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Spalding County – Ancestry

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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:

13.83

Most common ancestry not including "Unknown" is:

African American

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

Spalding County70,47910,677128185862,68533817725217,2133,7553,607
Georgia (in 000's)11,288641216209627187116512,374539501
National (in 000's)343,25113,8902,21362611,32738,8796,1814,6443,68725,8937,8527,174
Clayton County297,0061,9556001185,30828,4795,0041,9631,528146,06731,86527,645
Henry County262,68911,5114401116,1239,7132,9501,695299102,32112,06413,918
Coweta County159,39511,877292653,1685,6781,8631,14842420,7123,8163,952
Fayette County125,7256,815233563,1054,3477871,61938123,2524,2053,885
Butts County27,2725,4513889165011138355,1111,1041,050
Pike County20,6052,43030012814210620131,013317291
Lamar County20,7041,640144271971747543,661893875
Meriwether County21,5981,473566112336340604,8911,4651,396
 
Per Cent to Total PopulationDiversity
Index
 

Spalding County13.8315.150.180.030.833.810.480.250.3624.425.335.12
Georgia10.995.680.180.061.855.561.651.030.4621.034.774.44
National7.834.050.640.183.3011.331.801.351.077.542.292.09
Clayton County27.850.660.200.041.799.591.680.660.5149.1810.739.31
Henry County19.654.380.170.042.333.701.120.650.1138.954.595.30
Coweta County11.207.450.180.041.993.561.170.720.2712.992.392.48
Fayette County10.045.420.190.042.473.460.631.290.3018.493.343.09
Butts County15.0219.990.140.030.332.380.040.510.1318.744.053.85
Pike County22.0411.790.150.000.620.690.510.100.064.921.541.41
Lamar County17.137.920.070.020.130.950.080.230.2617.684.314.23
Meriwether County15.326.820.260.030.521.560.160.000.2822.656.786.46
 
Comparisons to State Norms % to Total >= 150% % to Total < 50% 

Spalding County 266.6598.3345.2344.9368.5829.0224.4378.41116.13111.60115.28
Georgia 100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00
National 71.23349.10323.17178.32203.89108.98131.61235.5535.8747.9247.08
Clayton County 11.59109.3770.3696.57172.60101.9664.29112.83233.85224.73209.67
Henry County 77.1390.6974.83125.9666.5667.9662.7724.96185.2296.20119.35
Coweta County 131.1699.1872.22107.4064.1270.7370.0658.3461.7950.1555.85
Fayette County 95.41100.3478.88133.4662.2437.88125.2666.4687.9470.0669.61
Butts County 351.8275.4451.9518.0342.902.4449.2228.1589.1184.7986.73
Pike County 207.5878.830.0033.5712.4131.139.4413.8423.3832.2331.81
Lamar County 139.4336.6134.217.0517.134.9722.0857.2084.0890.3595.20
Meriwether County 120.05140.3849.2028.0228.009.530.0060.92107.68142.08145.60
 
Comparisons to National Norms % to Total >= 150% % to Total < 50% 

Spalding County 374.3628.1714.0025.2033.6326.6318.5633.29323.76232.91244.86
Georgia 140.3928.6530.9456.0849.0591.7675.9842.45278.78208.70212.40
National 100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00
Clayton County 16.2731.3321.7754.1684.6693.5648.8547.90651.94469.01445.34
Henry County 108.2925.9823.1670.6332.6462.3647.6910.60516.35200.76253.50
Coweta County 184.1328.4122.3560.2331.4564.9053.2324.77172.25104.66118.63
Fayette County 133.9528.7424.4174.8430.5334.7695.1828.21245.17146.21147.84
Butts County 493.9321.6116.0710.1121.042.2437.4011.95248.43176.96184.21
Pike County 291.4322.580.0018.826.0828.577.175.8765.1767.2567.57
Lamar County 195.7510.4910.593.958.404.5616.7824.28234.41188.55202.20
Meriwether County 168.5440.2115.2215.7113.738.740.0025.86300.20296.52309.25
 
Ancestry Report Part II
DescriptionTotal Population Canadian British Dutch French German Italian Polish Scandi­navian Scotish/ Irish Spanish Other European

