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Around 5,000 Amish live in Minnesota, concentrated in Fillmore County along the state's border with Iowa.

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As teenagers, Amish youth enter a period called Rumspringa, when they increase their social activity and decide whether to join the Amish church. A lower percentage of New Order Amish decide to join the church than with the Old Order Amish.

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An Amish buggy in the snow near the Minnesota-Iowa border.

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A sign on U.S. Highway 52 between Harmony and Preston, Minnesota alerts passengers to slower Amish buggy traffic along the route.