Ohio Amish Country
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The Ohio Amish Country, also known simply as the Amish Country, is the second-largest community of Amish (a Pennsylvania Dutch group), with in 2023 an estimated 84,065 members according to the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College.[2]
Total population | |
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84,065 (2023) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Holmes County settlement | 39,525 |
Geauga County settlement | 20,440 |
Religions | |
Anabaptist Christianity (Old Order Amish • New Order Amish • Beachy Amish • Old Order Mennonites • Conservative Mennonites) | |
Languages | |
Pennsylvania Dutch, High German, English[1] |
Ohio's largest Amish settlement is centered around Holmes County and in 2023 included an estimated 39,525 children and adults, the second largest in the world and the highest concentration of Amish in any US county; the Amish make up half the population of Holmes County, with members of other closely related Anabaptist Christian denominations, such as the Mennonites, residing there as well.[3] The second largest community in Ohio is centered around Geauga County.
Ohio's Amish Country in and around Holmes County is one of the state's primary tourist attractions and a major driver of the area's economy.