![]() ![]() At the same time, the retention rate is at an all-time high. Though family size differs by affiliation, Amish families still average approximately five children. Because the Amish do not actively seek converts, this population surge is a result of two major forces-large family sizes and a high retention rate. While over 60 percent of the Amish still reside in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, home to the four largest Amish settlements, population pressures are increasingly resulting in out-migration to areas where land prices are more affordable. Numbering over 330,000 in thirty-one states and four Canadian provinces, the Amish population doubles every twenty years (Young Center 2018 Donnermeyer et al. ![]() Contrary to the persistent myth that they are dying out, the Amish population in North America continues to grow at a rapid pace. ![]()
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