Study Shows Amish Population Growing in North America

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Updated: 6:41 PM Jul 28, 2010 Study Shows Amish Population Growing in North America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) The population of Amish is growing in North America, and their search for affordable, fertile farmland is sending them into new areas to accommodate a population currently estimated at 249,000. Posted: 4:00 AM Jul 29, 2010 Reporter: MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press Writer

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The population of Amish is growing in North America, and their search for affordable, fertile farmland is sending them into new areas to accommodate a population currently estimated at 249,000.

A study released Wednesday by Elizabethtown College's Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies shows settlements in 28 states and Ontario. Amish have even been scouting for land recently in Alaska and Mexico.

The number of Amish has increased nearly ten percent in the past two years alone, and it's more than doubled since 1992.

Nearly all Amish are descended from a group of about 5,000 in the early 20th century.

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