Thanks to high birth rates and few people exiting the sect, the Amish population in the United States is surging:
The Amish population — a religious group that limits its member’s access to conveniences like telephones and electric lights — is growing at an estimated 5% a year and now stands at 249,500.
A new Amish settlement is being created at a rate of once every three weeks, the study found. Sixteen were established over the past year alone.
Researchers estimate that 85% of people who are raised Amish stay in the group as adults.
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