Old Order Amish Counties (1990)

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Using data from the 1990 Religious Congregations and Membership Study, this list ranks U.S. counties 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.

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

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RankingCountyAdherentsPercent
62Adair County, Kentucky 150 1.0
5Adams County, Indiana 3,300 10.6
53Adams County, Ohio 300 1.2
117Adams County, Pennsylvania 150 0.2
126Allamakee County, Iowa -- 0.0
92Allegany County, New York 250 0.5
88Allen County, Indiana 1,650 0.6
126Alpena County, Michigan -- 0.0
16Anderson County, Kansas 300 3.8
126Armstrong County, Pennsylvania -- 0.0
38Ashland County, Ohio 850 1.8
126Ashtabula County, Ohio -- 0.0
66Barren County, Kentucky 300 0.9
102Barron County, Wisconsin 150 0.4
126Bee County, Texas -- 0.0
126Belmont County, Ohio -- 0.0
126Berks County, Pennsylvania -- 0.0
123Blair County, Pennsylvania 100 0.1
126Boundary County, Idaho -- 0.0
112Bradford County, Pennsylvania 150 0.3
37Branch County, Michigan 750 1.8
126Breckinridge County, Kentucky -- 0.0
14Buchanan County, Iowa 900 4.3
126Buffalo County, Wisconsin -- 0.0
125Calhoun County, Michigan 50 0.0
126Calumet County, Wisconsin -- 0.0
95Carroll County, Missouri 50 0.5
126Carroll County, Ohio -- 0.0
88Carroll County, Tennessee 150 0.6
57Casey County, Kentucky 150 1.1
48Cattaraugus County, New York 1,200 1.4
126Cecil County, Maryland -- 0.0
69Centre County, Pennsylvania 1,050 0.9
126Charlotte County, Virginia -- 0.0
99Chautauqua County, New York 600 0.4
116Chester County, Pennsylvania 750 0.2
126Chippewa County, Wisconsin -- 0.0
109Christian County, Kentucky 200 0.3
51Clare County, Michigan 300 1.2
126Clarion County, Pennsylvania -- 0.0
34Clark County, Missouri 150 2.0
43Clark County, Wisconsin 500 1.6
126Clayton County, Iowa -- 0.0
101Clearfield County, Pennsylvania 300 0.4
126Clearwater County, Minnesota -- 0.0
118Clinton County, Michigan 100 0.2
72Clinton County, Pennsylvania 300 0.8
28Coal County, Oklahoma 150 2.6
126Coles County, Illinois -- 0.0
60Columbia County, Wisconsin 450 1.0
126Columbiana County, Ohio -- 0.0
59Cooper County, Missouri 150 1.0
126Coshocton County, Ohio -- 0.0
23Crawford County, Pennsylvania 2,650 3.1
126Crawford County, Wisconsin -- 0.0
20Crittenden County, Kentucky 300 3.3
126Cumberland County, Pennsylvania -- 0.0
120Dauphin County, Pennsylvania 300 0.1
8Daviess County, Indiana 1,650 6.0
3Daviess County, Missouri 900 11.4
12Davis County, Iowa 450 5.4
126De Kalb County, Indiana -- 0.0
126Decatur County, Indiana -- 0.0
126Decatur County, Iowa -- 0.0
101Defiance County, Ohio 150 0.4
70Delaware County, Iowa 150 0.8
4Douglas County, Illinois 2,100 10.8
126Eastland County, Texas -- 0.0
107Eaton County, Michigan 300 0.3
81Eau Claire County, Wisconsin 600 0.7
39Elkhart County, Indiana 2,700 1.7
89Erath County, Texas 150 0.5
124Erie County, Pennsylvania 150 0.1
124Fairfield County, Ohio 50 0.1
32Fillmore County, Minnesota 450 2.2
126Fleming County, Kentucky -- 0.0
126Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin -- 0.0
22Forest County, Pennsylvania 150 3.1
86Franklin County, Pennsylvania 750 0.6
126Fulton County, Indiana -- 0.0
126Gallia County, Ohio -- 0.0
