Ancestry for Pickens County, GA

Pickens County – Ancestry

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:

16.41

Most common ancestry not including "Unknown" is:

British

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)

Pickens County	36,998	4,215	89	3	293	604	253	154	53	170	41	39
Georgia (in 000's)	11,288	641	21	6	209	627	187	116	51	2,374	539	501
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
Cherokee County	298,567	19,376	496	102	5,351	17,426	7,738	4,619	862	14,093	3,272	2,504
Bartow County	119,739	13,702	232	44	1,646	8,034	907	701	466	8,691	2,211	1,585
Gordon County	61,479	7,128	118	13	1,434	5,200	2,346	457	184	1,364	335	401
Dawson County	35,319	3,840	72	21	435	1,190	170	471	30	257	96	80
Gilmer County	34,071	3,132	59	0	339	1,941	1,290	234	262	110	21	11

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Pickens County	16.41	11.39	0.24	0.01	0.79	1.63	0.68	0.42	0.14	0.46	0.11	0.11
Georgia	10.99	5.68	0.18	0.06	1.85	5.56	1.65	1.03	0.46	21.03	4.77	4.44
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
Cherokee County	10.77	6.49	0.17	0.03	1.79	5.84	2.59	1.55	0.29	4.72	1.10	0.84
Bartow County	14.35	11.44	0.19	0.04	1.37	6.71	0.76	0.59	0.39	7.26	1.85	1.32
Gordon County	15.49	11.59	0.19	0.02	2.33	8.46	3.82	0.74	0.30	2.22	0.54	0.65
Dawson County	15.95	10.87	0.20	0.06	1.23	3.37	0.48	1.33	0.08	0.73	0.27	0.23
Gilmer County	14.38	9.19	0.17	0.00	0.99	5.70	3.79	0.69	0.77	0.32	0.06	0.03

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

Pickens County		200.53	130.24	14.36	42.79	29.39	41.38	40.49	31.42	2.18	2.32	2.37
Georgia		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		71.23	349.10	323.17	178.32	203.89	108.98	131.61	235.55	35.87	47.92	47.08
Cherokee County		114.23	89.94	60.50	96.85	105.06	156.84	150.49	63.32	22.45	22.96	18.89
Bartow County		201.42	104.90	65.08	74.28	120.78	45.84	56.95	85.35	34.51	38.68	29.82
Gordon County		204.08	103.92	37.45	126.04	152.25	230.92	72.31	65.64	10.55	11.41	14.69
Dawson County		191.37	110.37	105.30	66.55	60.65	29.13	129.72	18.63	3.46	5.69	5.10
Gilmer County		161.81	93.76	0.00	53.77	102.55	229.13	66.81	168.64	1.54	1.29	0.73

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

Pickens County		281.53	37.31	4.44	24.00	14.41	37.97	30.77	13.34	6.09	4.84	5.04
Georgia		140.39	28.65	30.94	56.08	49.05	91.76	75.98	42.45	278.78	208.70	212.40
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Cherokee County		160.37	25.76	18.72	54.31	51.53	143.92	114.35	26.88	62.57	47.91	40.13
Bartow County		282.78	30.05	20.14	41.66	59.24	42.06	43.27	36.23	96.22	80.72	63.33
Gordon County		286.51	29.77	11.59	70.68	74.68	211.90	54.94	27.86	29.41	23.82	31.21
Dawson County		268.67	31.62	32.58	37.32	29.75	26.73	98.57	7.91	9.65	11.88	10.84
Gilmer County		227.16	26.86	0.00	30.15	50.30	210.25	50.76	71.59	4.28	2.69	1.54

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

Pickens County	36,998	201	5,200	107	416	2,286	994	296	320	4,854	0	695
Georgia (in 000's)	11,288	18	618	27	58	339	116	50	62	531	18	179
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
Cherokee County	298,567	1,098	30,457	1,380	2,869	19,551	7,134	2,899	3,207	25,950	1,497	9,264
Bartow County	119,739	169	9,049	420	740	4,302	1,678	374	786	8,326	124	1,650
Gordon County	61,479	34	4,454	254	428	2,371	341	259	217	3,596	81	720
Dawson County	35,319	160	4,410	283	225	2,341	715	242	469	3,375	115	885
Gilmer County	34,071	139	3,654	161	421	2,225	632	251	439	3,396	64	542

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Pickens County	16.41	0.54	14.05	0.29	1.12	6.18	2.69	0.80	0.86	13.12	0.00	1.88
Georgia	10.99	0.16	5.47	0.24	0.52	3.01	1.02	0.44	0.55	4.70	0.16	1.59
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
Cherokee County	10.77	0.37	10.20	0.46	0.96	6.55	2.39	0.97	1.07	8.69	0.50	3.10
Bartow County	14.35	0.14	7.56	0.35	0.62	3.59	1.40	0.31	0.66	6.95	0.10	1.38
Gordon County	15.49	0.06	7.24	0.41	0.70	3.86	0.55	0.42	0.35	5.85	0.13	1.17
Dawson County	15.95	0.45	12.49	0.80	0.64	6.63	2.02	0.69	1.33	9.56	0.33	2.51
Gilmer County	14.38	0.41	10.72	0.47	1.24	6.53	1.85	0.74	1.29	9.97	0.19	1.59

