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Ancestry refers to the lineage or descent of a person, family, or group, tracing back through generations to identify their origins, heritage, and familial connections. It encompasses the genetic, cultural, and historical ties that link individuals to their forebears, shaping their identity and sense of belonging. Ancestry is a multifaceted concept, intertwining biology, genealogy, history, and culture, and it plays a significant role in how people understand themselves and their place in the world.

At its core, ancestry is rooted in genetics. Each individual inherits a unique combination of DNA from their parents, who in turn inherited their DNA from their own ancestors. This genetic material carries information about physical traits, predispositions to certain health conditions, and even behavioral tendencies. Advances in genetic testing, such as DNA analysis, have made it possible for individuals to trace their biological ancestry with remarkable precision. Companies like 23andMe and AncestryDNA offer services that analyze genetic markers to provide insights into a person's ethnic composition and geographic origins, often revealing surprising connections to distant relatives or previously unknown heritage.

Beyond genetics, ancestry is deeply tied to genealogy, the study of family history and lineage. Genealogical research involves constructing family trees, documenting relationships, and uncovering historical records such as birth certificates, marriage licenses, census data, and immigration documents. This process often reveals stories of migration, resilience, and adaptation, offering a window into the lives of ancestors and the challenges they faced. For many, genealogy is a way to honor their forebears and preserve their legacy for future generations.

Cultural ancestry is another critical dimension, encompassing the traditions, languages, customs, and values passed down through generations. It connects individuals to their ethnic or national heritage, shaping their cultural identity and worldview. For example, someone with Irish ancestry might celebrate St. Patrick's Day, learn traditional Irish dance, or explore the Gaelic language, while someone with Japanese ancestry might practice tea ceremonies, study calligraphy, or observe Obon festivals. Cultural ancestry fosters a sense of continuity and belonging, linking individuals to a broader community with shared experiences and values.

Historical ancestry delves into the broader context of a family's or group's past, including significant events, social conditions, and historical movements that shaped their lives. For instance, the transatlantic slave trade, the Irish Potato Famine, or the Jewish diaspora have profoundly influenced the ancestry of millions of people, leaving lasting imprints on their descendants' identities. Understanding historical ancestry often involves grappling with complex narratives of triumph and tragedy, resilience and oppression, and the interplay of individual and collective experiences.

Ancestry also has a deeply personal and emotional dimension. For many, exploring their ancestry is a journey of self-discovery, offering insights into who they are and where they come from. It can foster a sense of pride, connection, and continuity, as well as a deeper appreciation for the struggles and achievements of those who came before. At the same time, it can raise questions about identity, belonging, and the complexities of heritage, particularly for individuals with mixed or multicultural backgrounds.

In a globalized world, ancestry serves as a bridge between the past and the present, connecting individuals to their roots while also highlighting the interconnectedness of human history. It underscores the diversity and richness of human experience, reminding us that every person's story is part of a larger tapestry woven over centuries. Whether through genetic testing, genealogical research, cultural practices, or historical exploration, ancestry offers a profound way to understand ourselves and our place in the world.

A diversification score measures the diversity of ancestries in the county. As the value appoaches 100, ancestry diversity decreases and therefore increasing the risk of a lack of cultural diversity. The ancestry diversification score for this county is:

Most common ancestry not including "Unknown" is:

Ancestry Report Part I
Description	Total Population	American	Native American	Hawaiian	Caribbean (Latino)	Mexican	Central American	South American	Other Hispanic	African American	Sub- Saharan	Caribbean (Black)

Yavapai County	253,040	10,606	3,286	262	1,491	32,098	855	720	1,551	946	334	172
Arizona (in 000's)	7,666	195	262	15	79	2,065	62	39	112	238	66	38
National (in 000's)	343,251	13,890	2,213	626	11,327	38,879	6,181	4,644	3,687	25,893	7,852	7,174
Maricopa County	4,725,350	122,465	70,404	10,092	53,831	1,248,029	47,272	27,560	69,181	182,463	51,580	28,582
Mohave County	227,736	9,687	3,959	364	2,030	30,107	1,070	696	2,967	1,681	411	249
Coconino County	144,146	2,819	33,693	275	939	17,211	744	774	2,560	1,149	471	302
Gila County	53,982	2,036	8,049	41	242	8,347	82	70	865	167	51	59
La Paz County	16,765	548	2,298	41	43	4,075	7	27	159	35	26	21

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Yavapai County	10.40	4.19	1.30	0.10	0.59	12.68	0.34	0.28	0.61	0.37	0.13	0.07
Arizona	12.66	2.55	3.42	0.20	1.03	26.94	0.81	0.50	1.47	3.11	0.86	0.50
National	7.83	4.05	0.64	0.18	3.30	11.33	1.80	1.35	1.07	7.54	2.29	2.09
Maricopa County	12.32	2.59	1.49	0.21	1.14	26.41	1.00	0.58	1.46	3.86	1.09	0.60
Mohave County	10.96	4.25	1.74	0.16	0.89	13.22	0.47	0.31	1.30	0.74	0.18	0.11
Coconino County	12.25	1.96	23.37	0.19	0.65	11.94	0.52	0.54	1.78	0.80	0.33	0.21
Gila County	10.97	3.77	14.91	0.08	0.45	15.46	0.15	0.13	1.60	0.31	0.09	0.11
La Paz County	14.34	3.27	13.71	0.24	0.26	24.31	0.04	0.16	0.95	0.21	0.16	0.13

