Amish in Ohio
Amish in Ohio has become the largest Amish population in the United States, recently surpassing the Amish in Pennsylvania.
Amish country is the second largest tourist attraction in Ohio, second only to a large amusement park:
| “ | Ohio’s Amish Country, located in the northeastern part of the state, draws over 4 million visitors every year—second only to Cedar Point amusement park as the Buckeye State’s most popular tourist attraction.[1] | ” |
Ohio is welcoming to Amish, and few lawsuits have originated there. For example, Ohio does not attempt to require the Amish to have license plates on their buggies, which Amish oppose.
Ohio also attempts to improve the safety of sharing the public roads with the Amish buggies. In Parkman Township, Ohio, there is about one crash a month with cars rear-ending an Amish horse-and-buggy, typically due to a distracted driver of the car, according to retired Akron police officer John Schramm, who investigates many of these types of accidents.[2]