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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)

Boone County	38,380	3,942	215	20	49	738	251	6	40	68	15	17
Arkansas (in 000's)	3,109	238	23	17	14	194	44	6	13	298	79	64
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
Taney County	57,066	3,997	366	156	957	2,366	678	99	311	504	220	102
Carroll County	29,115	1,795	320	601	106	3,210	926	62	139	61	4	4
Marion County	17,633	1,654	118	0	187	216	9	8	10	15	12	1
Searcy County	7,792	788	68	8	0	147	6	0	2	4	1	0
Newton County	6,933	772	55	0	1	90	8	0	6	1	0	6

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Boone County	17.14	10.27	0.56	0.05	0.13	1.92	0.65	0.02	0.10	0.18	0.04	0.04
Arkansas	12.56	7.66	0.73	0.55	0.45	6.24	1.41	0.19	0.41	9.59	2.55	2.07
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
Taney County	13.65	7.00	0.64	0.27	1.68	4.15	1.19	0.17	0.54	0.88	0.39	0.18
Carroll County	14.50	6.17	1.10	2.06	0.36	11.03	3.18	0.21	0.48	0.21	0.01	0.01
Marion County	14.77	9.38	0.67	0.00	1.06	1.22	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.09	0.07	0.01
Searcy County	22.36	10.11	0.87	0.10	0.00	1.89	0.08	0.00	0.03	0.05	0.01	0.00
Newton County	23.06	11.14	0.79	0.00	0.01	1.30	0.12	0.00	0.09	0.01	0.00	0.09

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

Boone County		134.01	76.24	9.47	28.68	30.84	46.47	8.09	25.50	1.85	1.53	2.14
Arkansas		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		52.80	87.76	33.17	741.37	181.65	127.96	700.38	262.80	78.63	89.81	101.03
Taney County		91.39	87.29	49.69	376.76	66.49	84.42	89.81	133.34	9.21	15.14	8.64
Carroll County		80.44	149.59	375.20	81.79	176.82	226.00	110.24	116.81	2.18	0.54	0.66
Marion County		122.39	91.08	0.00	238.26	19.65	3.63	23.49	13.88	0.89	2.67	0.27
Searcy County		131.95	118.77	18.66	0.00	30.26	5.47	0.00	6.28	0.54	0.50	0.00
Newton County		145.28	107.97	0.00	3.24	20.82	8.20	0.00	21.17	0.15	0.00	4.18

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

Boone County		253.81	86.88	28.56	3.87	16.98	36.32	1.16	9.70	2.35	1.71	2.12
Arkansas		189.40	113.95	301.48	13.49	55.05	78.15	14.28	38.05	127.17	111.34	98.98
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Taney County		173.08	99.47	149.80	50.82	36.60	65.98	12.82	50.74	11.71	16.85	8.55
Carroll County		152.35	170.46	1,131.18	11.03	97.34	176.62	15.74	44.45	2.78	0.60	0.66
Marion County		231.80	103.79	0.00	32.14	10.82	2.83	3.35	5.28	1.13	2.98	0.27
Searcy County		249.91	135.34	56.26	0.00	16.66	4.28	0.00	2.39	0.68	0.56	0.00
Newton County		275.17	123.03	0.00	0.44	11.46	6.41	0.00	8.06	0.19	0.00	4.14

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

Boone County	38,380	78	4,554	359	644	3,459	322	351	411	4,223	114	514
Arkansas (in 000's)	3,109	4	224	15	25	167	26	13	24	209	6	44
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
Taney County	57,066	166	5,870	476	809	7,430	724	359	1,474	4,968	201	1,690
Carroll County	29,115	39	2,010	133	292	2,409	280	109	529	1,886	94	615
Marion County	17,633	61	2,067	225	509	2,081	169	348	319	2,294	70	310
Searcy County	7,792	0	903	91	48	469	88	40	88	676	0	126
Newton County	6,933	11	663	25	109	449	60	31	115	657	10	20

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Boone County	17.14	0.20	11.87	0.94	1.68	9.01	0.84	0.91	1.07	11.00	0.30	1.34
Arkansas	12.56	0.14	7.20	0.47	0.81	5.38	0.82	0.41	0.77	6.72	0.19	1.42
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
Taney County	13.65	0.29	10.29	0.83	1.42	13.02	1.27	0.63	2.58	8.71	0.35	2.96
Carroll County	14.50	0.13	6.90	0.46	1.00	8.27	0.96	0.37	1.82	6.48	0.32	2.11
Marion County	14.77	0.35	11.72	1.28	2.89	11.80	0.96	1.97	1.81	13.01	0.40	1.76
Searcy County	22.36	0.00	11.59	1.17	0.62	6.02	1.13	0.51	1.13	8.68	0.00	1.62
Newton County	23.06	0.16	9.56	0.36	1.57	6.48	0.87	0.45	1.66	9.48	0.14	0.29

