My experience from living among them in the largest Amish settlement west of the Mississippi River for ten years was that it was based on the language that the non-Amish person spoke when around them. read more
As to other hyphenated American labels that are accepted in some circles, I really can't be sure how they would call those people. The only other "racially" identifiable group in the english part of the wider community surrounding the Amish was two black youngsters who had been adopted into a white family. read more
(Amish do have the latest technology, but it has to be the “right kind” of technology.) You can even customize the settings if you have a computer and the right software (we had neither, of course). read more