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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)

Tulare County	484,957	4,262	3,352	503	2,161	297,864	6,517	1,489	10,393	3,879	1,053	824
California (in 000's)	39,749	482	150	138	362	12,861	1,403	402	701	1,298	462	359
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
Fresno County	1,026,084	7,300	6,020	1,284	5,392	503,799	15,481	2,773	19,688	28,158	8,380	6,604
Kern County	925,999	16,516	5,068	1,093	7,265	460,820	19,774	4,391	19,415	31,730	7,866	6,485
Kings County	156,123	1,243	1,644	330	1,568	82,456	1,573	426	2,637	6,027	1,680	1,298
Inyo County	18,390	475	1,964	15	182	3,606	102	160	347	84	4	2

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Tulare County	40.64	0.88	0.69	0.10	0.45	61.42	1.34	0.31	2.14	0.80	0.22	0.17
California	14.27	1.21	0.38	0.35	0.91	32.36	3.53	1.01	1.76	3.26	1.16	0.90
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
Fresno County	27.04	0.71	0.59	0.13	0.53	49.10	1.51	0.27	1.92	2.74	0.82	0.64
Kern County	27.77	1.78	0.55	0.12	0.78	49.76	2.14	0.47	2.10	3.43	0.85	0.70
Kings County	31.79	0.80	1.05	0.21	1.00	52.81	1.01	0.27	1.69	3.86	1.08	0.83
Inyo County	11.85	2.58	10.68	0.08	0.99	19.61	0.55	0.87	1.89	0.46	0.02	0.01

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

Tulare County		72.41	183.09	29.96	48.89	189.83	38.07	30.33	121.58	24.50	18.70	18.81
California		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		333.42	170.80	52.71	362.06	35.01	51.01	133.67	60.94	231.08	196.98	231.42
Fresno County		58.62	155.41	36.15	57.66	151.75	42.74	26.70	108.86	84.06	70.33	71.26
Kern County		146.96	144.97	34.09	86.08	153.81	60.49	46.85	118.95	104.97	73.15	77.54
Kings County		65.60	278.93	61.05	110.19	163.23	28.54	26.96	95.83	118.26	92.66	92.06
Inyo County		212.82	2,828.92	23.56	108.58	60.60	15.71	85.96	107.05	13.99	1.87	1.20

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

Tulare County		21.72	107.20	56.84	13.50	542.27	74.62	22.69	199.53	10.60	9.49	8.13
California		29.99	58.55	189.72	27.62	285.66	196.04	74.81	164.11	43.27	50.77	43.21
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Fresno County		17.58	90.99	68.57	15.92	433.49	83.78	19.97	178.64	36.38	35.70	30.79
Kern County		44.08	84.88	64.68	23.77	439.36	118.58	35.05	195.21	45.42	37.13	33.51
Kings County		19.67	163.31	115.83	30.43	466.29	55.95	20.17	157.26	51.18	47.04	39.78
Inyo County		63.83	1,656.31	44.70	29.99	173.12	30.80	64.31	175.68	6.06	0.95	0.52

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

Tulare County	484,957	248	7,634	1,680	1,137	6,894	2,132	356	2,196	6,644	965	2,145
California (in 000's)	39,749	60	1,082	110	219	1,118	557	173	425	1,133	161	796
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
Fresno County	1,026,084	679	17,163	2,000	3,411	21,989	8,771	1,095	7,288	18,558	2,840	7,921
Kern County	925,999	878	21,487	2,070	4,193	22,192	6,877	1,969	6,266	21,657	3,026	8,531
Kings County	156,123	67	2,173	405	533	2,457	819	146	676	2,619	622	1,229
Inyo County	18,390	24	1,106	112	155	1,504	388	155	485	1,093	95	459

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Tulare County	40.64	0.05	1.57	0.35	0.23	1.42	0.44	0.07	0.45	1.37	0.20	0.44
California	14.27	0.15	2.72	0.28	0.55	2.81	1.40	0.43	1.07	2.85	0.40	2.00
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
Fresno County	27.04	0.07	1.67	0.19	0.33	2.14	0.85	0.11	0.71	1.81	0.28	0.77
Kern County	27.77	0.09	2.32	0.22	0.45	2.40	0.74	0.21	0.68	2.34	0.33	0.92
Kings County	31.79	0.04	1.39	0.26	0.34	1.57	0.52	0.09	0.43	1.68	0.40	0.79
Inyo County	11.85	0.13	6.01	0.61	0.84	8.18	2.11	0.84	2.64	5.94	0.52	2.50

