Most Amish live in rural areas of the United States and Canada, with the biggest communities in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.

Main places the Amish live

  • United States
    • Pennsylvania – especially Lancaster County in the southeast.
* Ohio – notably Holmes County and nearby counties.

* Indiana – especially Elkhart and LaGrange counties.

* Other significant populations in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Minnesota.

* Smaller or newer communities in states like Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Texas, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, New Mexico, and Florida (Pinecraft in Sarasota is a well‑known Amish vacation/retirement community).
  • Canada
    • Amish settlements exist in three provinces (for example, Ontario), forming part of the broader North American Amish population.
  • Outside North America
    • There is at least one small Amish community in South America, alongside the much larger North American presence.

How and where they actually live day to day

  • Amish generally live on farms or in small rural villages, not in fenced‑off “Amish-only” towns.
  • Homes are usually plain wooden or brick farmhouses, spread throughout the countryside rather than in a single centralized “Amish village.”
  • Within a county, you might notice them by horse‑and‑buggy traffic, simple farmsteads, and plain dress rather than by a formal town name.

Big-picture snapshot

  • There are now over 400,000 Amish in North America, spread across more than 30 U.S. states and several Canadian provinces.
  • Pennsylvania and Ohio each have tens of thousands of Amish residents, with Indiana close behind; together, these three states are home to roughly two‑thirds of all Amish people.

Quick HTML table of key regions

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Region / Country Typical Locations Notes
Pennsylvania (USA) Lancaster County, other rural counties One of the oldest and largest Amish heartlands.
Ohio (USA) Holmes County and surrounding counties Very high local concentration of Amish residents.
Indiana (USA) Elkhart & LaGrange counties Third-largest state population of Amish.
Other U.S. states Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Wisconsin, Missouri, Minnesota, Tennessee, Kentucky, etc. Smaller but growing communities across the Midwest, South, and West.
Canada Several provinces, including Ontario Part of the wider North American Amish population.
South America One small settlement Rare example of Amish migration outside North America.
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