Thousands of Amish Moved to Missouri — Now Look What They're Building

Thousands of Amish families have left Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana for Missouri, and what they're building there is far bigger than farms. Missouri has added more new Amish settlements since 2015 than any other state, and its Amish population is growing more than twice as fast as the national average. In this documentary, we go inside Seymour, the largest Amish settlement in Missouri and one of the biggest in North America, visit the Amish produce auctions, sawmills and furniture shops powering a cash-based local economy, and explore how Jamesport became Missouri's best-known Amish town. We also look at the challenges this fast growth brings, and where the Amish could move next. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 Why Thousands of Amish Are Moving 01:00 The Quiet Amish Exodus 04:00 Why Missouri? 07:30 Seymour: The Hidden Amish Giant 11:00 What the Amish Are Building 15:00 Jamesport & the New Amish Economy 17:30 The Problems Nobody Talks About 20:00 What This Means for America 📚 SOURCES & REFERENCES Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies – Amish Population 2024: https://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/population-2024/ Young Center – Twelve Largest Amish Settlements 2025: https://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/twelve-largest-amish-settlements-2025/ Amish America – Missouri Added the Most New Amish Settlements: https://amishamerica.com/missouri-added-most-new-amish-settlements/ Amish America – Missouri's 10 Biggest Amish Communities: https://amishamerica.com/largest-amish-communities-missouri/ FOX 2 – Missouri's Amish Population Growing Faster Than National Average: https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/missouris-amish-population-growing-faster-than-national-average/ Profiles of Major Amish Settlements in North America (PMC): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11852759/ Webster County Citizen – Amish Produce Auction: https://www.webstercountycitizen.com/community/article_17cca97c-4e1a-11e6-ae3a-b381d3730686.html 💬 Would you welcome an Amish community in your county? Tell me in the comments. 🔔 Subscribe for more stories about Amish life, migration and the communities reshaping rural America. #Amish #AmishMissouri #AmishLife #AmishDocumentary #Missouri #AmishCommunity #RuralAmerica