Comparisons to State Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Yavapai County		164.41	38.00	51.65	56.95	47.09	41.47	56.48	41.81	12.04	15.42	13.65
Arizona		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		158.73	18.87	91.03	318.92	42.05	221.03	268.57	73.27	242.91	267.29	419.63
Maricopa County		101.66	43.60	106.53	110.10	98.04	122.79	115.78	99.87	124.34	127.55	121.44
Mohave County		166.85	50.87	79.73	86.15	49.07	57.67	60.67	88.87	23.77	21.09	21.95
Coconino County		76.71	683.96	95.16	62.96	44.32	63.35	106.59	121.15	25.67	38.18	42.06
Gila County		147.94	436.30	37.89	43.33	57.40	18.64	25.74	109.30	9.96	11.04	21.94
La Paz County		128.22	401.09	121.99	24.79	90.23	5.12	31.97	64.69	6.72	18.12	25.15

Comparisons to National Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Yavapai County		103.58	201.40	56.74	17.86	111.99	18.76	21.03	57.07	4.96	5.77	3.25
Arizona		63.00	530.01	109.86	31.36	237.84	45.24	37.23	136.49	41.17	37.41	23.83
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Maricopa County		64.04	231.07	117.04	34.52	233.18	55.55	43.11	136.31	51.19	47.72	28.94
Mohave County		105.11	269.61	87.59	27.01	116.72	26.09	22.59	121.30	9.78	7.89	5.23
Coconino County		48.33	3,625.09	104.55	19.74	105.42	28.66	39.69	165.35	10.57	14.28	10.02
Gila County		93.20	2,312.46	41.62	13.58	136.52	8.44	9.58	149.19	4.10	4.13	5.23
La Paz County		80.78	2,125.83	134.02	7.77	214.60	2.32	11.90	88.30	2.77	6.78	5.99

Ancestry Report Part II
Description	Total Population	Canadian	British	Dutch	French	German	Italian	Polish	Scandinavian	Scotish/ Irish	Spanish	Other European

Yavapai County	253,040	1,694	25,764	1,928	4,695	28,418	7,068	4,035	8,761	25,366	1,921	9,315
Arizona (in 000's)	7,666	29	406	36	68	481	160	79	162	391	45	199
National (in 000's)	343,251	1,350	18,069	1,828	3,642	24,708	9,027	4,667	5,969	20,625	1,140	9,563
Maricopa County	4,725,350	17,288	238,803	21,343	39,419	288,654	106,947	53,215	101,091	230,856	27,826	133,165
Mohave County	227,736	1,248	19,242	2,454	4,022	22,426	5,993	2,541	6,535	18,708	1,715	6,150
Coconino County	144,146	471	8,042	803	1,067	9,201	2,483	1,316	3,106	8,196	1,226	3,925
Gila County	53,982	276	3,680	465	559	4,169	1,197	355	1,499	4,108	324	1,041
La Paz County	16,765	101	958	132	127	1,129	252	143	339	835	80	153

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Yavapai County	10.40	0.67	10.18	0.76	1.86	11.23	2.79	1.59	3.46	10.02	0.76	3.68
Arizona	12.66	0.37	5.30	0.47	0.89	6.27	2.08	1.04	2.12	5.10	0.58	2.59
National	7.83	0.39	5.26	0.53	1.06	7.20	2.63	1.36	1.74	6.01	0.33	2.79
Maricopa County	12.32	0.37	5.05	0.45	0.83	6.11	2.26	1.13	2.14	4.89	0.59	2.82
Mohave County	10.96	0.55	8.45	1.08	1.77	9.85	2.63	1.12	2.87	8.21	0.75	2.70
Coconino County	12.25	0.33	5.58	0.56	0.74	6.38	1.72	0.91	2.15	5.69	0.85	2.72
Gila County	10.97	0.51	6.82	0.86	1.04	7.72	2.22	0.66	2.78	7.61	0.60	1.93
La Paz County	14.34	0.60	5.71	0.79	0.76	6.73	1.50	0.85	2.02	4.98	0.48	0.91

Comparisons to State Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Yavapai County		178.55	192.14	161.08	208.06	179.15	134.17	153.98	163.58	196.52	130.58	142.12
Arizona		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		104.91	99.34	112.59	118.97	114.83	126.33	131.28	82.15	117.80	57.14	107.56
Maricopa County		97.57	95.37	95.49	93.54	97.45	108.72	108.74	101.07	95.78	101.29	108.80
Mohave County		146.15	159.45	227.81	198.04	157.09	126.41	107.74	135.57	161.05	129.53	104.26
Coconino County		87.15	105.28	117.77	83.00	101.82	82.74	88.16	101.80	111.47	146.30	105.12
Gila County		136.36	128.65	182.11	116.12	123.20	106.51	63.50	131.19	149.19	103.24	74.45
La Paz County		160.67	107.84	166.46	84.94	107.43	72.20	82.36	95.53	97.64	82.08	35.23

