Amish Population, 2021

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Maps of Amish population by state/province, 2021



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Amish population, 2021

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Amish population 2021 (alphabetical order)

United States
STATE SETTLEMENTS DISTRICTS ESTIMATED
POPULATION
Arkansas 2 3 290
Colorado 6 8 755
Delaware 1 12 1,795
Florida 1 2 100
Idaho 1 1 60
Illinois 19 58 7,565
Indiana 27 435 60,960
Iowa 25 74 9,845
Kansas 11 20 2,135
Kentucky 48 116 14,215
Maine 9 11 1,020
Maryland 3 12 1,695
Michigan 52 138 17,695
Minnesota 22 43 4,935
Mississippi 1 2 220
Missouri 52 112 14,610
Montana 10 11 1,045
Nebraska 4 4 345
New York 59 167 21,725
North Carolina 2 2 255
Ohio 67 624 80,240
Oklahoma 4 8 730
Pennsylvania 59 566 84,100
South Dakota 1 1 65
Tennessee 13 29 3,560
Texas 1 1 70
Vermont 1 1 100
Virginia 11 17 1,620
West Virginia 6 6 430
Wisconsin 62 179 23,195
Wyoming 4 4 285
TOTAL 584 2,667 355,660
Canada
PROVINCE SETTLEMENTS DISTRICTS ESTIMATED
POPULATION
Manitoba 1 1 75
New Brunswick 1 1 85
Ontario 17 46 5,400
Prince Edward Island 2 3 255
TOTAL 21 51 5,815
South America
COUNTRY SETTLEMENTS DISTRICTS ESTIMATED
POPULATION
Argentina 1 1 50
Bolivia 1 1 160
TOTAL 2 2 210

Note: Population figures include both adults and children. Estimates were calculated using a variety of sources including Raber’s New American Almanac, reports by correspondents in Die Botschaft, The Budget, and The Diary, settlement directories, regional newsletters, and settlement informants. The table includes all Amish groups that use horse-and-buggy transportation, but excludes car-driving groups such as the Beachy Amish and Amish Mennonites.

Statistics compiled by Edsel Burdge, Jr., Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Elizabethtown College, in cooperation with Joseph F. Donnermeyer, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, and with assistance from David Luthy, Heritage Historical Library, Aylmer, Ontario.

 

Amish population 2021 (ordered by estimated population)

United States
STATE SETTLEMENTS DISTRICTS ESTIMATED
POPULATION
Pennsylvania 59 566 84,100
Ohio 67 624 80,240
Indiana 27 435 60,960
Wisconsin 62 179 23,195
New York 59 167 21,725
Michigan 52 138 17,695
Missouri 52 112 14,610
Kentucky 48 116 14,215
Iowa 25 74 9,845
Illinois 19 58 7,565
Minnesota 22 43 4,935
Tennessee 13 29 3,560
Kansas 11 20 2,135
Delaware 1 12 1,795
Maryland 3 12 1,695
Virginia 11 17 1,620
Montana 10 11 1,045
Maine 9 11 1,020
Colorado 6 8 755
Oklahoma 4 8 730
West Virginia 6 6 430
Nebraska 4 4 345
Arkansas 2 3 290
Wyoming 4 4 285
North Carolina 2 2 255
Mississippi 1 2 220
Florida 1 2 100
Vermont 1 1 100
Texas 1 1 70
South Dakota 1 1 65
Idaho 1 1 60
TOTAL 584 2,667 355,660
Canada
PROVINCE SETTLEMENTS DISTRICTS ESTIMATED
POPULATION
Ontario 17 46 5,400
Prince Edward Island 2 3 255
New Brunswick 1 1 85
Manitoba 1 1 75
TOTAL 21 51 5,815
South America
COUNTRY SETTLEMENTS DISTRICTS ESTIMATED
POPULATION
Bolivia 1 1 150
Argentina 1 1 60
TOTAL 2 2 210

Note: Population figures include both adults and children. Estimates were calculated using a variety of sources including Raber’s New American Almanac, reports by correspondents in Die Botschaft, The Budget, and The Diary, settlement directories, regional newsletters, and settlement informants. The table includes all Amish groups that use horse-and-buggy transportation, but excludes car-driving groups such as the Beachy Amish and Amish Mennonites.

Statistics compiled by Edsel Burdge, Jr., Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Elizabethtown College, in cooperation with Joseph F. Donnermeyer, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, and with assistance from David Luthy, Heritage Historical Library, Aylmer, Ontario.

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To cite this page: “Amish Population, 2021.” Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Elizabethtown College. http://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/statistics/population-2021/