{
  "id": 669480,
  "title": "Q&A: Why is the Amish population growing so fast in America?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/q-a-why-is-the-amish-population-growing-so-fast-in-america",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-12T13:20:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-qa-amish-population-fast-america.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Amish, a Christian denomination and a three-century-old ethnic group of German migrants known for its strict lifestyle standards, are one of the fastest-growing minority populations in the U.S. For more than a century, the number of Amish people—whose American lineage traces back to Pennsylvania in the early 1700s and the Midwest by the mid-1800s—has grown rapidly, from several thousand in…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}