Amish in Indiana


The state of Indiana is home to a large Amish population, estimated at 67,310 in 2025, the third-largest behind the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Around 1 in 6, or 19% of all Amish in the United States reside in Indiana. The largest numbers of Amish are primarily concentrated in the northwest of the state, however, smaller communities in the south also exist.

Locations

Adams County

has the second largest grouping of Amish in the state behind the Elkhart/LaGrange County region, with an estimated 11,055 adherents in 2025. The population in the county is primarily Swiss Amish. Amish settlement in the county began in the 1850s around the town of Berne.

Allen County

Amish settlement in Allen County began in 1853, when a group of Amish families migrated to the area from Stark County, Ohio, and before that the area surrounding the town of Montbéliard in France. In 2020, Allen County had an Amish population of 4,577.

Elkhart/LaGrange County

The combined Amish population in Elkhart and LaGrange counties in northern Indiana was 29,905 in 2025, making it the third-largest Amish settlement in the United States and the largest in Indiana. Amish settlement in the region first began in 1841. In 1986, roughly 75% of the farming population of LaGrange County was Old Order Amish. Due to their lifestyle, as well as their decision to not attend higher education, their high population has negatively affected the county's per-capita and educational attainment levels. As of 2020, LaGrange County was over one-third Amish.
The Menno-Hof Amish & Mennonite Museum, a museum which displays the history of both groups, is located in Shipshewana, in LaGrange County.

Parke County

In 1991, two Amish families moved from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania and began a settlement in Parke County, primarily due to overpopulation in Pennsylvania. In 2020, Parke County had a population of 1,351 Amish adherents.

Population

In 2025, estimates from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania placed the Amish population in Indiana at 67,310, which accounted for.97% of the overall population, the highest percentage of any state in the country. In 2020, there were roughly 8.4 Amish for every 1,000 people in Indiana.
CountyAmish population
Adams8,088
Allen4,577
Clark64
Crawford64
Daviess5,106
Decatur46
Elkhart7,886
Fayette62
Fulton16
Henry249
Howard86
Jay1,272
Jefferson207
Jennings162
Kosciusko2,472
LaGrange17,567
Lawrence234
Marshall1,636
Martin33
Miami103
Noble1,589
Orange523
Parke1,351
Randolph95
Ripley148
Rush275
St. Joseph172
Steuben187
Switzerland470
Washington811
Wayne1,045
Wells110
Whitley266