90Garrett County, Maryland 150 0.5
6Geauga County, Ohio 7,500 9.2
126Gentry County, Missouri -- 0.0
126Giles County, Virginia -- 0.0
27Gladwin County, Michigan 600 2.7
67Gonzales County, Texas 150 0.9
126Grant County, Wisconsin -- 0.0
93Green County, Wisconsin 150 0.5
126Green Lake County, Wisconsin -- 0.0
126Grundy County, Missouri -- 0.0
101Guernsey County, Ohio 150 0.4
126Hancock County, Illinois -- 0.0
118Hardin County, Kentucky 150 0.2
36Hardin County, Ohio 600 1.9
126Harrison County, Missouri -- 0.0
105Hart County, Kentucky 50 0.3
76Henry County, Missouri 150 0.8
114Herkimer County, New York 150 0.2
65Hickman County, Tennessee 150 0.9
126Hickory County, Missouri -- 0.0
58Hillsdale County, Michigan 450 1.0
1Holmes County, Ohio 11,250 34.3
104Hopkins County, Texas 100 0.4
102Howard County, Indiana 300 0.4
126Howard County, Iowa -- 0.0
126Huron County, Ohio -- 0.0
46Indiana County, Pennsylvania 1,350 1.5
92Iosco County, Michigan 150 0.5
88Isabella County, Michigan 300 0.6
126Jackson County, Illinois -- 0.0
126Jackson County, Indiana -- 0.0
126Jackson County, Iowa -- 0.0
126Jackson County, Wisconsin -- 0.0
126Jay County, Indiana -- 0.0
111Jefferson County, Illinois 100 0.3
126Jefferson County, Ohio -- 0.0
126Jefferson County, Pennsylvania -- 0.0
126Johnson County, Illinois -- 0.0
55Johnson County, Iowa 1,050 1.1
24Juniata County, Pennsylvania 600 2.9
56Kent County, Delaware 1,200 1.1
30Knox County, Ohio 1,200 2.5
64Kosciusko County, Indiana 600 0.9
2Lagrange County, Indiana 8,400 28.5
21Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 13,500 3.2
126Lawrence County, Missouri -- 0.0
33Lawrence County, Pennsylvania 1,950 2.0
40Lawrence County, Tennessee 600 1.7
100Lebanon County, Pennsylvania 450 0.4
126Lenawee County, Michigan -- 0.0
47Lewis County, Missouri 150 1.5
126Lewis County, New York -- 0.0
121Licking County, Ohio 150 0.1
126Lincoln County, Kentucky -- 0.0
68Lincoln County, Montana 150 0.9
126Livingston County, Kentucky -- 0.0
126Logan County, Kentucky -- 0.0
80Logan County, Ohio 300 0.7
126Lucas County, Iowa -- 0.0
112Lycoming County, Pennsylvania 300 0.3
35Macon County, Missouri 300 2.0
100Madison County, Ohio 150 0.4
108Marathon County, Wisconsin 350 0.3
126Marion County, Ohio -- 0.0
10Marshall County, Indiana 2,400 5.7
126Martin County, Indiana -- 0.0
87Mason County, Michigan 150 0.6
126Mason County, West Virginia -- 0.0
65Mayes County, Oklahoma 300 0.9
126Mcdonough County, Illinois -- 0.0
73Mecosta County, Michigan 300 0.8
77Medina County, Ohio 900 0.7
109Mercer County, Pennsylvania 350 0.3
119Miami County, Ohio 150 0.2
13Mifflin County, Pennsylvania 2,400 5.2
126Missaukee County, Michigan -- 0.0
26Mitchell County, Iowa 300 2.8
83Monroe County, Ohio 100 0.7
42Monroe County, Wisconsin 600 1.6
110Montcalm County, Michigan 150 0.3
109Montgomery County, New York 150 0.3
29Montour County, Pennsylvania 450 2.5
57Morgan County, Ohio 150 1.1
15Moultrie County, Illinois 600 4.3
126Muskegon County, Michigan -- 0.0
126Muskingum County, Ohio -- 0.0
120Newaygo County, Michigan 50 0.1
126Noble County, Indiana -- 0.0
119Northumberland County, Pennsylvania 150 0.2
118Oconto County, Wisconsin 50 0.2
72Orange County, Indiana 150 0.8
103Orleans County, New York 150 0.4
61Osceola County, Michigan 200 1.0