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

Tulare County		33.92	57.83	125.57	42.54	50.55	31.36	16.91	42.38	48.06	49.18	22.08
California		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		260.90	193.38	193.04	192.49	255.95	187.63	313.10	162.76	210.78	82.11	139.07
Fresno County		43.89	61.45	70.65	60.31	76.20	60.98	24.58	66.48	63.44	68.41	38.53
Kern County		62.89	85.24	81.03	82.15	85.22	52.98	48.97	63.34	82.04	80.77	45.99
Kings County		28.46	51.13	94.03	61.94	55.96	37.43	21.54	40.53	58.85	98.48	39.29
Inyo County		86.56	220.93	220.76	152.91	290.80	150.52	194.10	246.85	208.49	127.69	124.59

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

Tulare County		13.00	29.90	65.05	22.10	19.75	16.72	5.40	26.04	22.80	59.90	15.88
California		38.33	51.71	51.80	51.95	39.07	53.30	31.94	61.44	47.44	121.79	71.90
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Fresno County		16.82	31.78	36.60	31.33	29.77	32.50	7.85	40.85	30.10	83.32	27.71
Kern County		24.11	44.08	41.98	42.68	33.29	28.24	15.64	38.92	38.92	98.37	33.07
Kings County		10.91	26.44	48.71	32.18	21.86	19.95	6.88	24.90	27.92	119.93	28.25
Inyo County		33.18	114.25	114.36	79.44	113.62	80.22	61.99	151.67	98.91	155.51	89.58

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

Tulare County	484,957	1,707	5,127	642	674	647	1,729	3,146	2,928	1,162	75,241	27,626
California (in 000's)	39,749	1,555	1,262	265	462	661	910	562	355	422	5,955	2,889
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
Fresno County	1,026,084	7,332	15,433	4,483	2,232	5,057	25,798	19,867	33,880	7,977	146,730	60,701
Kern County	925,999	3,838	18,582	1,068	1,962	2,702	12,190	3,938	1,563	3,502	129,870	67,215
Kings County	156,123	525	3,031	166	159	161	177	777	567	202	27,494	10,236
Inyo County	18,390	48	90	51	16	3	43	10	13	22	3,761	1,816

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Tulare County	40.64	0.35	1.06	0.13	0.14	0.13	0.36	0.65	0.60	0.24	15.51	5.70
California	14.27	3.91	3.18	0.67	1.16	1.66	2.29	1.41	0.89	1.06	14.98	7.27
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
Fresno County	27.04	0.71	1.50	0.44	0.22	0.49	2.51	1.94	3.30	0.78	14.30	5.92
Kern County	27.77	0.41	2.01	0.12	0.21	0.29	1.32	0.43	0.17	0.38	14.02	7.26
Kings County	31.79	0.34	1.94	0.11	0.10	0.10	0.11	0.50	0.36	0.13	17.61	6.56
Inyo County	11.85	0.26	0.49	0.28	0.09	0.02	0.23	0.05	0.07	0.12	20.45	9.87

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

Tulare County		9.00	33.30	19.86	11.95	8.02	15.57	45.87	67.56	22.59	103.57	78.39
California		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		33.22	27.62	34.66	38.61	33.51	69.37	33.84	40.08	53.03	92.03	204.45
Fresno County		18.26	47.37	65.56	18.70	29.63	109.81	136.90	369.45	73.30	95.46	81.41
Kern County		10.59	63.20	17.31	18.22	17.54	57.49	30.07	18.89	35.66	93.62	99.88
Kings County		8.59	61.14	15.95	8.76	6.20	4.95	35.19	40.64	12.20	117.55	90.22
Inyo County		6.67	15.41	41.61	7.48	0.98	10.21	3.84	7.91	11.28	136.52	135.89

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

Tulare County		27.08	120.55	57.31	30.95	23.94	22.45	135.54	168.57	42.60	112.54	38.34
California		301.05	362.04	288.53	259.02	298.45	144.16	295.49	249.53	188.56	108.66	48.91
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Fresno County		54.98	171.50	189.15	48.44	88.44	158.30	404.53	921.88	138.22	103.73	39.82
Kern County		31.89	228.81	49.93	47.18	52.36	82.88	88.85	47.13	67.24	101.73	48.85
Kings County		25.87	221.37	46.03	22.68	18.50	7.14	103.98	101.40	23.00	127.74	44.13
Inyo County		20.08	55.80	120.06	19.38	2.93	14.72	11.36	19.74	21.27	148.34	66.46

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025

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