List of U.S. states by Amish population

In 2014 there were 31 states of the United States that had a significant Amish population. Following are populations by state per the results.

Speakers of Pennsylvania Dutch by state

Old Order Amish population in the 20th century

The data for 1992 are from "Amish Studies - The Young Center".[1]

The data for 2000 are from a book published in 2001 (Donald Kraybill, The Riddle of Amish Culture).[2]

The data for 2010 are from "Amish Studies - The Young Center".[3] The 2010 census of Amish population was published in 2012, compiled by Elizabeth Cooksey, professor of sociology, and Cory Anderson, a graduate student in rural sociology, both at The Ohio State University.[4] It was commissioned by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies for the 2010 U.S. Religion Census (published in 2012).[4][5]

The data for 2015 are from "Amish Studies – The Young Center".[6]

The percentage of the state's population is from a 2015 estimate.[7]

Amish population by state and date

State	1992	2000	2010	2019	Increase 2010–2019	% of the state population, 2019	% of the total U.S. Amish population
Pennsylvania	32,710	40,100	59,350	79,200	33.4%	0.62%	23.5%
Ohio	34,830	49,750	58,590	76,195	30.0%	0.65%	22.6%
Indiana	23,405	32,650	43,710	57,430	31.4%	0.86%	17.1%
Wisconsin	6,785	10,250	15,360	22,020	43.3%	0.38%	6.5%
New York	4,050	5,000	12,015	20,595	71.4%	0.11%	6.1%
Michigan	5,150	9,300	11,350	16,410	44.6%	0.16%	4.9%
Missouri	3,745	6,100	9,475	13,990	47.6%	0.23%	4.2%
Kentucky	2,625	5,150	7,750	13,345	72.2%	0.30%	4.0%
Iowa	3,525	4,850	7,190	9,980	38.8%	0.31%	3.0%
Illinois	2,940	4,200	6,860	7,730	12.7%	0.06%	2.3%
Minnesota	1,135	1,600	3,150	4,680	48.6%	0.08%	1.4%
Tennessee	750	1,500	2,125	3,220	51.5%	0.05%	> 1%
Kansas	675	1,100	1,485	1,850	24.6%	0.06%	>
Delaware	1,200	1,100	1,350	1,695	25.5%	0.17%	>
Maryland	810	800	1,350	1,580	17.0%	>	>
Virginia	75	500	300	1,295	332%	>	>
Maine	−	−	225	850	278%	0.06%	>
Montana	270	550	675	760	12.6%	0.07%	>
Oklahoma	540	700	675	670	0.7%	>	>
Colorado	−	−	810	610	24.7%	>	>
Nebraska	−	−	150	365	143%	>	>
West Virginia	−	−	225	465	107%	>	>
Mississippi	−	−	75	275	267%	>	>
North Carolina	75	−	75	275	267%	>	>
Arkansas	−	−	225	255	13.3%	>	>
Wyoming	−	−	−	130		>	>
Florida*	75	−	75	100	33.3%	>	>
South Dakota	−	−	75	90	20.0%	>	>
Texas	405	−	75	65	13.3%	>	>
Vermont	−	−	−	60		>	>
Idaho	−	−	−	50		>	>
Total	125,850	175,200	244,770	336,235	37.4%	0.102%	100%

• The settlement in Pinecraft (Sarasota), Florida is very atypical and its population varies a lot according to the season.

According to Albrecht Powell, the Pennsylvania Amish are not the largest group of U.S. Amish as is commonly thought. The Amish have settled in as many as 31 states and Canada, and Central America, though about 63% are located in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. The greatest concentration of Amish is in Holmes and adjoining counties in northeast Ohio, about 78 miles south of Cleveland. Next in size is a group of Amish people in Elkhart and surrounding counties in northeastern Indiana. Then comes the Amish settlement in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The Amish population in the U.S. numbers more than 270,000 and is growing rapidly, due to large family size (seven children on average) and a church-member retention rate of approximately 80%."[8]

There was an Amish settlement in Honduras from about 1968 to 1978 but the settlement failed.[9] In 2015 new settlements of New Order Amish were founded in Argentina and Bolivia. In Canada new settlements were founded in New Brunswick in 2015 and on Prince Edward Island in 2016.[10] In 2014 Amish founded a settlement in Manitoba.[11]