17Oscoda County, Michigan 300 3.8
126Parke County, Indiana -- 0.0
126Pepin County, Wisconsin -- 0.0
119Perry County, Ohio 50 0.2
103Perry County, Pennsylvania 150 0.4
115Pickaway County, Ohio 100 0.2
126Pike County, Illinois -- 0.0
25Pike County, Missouri 450 2.8
126Pike County, Ohio -- 0.0
80Pine County, Minnesota 150 0.7
126Pittsylvania County, Virginia -- 0.0
96Polk County, Missouri 100 0.5
126Polk County, Wisconsin -- 0.0
126Pontotoc County, Mississippi -- 0.0
126Portage County, Ohio -- 0.0
78Portage County, Wisconsin 450 0.7
126Potter County, Pennsylvania -- 0.0
103Pulaski County, Missouri 150 0.4
126Putnam County, Missouri -- 0.0
18Randolph County, Missouri 900 3.7
79Reno County, Kansas 450 0.7
121Richland County, Ohio 150 0.1
126Richland County, Wisconsin -- 0.0
126Ringgold County, Iowa -- 0.0
126Roane County, West Virginia -- 0.0
122Rock County, Wisconsin 150 0.1
126Rogers County, Oklahoma -- 0.0
126Rosebud County, Montana -- 0.0
41Rush County, Indiana 300 1.7
61Saint Mary's County, Maryland 750 1.0
92Sanilac County, Michigan 200 0.5
124Sarasota County, Florida 150 0.1
98Sauk County, Wisconsin 200 0.4
126Schuyler County, Missouri -- 0.0
126Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania -- 0.0
97Seneca County, New York 150 0.5
111Shawano County, Wisconsin 100 0.3
126Sheboygan County, Wisconsin -- 0.0
71Snyder County, Pennsylvania 300 0.8
63Somerset County, Pennsylvania 750 1.0
45St. Joseph County, Michigan 900 1.5
89St. Lawrence County, New York 600 0.5
123Stark County, Ohio 300 0.1
55Steuben County, Indiana 300 1.1
97Steuben County, New York 450 0.5
126Stevens County, Washington -- 0.0
118Stoddard County, Missouri 50 0.2
74Sullivan County, Missouri 50 0.8
49Switzerland County, Indiana 100 1.3
126Taylor County, Kentucky -- 0.0
31Taylor County, Wisconsin 450 2.4
122Tazewell County, Virginia 50 0.1
126Texas County, Missouri -- 0.0
27Todd County, Kentucky 300 2.7
84Todd County, Minnesota 150 0.6
115Toombs County, Georgia 50 0.2
52Trempealeau County, Wisconsin 300 1.2
106Trumbull County, Ohio 750 0.3
19Tuscarawas County, Ohio 2,850 3.4
126Tuscola County, Michigan -- 0.0
70Union County, Pennsylvania 300 0.8
9Van Buren County, Iowa 450 5.9
126Van Buren County, Michigan -- 0.0
91Venango County, Pennsylvania 300 0.5
126Vernon County, Missouri -- 0.0
11Vernon County, Wisconsin 1,400 5.5
54Wadena County, Minnesota 150 1.1
82Warren County, Pennsylvania 300 0.7
126Washington County, Arkansas -- 0.0
50Washington County, Indiana 300 1.3
75Washington County, Iowa 150 0.8
94Washington County, Kentucky 50 0.5
113Washington County, Ohio 150 0.2
126Washington County, Virginia -- 0.0
126Waupaca County, Wisconsin -- 0.0
44Waushara County, Wisconsin 300 1.6
126Wayne County, Indiana -- 0.0
126Wayne County, Iowa -- 0.0
118Wayne County, New York 150 0.2
7Wayne County, Ohio 6,900 6.8
30Webster County, Missouri 600 2.5
126Wexford County, Michigan -- 0.0
89Whitley County, Indiana 150 0.5
85Winona County, Minnesota 300 0.6
126Wood County, Wisconsin -- 0.0
126Wright County, Missouri -- 0.0
93Yadkin County, North Carolina 150 0.5
125York County, Pennsylvania 150 0.0


Source

The data presented in this list were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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