amish population exceeds 6,000 people, living in 20 different communities. [2] Rising land prices are causing some Amish families to leave Ontario. [3]
As of 2024, the Amish population passed the milestone of 400,000, [14] with about 395,000 Old Order Amish living in the United States, and over 6,000 in Canada: a population that is rapidly growing. [15] Amish church groups seek to maintain a degree of separation from the non-Amish world.
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 Amish population in Canada as of 2018, is 5,375. [31] There are Amish settlements in four provinces: Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, and New Brunswick. The majority of Old Order settlements is located in the province of Ontario, namely Oxford (Norwich Township) and Norfolk counties.
The estimated Amish population in Pennsylvania is about 93,000, and the estimated Amish population in the Lancaster County area is about 44,000. The number of eligible Amish voters in Lancaster ...
In swing states like Pennsylvania, home to the largest Amish population in the country, its 92,000 members could make all the difference in expanding the narrow margins separating President-elect ...
The total population of Old Order Mennonites groups including children and adults not yet baptized normally is two to three times larger than the number of baptized, adult members, which indicates that the population of Old Order Mennonites was roughly between 60,000 and 80,000 in 2008/9.
Old Order Amish population growth in the 20th century. There were 32 states of the United States with an Amish population in 2024 that consists of at least one Amish settlement of Old or New Order Amish, excluding more modern Amish groups like e.g. the Beachy Amish. New Order Amish are seen as part of the Old Order Amish despite the name by ...