Mennonite Statistics 

Lancaster County, PA (2001)¹

•   9,000    Old Order Amish church members 
• 21,000+ Old Order Amish church including children
• 12,100    Lancaster Conference Mennonites church
                   members 
•  9,000     Other Mennonite church members
•  3,200     Horse and Buggy Mennonites church members
•       6.6    Average number of children in an Amish family
• 1,400      Number of Amish farms
•        65     Average acreage of an Amish farm
• $9,000   Value of an Amish farm per acre
•       134   Number of Old Amish church districts (includes 
                 Chester County)

USA & Canada (2007)²

• 85,000+  Amish
•        23    States 
•          1    Province

Contact

          Michael Weber
          610-683-4746 (Phone)
          610-683-4483 (Fax)
          weber@kutztown.edu (Email)
          faculty.kutztown.edu/weber/ (Personal Webpage)

References

1. The Mennonite Information Center
   2209 Millstream Road
   Lancaster, PA  17602
   (717) 299-0954
   1-800-8588320
   www.mennoniteinfoctr.com

2. History of the Amish & Mennonites
   www.800padutch.com/amishhistory.shtml

Updated 11-6-2007
Copyright 2007 - Kutztown University of Pennsylvania