Thriving Amish Seek New Fields ; Thriving Amish Seek New Fields.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The search by the booming North American population of Amish for affordable, fertile farmland has produced settlements in 28 states and Ontario -- and has even led parties to scout recently for suitable properties in Alaska and Mexico.

A new study estimates the number of Amish has increased nearly 10 percent in the past two years alone, to a total population of 249,000, compared with about 227,000 in 2008. That figure was just 124,000 in 1992. Nearly all Amish descended from a group of about 5,000 in the early 20th century.

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Thriving Amish Seek New Fields ; Thriving Amish Seek New Fields.

The study by the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pa., found that about two- thirds of Amish still live in th...

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