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

Pickens County		349.51	256.78	122.15	217.75	205.49	262.31	182.35	157.63	279.12	0.00	118.29
Georgia		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		253.05	96.17	224.93	205.47	239.40	256.78	309.89	316.91	127.83	211.82	175.45
Cherokee County		236.59	186.37	195.22	186.09	217.78	233.29	221.31	195.77	184.91	319.72	195.39
Bartow County		90.80	138.07	148.15	119.68	119.49	136.83	71.19	119.64	147.93	66.04	86.78
Gordon County		35.58	132.36	174.50	134.82	128.26	54.16	96.02	64.33	124.44	84.01	73.75
Dawson County		291.44	228.12	338.42	123.37	220.44	197.66	156.17	242.02	203.30	207.63	157.79
Gilmer County		262.46	195.94	199.58	239.29	217.19	181.11	167.91	234.83	212.06	119.78	100.18

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

Pickens County		138.12	267.00	54.31	105.98	85.84	102.15	58.84	49.74	218.35	0.00	67.42
Georgia		39.52	103.98	44.46	48.67	41.77	38.94	32.27	31.55	78.23	47.21	57.00
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Cherokee County		93.50	193.79	86.79	90.57	90.97	90.85	71.42	61.77	144.65	150.94	111.37
Bartow County		35.88	143.56	65.86	58.25	49.91	53.29	22.97	37.75	115.72	31.17	49.46
Gordon County		14.06	137.63	77.58	65.62	53.58	21.09	30.99	20.30	97.35	39.66	42.03
Dawson County		115.17	237.20	150.46	60.04	92.08	76.97	50.40	76.37	159.03	98.02	89.94
Gilmer County		103.72	203.73	88.73	116.46	90.72	70.53	54.18	74.10	165.88	56.55	57.10

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

Pickens County	36,998	30	18	0	10	18	66	2	46	41	3,958	11,526
Georgia (in 000's)	11,288	71	30	11	66	65	197	33	25	30	1,753	1,721
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
Cherokee County	298,567	860	799	392	549	449	2,190	665	311	1,103	41,349	68,755
Bartow County	119,739	55	177	72	98	163	376	58	109	158	17,499	35,137
Gordon County	61,479	17	5	18	6	273	323	14	110	101	9,894	18,983
Dawson County	35,319	14	147	11	36	0	63	10	28	92	3,574	11,462
Gilmer County	34,071	13	0	15	15	16	4	60	23	31	4,617	9,954

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Pickens County	16.41	0.08	0.05	0.00	0.03	0.05	0.18	0.01	0.12	0.11	10.70	31.15
Georgia	10.99	0.63	0.26	0.10	0.59	0.57	1.74	0.29	0.22	0.27	15.53	15.25
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
Cherokee County	10.77	0.29	0.27	0.13	0.18	0.15	0.73	0.22	0.10	0.37	13.85	23.03
Bartow County	14.35	0.05	0.15	0.06	0.08	0.14	0.31	0.05	0.09	0.13	14.61	29.34
Gordon County	15.49	0.03	0.01	0.03	0.01	0.44	0.53	0.02	0.18	0.16	16.09	30.88
Dawson County	15.95	0.04	0.42	0.03	0.10	0.00	0.18	0.03	0.08	0.26	10.12	32.45
Gilmer County	14.38	0.04	0.00	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.01	0.18	0.07	0.09	13.55	29.22

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

Pickens County		12.82	18.56	0.00	4.59	8.50	10.23	1.84	56.38	41.79	68.90	204.33
Georgia		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		205.52	334.50	240.24	76.28	97.36	91.11	163.28	162.41	212.12	88.80	97.45
Cherokee County		45.55	102.07	136.56	31.23	26.27	42.07	75.98	47.23	139.32	89.20	151.04
Bartow County		7.26	56.38	62.54	13.90	23.78	18.01	16.52	41.28	49.76	94.13	192.47
Gordon County		4.37	3.10	30.45	1.66	77.58	30.14	7.77	81.13	61.96	103.65	202.52
Dawson County		6.27	158.74	32.39	17.31	0.00	10.23	9.66	35.95	98.24	65.18	212.86
Gilmer County		6.03	0.00	45.79	7.48	8.20	0.67	60.08	30.61	34.31	87.28	191.62

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

Pickens County		6.24	5.55	0.00	6.02	8.73	11.23	1.13	34.71	19.70	77.60	209.67
Georgia		48.66	29.90	41.62	131.10	102.71	109.76	61.24	61.57	47.14	112.62	102.61
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Cherokee County		22.16	30.51	56.84	40.95	26.99	46.18	46.54	29.08	65.68	100.45	154.99
Bartow County		3.53	16.86	26.03	18.23	24.43	19.77	10.12	25.42	23.46	106.00	197.50
Gordon County		2.13	0.93	12.68	2.17	79.68	33.08	4.76	49.96	29.21	116.73	207.82
Dawson County		3.05	47.46	13.48	22.70	0.00	11.23	5.92	22.13	46.31	73.40	218.42
Gilmer County		2.94	0.00	19.06	9.80	8.43	0.74	36.79	18.85	16.18	98.29	196.63

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025