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Lancaster affiliation had 141 church districts in 1991 and 286 in 2010. [4] In 2011 it was present in eight states in 37 settlements with 291 church districts. [5] It represents about 15 percent of the Old Order Amish population, that is about 45,000 out of about 300,000 in 2015.
Lancaster County Anabaptist community founded in c. 1760, has the world's largest Amish settlement, with 37,000 people in 220 church districts in 2017, or about 7% of the county's population. [72] By 2021 the Amish population increased to almost 42,000.
According to Albrecht Powell, the Pennsylvania Amish has not always been the largest group of U.S. Amish as is commonly thought. The Amish population in the U.S. numbers more than 390,000 and is growing rapidly (around 3-4% per year), due to large family size (seven children on average) and a church-member retention rate of approximately 80%."
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — The Amish population in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County is continuing to grow each year, despite the encroachment of urban sprawl on their communities.
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 ...
As of 2024, the Amish population passed the milestone of 400,000, [14] with ... 1938 An old Amish cemetery in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1941
42-41216. Website. cityoflancasterpa.gov. Lancaster (/ ˈlæŋkɪstər / LANG-kih-stər) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. [4] With a population of 58,039 at the 2020 census, [5] it is the tenth-most populous city in the state. [6] It is a core city within South Central Pennsylvania, with 552,984 ...
The Lancaster Amish affiliation is the largest affiliation among the Old Order Amish. ... It represents about 15 percent of the Old Order Amish population, that is ...