Comparisons to National Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Yavapai County		170.20	193.42	143.07	174.88	156.02	106.21	117.29	199.11	166.83	228.54	132.13
Arizona		95.32	100.67	88.82	84.05	87.09	79.16	76.17	121.72	84.89	175.01	92.97
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Maricopa County		93.01	96.00	84.81	78.63	84.86	86.06	82.83	123.03	81.31	177.27	101.15
Mohave County		139.32	160.51	202.34	166.46	136.80	100.06	82.07	165.03	136.72	226.70	96.93
Coconino County		83.07	105.98	104.60	69.77	88.68	65.50	67.15	123.92	94.63	256.04	97.73
Gila County		129.98	129.50	161.75	97.60	107.29	84.31	48.37	159.69	126.65	180.68	69.21
La Paz County		153.16	108.55	147.85	71.40	93.55	57.15	62.74	116.29	82.89	143.65	32.76

Ancestry Report Part III
Description	Total Population	Chinese	Filipino	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese	South Central Asian	South East Asian	Other Asian	Middle Eastern	Other Ancestry	Unknown

Yavapai County	253,040	515	517	336	210	378	257	331	252	687	33,822	44,449
Arizona (in 000's)	7,666	44	51	12	18	31	72	21	13	34	1,155	988
National (in 000's)	343,251	4,461	3,010	793	1,541	1,913	5,452	1,643	1,229	1,931	47,322	51,000
Maricopa County	4,725,350	34,477	36,926	8,020	12,825	25,450	64,235	15,858	8,677	26,345	708,470	614,001
Mohave County	227,736	148	1,077	160	182	129	311	388	275	712	34,199	45,900
Coconino County	144,146	589	546	108	191	71	300	136	544	292	23,284	17,312
Gila County	53,982	17	168	38	72	2	22	40	56	45	7,149	8,691
La Paz County	16,765	1	73	7	1	0	63	2	13	1	3,549	1,526

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Yavapai County	10.40	0.20	0.20	0.13	0.08	0.15	0.10	0.13	0.10	0.27	13.37	17.57
Arizona	12.66	0.57	0.66	0.15	0.24	0.40	0.94	0.27	0.17	0.44	15.07	12.89
National	7.83	1.30	0.88	0.23	0.45	0.56	1.59	0.48	0.36	0.56	13.79	14.86
Maricopa County	12.32	0.73	0.78	0.17	0.27	0.54	1.36	0.34	0.18	0.56	14.99	12.99
Mohave County	10.96	0.06	0.47	0.07	0.08	0.06	0.14	0.17	0.12	0.31	15.02	20.15
Coconino County	12.25	0.41	0.38	0.07	0.13	0.05	0.21	0.09	0.38	0.20	16.15	12.01
Gila County	10.97	0.03	0.31	0.07	0.13	0.00	0.04	0.07	0.10	0.08	13.24	16.10
La Paz County	14.34	0.01	0.44	0.04	0.01	0.00	0.38	0.01	0.08	0.01	21.17	9.10

Comparisons to State Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Yavapai County		35.47	30.93	88.28	35.14	37.10	10.81	48.57	59.86	61.20	88.70	136.28
Arizona		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		226.52	132.76	153.56	190.16	138.42	169.09	177.70	215.29	126.79	91.49	115.27
Maricopa County		127.17	118.29	112.83	114.94	133.77	144.72	124.60	110.38	125.68	99.50	100.80
Mohave County		11.33	71.59	46.71	33.84	14.07	14.54	63.26	72.58	70.48	99.66	156.36
Coconino County		71.22	57.34	49.81	56.11	12.23	22.16	35.03	226.85	45.66	107.19	93.17
Gila County		5.49	47.11	46.80	56.48	0.92	4.34	27.51	62.36	18.79	87.89	124.90
La Paz County		1.04	65.91	27.76	2.53	0.00	40.01	4.43	46.61	1.34	140.48	70.61

Comparisons to National Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Yavapai County		15.66	23.30	57.49	18.48	26.81	6.39	27.33	27.81	48.27	96.95	118.23
Arizona		44.15	75.33	65.12	52.59	72.24	59.14	56.27	46.45	78.87	109.30	86.76
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Maricopa County		56.14	89.10	73.48	60.44	96.64	85.59	70.12	51.27	99.12	108.75	87.45
Mohave County		5.00	53.92	30.42	17.80	10.16	8.60	35.60	33.71	55.58	108.93	135.65
Coconino County		31.44	43.19	32.44	29.51	8.84	13.10	19.71	105.37	36.02	117.17	80.83
Gila County		2.42	35.49	30.48	29.70	0.66	2.57	15.48	28.96	14.82	96.06	108.36
La Paz County		0.46	49.65	18.08	1.33	0.00	23.66	2.49	21.65	1.06	153.55	61.26

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025

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