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

Boone County		147.46	164.79	199.12	207.67	167.47	102.04	224.37	139.22	163.82	158.27	94.13
Arkansas		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		285.40	73.11	113.37	131.31	133.76	319.86	333.55	226.06	89.46	177.00	195.83
Taney County		211.06	142.86	177.57	175.46	241.94	154.30	154.34	335.80	129.62	187.68	208.16
Carroll County		97.19	95.88	97.24	124.13	153.75	116.96	91.85	236.21	96.45	172.03	148.47
Marion County		251.01	162.81	271.64	357.26	219.30	116.56	484.18	235.19	193.70	211.53	123.57
Searcy County		0.00	160.95	248.61	76.24	111.84	137.35	125.94	146.82	129.17	0.00	113.66
Newton County		115.12	132.82	76.76	194.58	120.34	105.25	109.70	215.65	141.09	76.85	20.28

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

Boone County		51.67	225.41	175.64	158.15	125.20	31.90	67.27	61.59	183.12	89.42	48.07
Arkansas		35.04	136.78	88.21	76.16	74.76	31.26	29.98	44.24	111.78	56.50	51.06
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Taney County		73.95	195.41	156.63	133.62	180.88	48.24	46.27	148.55	144.89	106.03	106.29
Carroll County		34.05	131.15	85.78	94.53	114.95	36.57	27.54	104.49	107.81	97.19	75.82
Marion County		87.95	222.69	239.60	272.08	163.95	36.44	145.16	104.04	216.52	119.51	63.10
Searcy County		0.00	220.15	219.30	58.06	83.62	42.94	37.76	64.95	144.38	0.00	58.04
Newton County		40.34	181.67	67.71	148.18	89.97	32.91	32.89	95.39	157.71	43.42	10.35

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

Boone County	38,380	29	69	0	1	2	0	15	53	14	5,299	12,508
Arkansas (in 000's)	3,109	6	6	1	3	6	17	8	7	4	512	793
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
Taney County	57,066	50	114	5	29	10	128	188	69	97	6,337	16,116
Carroll County	29,115	6	327	0	9	1	2	110	46	37	4,270	8,683
Marion County	17,633	2	4	9	0	0	24	8	49	3	1,831	5,020
Searcy County	7,792	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	49	926	3,245
Newton County	6,933	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	905	2,925

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Boone County	17.14	0.08	0.18	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.04	0.14	0.04	13.81	32.59
Arkansas	12.56	0.18	0.21	0.03	0.08	0.19	0.56	0.26	0.21	0.14	16.45	25.52
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
Taney County	13.65	0.09	0.20	0.01	0.05	0.02	0.22	0.33	0.12	0.17	11.10	28.24
Carroll County	14.50	0.02	1.12	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.01	0.38	0.16	0.13	14.67	29.82
Marion County	14.77	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.14	0.05	0.28	0.02	10.38	28.47
Searcy County	22.36	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.06	0.63	11.88	41.65
Newton County	23.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.19	0.00	13.05	42.19

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

Boone County		42.18	87.32	0.00	3.20	2.72	0.00	14.87	65.30	27.02	83.91	127.71
Arkansas		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		725.57	425.98	701.32	551.83	290.47	286.12	182.05	169.36	416.57	83.79	58.22
Taney County		48.92	97.03	26.60	62.45	9.13	40.41	125.31	57.18	125.89	67.49	110.67
Carroll County		11.51	545.53	0.00	37.99	1.79	1.24	143.71	74.71	94.12	89.13	116.87
Marion County		6.33	11.02	154.97	0.00	0.00	24.52	17.26	131.40	12.60	63.11	111.56
Searcy County		28.66	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	48.81	30.34	465.73	72.22	163.20
Newton County		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.49	88.67	0.00	79.33	165.33

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

Boone County		5.81	20.50	0.00	0.58	0.94	0.00	8.17	38.56	6.49	100.15	219.34
Arkansas		13.78	23.48	14.26	18.12	34.43	34.95	54.93	59.04	24.01	119.35	171.75
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Taney County		6.74	22.78	3.79	11.32	3.14	14.12	68.83	33.76	30.22	80.55	190.07
Carroll County		1.59	128.06	0.00	6.88	0.62	0.43	78.94	44.11	22.59	106.38	200.72
Marion County		0.87	2.59	22.10	0.00	0.00	8.57	9.48	77.59	3.02	75.32	191.61
Searcy County		3.95	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	26.81	17.92	111.80	86.20	280.29
Newton County		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.01	52.35	0.00	94.68	283.95

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025

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