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.
The data for 1992 are from "Amish Studies - The Young Center".
The data for 2000 are from a book published in 2001.
The data for 2010 are from "Amish Studies - The Young Center". 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. It was commissioned by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies for the 2010 U.S. Religion Census.
The data for 2015 are from "Amish Studies – The Young Center".
The percentage of the state's population is from a 2015 estimate.
State1992200020102019Increase
2010–2019		% of the state
population, 2019		% of the total U.S.
Amish population
Pennsylvania32,71040,10059,35079,20033.4%0.62%23.5%
Ohio34,83049,75058,59076,19530.0%0.65%22.6%
Indiana23,40532,65043,71057,43031.4%0.86%17.1%
Wisconsin6,78510,25015,36022,02043.3%0.38%6.5%
New York4,0505,00012,01520,59571.4%0.11%6.1%
Michigan5,1509,30011,35016,41044.6%0.16%4.9%
Missouri3,7456,1009,47513,99047.6%0.23%4.2%
Kentucky2,6255,1507,75013,34572.2%0.30%4.0%
Iowa3,5254,8507,1909,98038.8%0.31%3.0%
Illinois2,9404,2006,8607,73012.7%0.06%2.3%
Minnesota1,1351,6003,1504,68048.6%0.08%1.4%
Tennessee7501,5002,1253,22051.5%0.05%> 1%
Kansas6751,1001,4851,85024.6%0.06%>
Delaware1,2001,1001,3501,69525.5%0.17%>
Maryland8108001,3501,58017.0%>>
Virginia755003001,295332%>>
Maine−−225850278%0.06%>
Montana27055067576012.6%0.07%>
Oklahoma5407006756700.7%>>
Colorado−−81061024.7%>>
Nebraska−−150365143%>>
West Virginia−−225465107%>>
Mississippi−−75275267%>>
North Carolina75−75275267%>>
Arkansas−−22525513.3%>>
Wyoming−−−130>>
Florida*75−7510033.3%>>
South Dakota−−759020.0%>>
Texas405−756513.3%>>
Vermont−−−60>>
Idaho−−−50>>
Total125,850175,200244,770336,23537.4%0.102%100%

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 and a church-member retention rate of approximately 80%."
There was an Amish settlement in Honduras from about 1968 to 1978 but the settlement failed. 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. In 2014 Amish founded a settlement in Manitoba.

Largest settlements, 2015

Sources: 2014 and 2015