Old Order Amish States (2000)

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Using data from the 2000 Religious Congregations and Membership Study, this list ranks U.S. states on the highest total number of adherents and the highest percent of the population that are Old Order Amish. You can sort the list by clicking on the column headings. The historically African American denominations are not included in the 2000 congregation and membership totals.

Congregational "adherents" include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services.

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Complete List

Ranking	State	Adherents	Percent
11	Arkansas	19	0.0
6	Delaware	608	0.1
11	Florida	--	0.0
11	Georgia	--	0.0
10	Idaho	76	0.0
9	Illinois	2,306	0.0
1	Indiana	19,177	0.3
5	Iowa	2,601	0.1
9	Kansas	406	0.0
7	Kentucky	2,272	0.1
10	Maryland	420	0.0
8	Michigan	4,771	0.1
9	Minnesota	844	0.0
11	Mississippi	51	0.0
7	Missouri	3,300	0.1
9	Montana	162	0.0
10	New York	2,752	0.0
11	North Carolina	--	0.0
2	Ohio	24,613	0.2
10	Oklahoma	346	0.0
3	Pennsylvania	25,340	0.2
10	Tennessee	706	0.0
11	Texas	24	0.0
11	Virginia	247	0.0
11	Washington	34	0.0
11	West Virginia	39	0.0
4	Wisconsin	5,872	0.1

Source

The data presented in this list were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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