Amish population growth

With an average of around seven children, Amish families are hefty by modern standards. Farm families tend to be the biggest.  A dozen or more children is not rare. But the largest Amish family ever?  Read on to learn about one possibility: John Troyer, who lived near Kokomo, Indiana, had an unusually large family, perhaps [...]

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The latest issue of Family Life includes an article by David Luthy entitled Amish Settlements Across America: 2008. It’s a comprehensive listing of Amish settlements along with some commentary and analysis.  Last time Luthy did one of these was in 2003. Interesting facts: Some settlements are very old, yet due to various factors, are very small today. Hicksville [...]

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An AP story has just hit the wire on population growth among the Amish.  This coincides with the release of additional information on trends in Amish growth and migration from here at the Young Center. The Amish studies site now lists trend data for the 1992 to 2008 period as well as the 2007 to [...]

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The Amish Studies site at the Young Center at Elizabethtown College has just updated their Amish population statistics.  Check out the new numbers here.  Of interest:  total Amish population is up to an estimated 230,985, and one new state has been added to the list since last year–Arkansas–bringing the total number of states where the [...]

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