Spalding County70,479553,3231071711,6403121713022,839102426
Georgia (in 000's)11,288186182758339116506253118179
National (in 000's)343,2511,35018,0691,8283,64224,7089,0274,6675,96920,6251,1409,563
Clayton County297,0061591020875261776770989138206
Henry County262,6892537,9834896234,2951,2844926066,9101411,615
Coweta County159,39542912,7155741,5477,1233,0011,1241,74110,1443723,860
Fayette County125,7253148,7636441,0505,7311,8069051,5447,6541163,436
Butts County27,27251,355657454715776401,25419197
Pike County20,60541,99568156624127281641,36115355
Lamar County20,704471,1002197642227321107900139
Meriwether County21,5989770386936613937958043469
 
Per Cent to Total PopulationDiversity
Index
 

Spalding County13.830.084.710.150.242.330.440.240.434.030.140.60
Georgia10.990.165.470.240.523.011.020.440.554.700.161.59
National7.830.395.260.531.067.202.631.361.746.010.332.79
Clayton County27.850.010.310.010.030.180.060.020.020.330.050.07
Henry County19.650.103.040.190.241.640.490.190.232.630.050.61
Coweta County11.200.277.980.360.974.471.880.711.096.360.232.42
Fayette County10.040.256.970.510.844.561.440.721.236.090.092.73
Butts County15.020.024.970.240.272.010.580.280.154.600.070.72
Pike County22.040.029.680.330.763.030.620.140.806.610.071.72
Lamar County17.130.235.310.100.473.101.100.150.533.820.000.67
Meriwether County15.320.043.570.180.321.690.640.170.443.720.012.17
 
Comparisons to State Norms % to Total >= 150% % to Total < 50% 

Spalding County 50.2086.1464.1246.9977.3943.2255.3078.1085.7092.2938.06
Georgia 100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00
National 253.0596.17224.93205.47239.40256.78309.89316.91127.83211.82175.45
Clayton County 3.255.602.845.675.895.825.144.307.0829.634.37
Henry County 61.9655.5278.6245.9354.3847.7242.6942.0455.9634.2338.72
Coweta County 173.15145.74152.10187.95148.62183.82160.73199.07135.40148.82152.50
Fayette County 160.67127.34216.34161.73151.60140.25164.07223.82129.5258.83172.10
Butts County 11.7990.77100.6652.5566.7156.2163.5226.7397.8344.4345.49
Pike County 12.49176.89139.39146.62100.7260.1830.97145.06140.5346.42108.49
Lamar County 146.0497.0742.8490.73103.13107.0535.2396.8381.180.0042.28
Meriwether County 26.8165.1474.3161.8756.3662.8439.0580.1779.208.86136.74
 
Comparisons to National Norms % to Total >= 150% % to Total < 50% 

Spalding County 19.8489.5728.5122.8732.3316.8317.8524.6467.0443.5721.69
Georgia 39.52103.9844.4648.6741.7738.9432.2731.5578.2347.2157.00
National 100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00
Clayton County 1.285.821.262.762.462.271.661.365.5413.992.49
Henry County 24.4957.7334.9522.3522.7118.5913.7813.2743.7816.1622.07
Coweta County 68.42151.5467.6291.4862.0871.5951.8762.81105.9170.2686.92
Fayette County 63.49132.4196.1878.7263.3354.6252.9470.63101.3227.7798.09
Butts County 4.6694.3944.7525.5727.8621.8920.508.4376.5220.9725.93
Pike County 4.94183.9361.9771.3642.0723.449.9945.77109.9321.9161.84
Lamar County 57.71100.9319.0544.1643.0841.6911.3730.5563.500.0024.10
Meriwether County 10.5967.7333.0430.1123.5424.4712.6025.3061.954.1877.94
 
Ancestry Report Part III
DescriptionTotal Population Chinese Filipino Japanese Korean Vietnamese South Central Asian South East Asian Other Asian Middle Eastern Other Ancestry Unknown

Spalding County70,479611432818501062257729,96110,960
Georgia (in 000's)11,28871301166651973325301,7531,721
National (in 000's)343,2514,4613,0107931,5411,9135,4521,6431,2291,93147,32251,000
Clayton County297,0067075361522947,3001,1922,8105978420,7008,897
Henry County262,689469768725313,0362,82866220131635,98031,990
Coweta County159,395706294109502842828738427325,23434,825
Fayette County125,7256228276411,0475621,93870214624620,76517,581
Butts County27,27224000032713133,8015,906
Pike County20,6051004265008382,5058,586
Lamar County20,70423001210324431163,3286,502
Meriwether County21,5986005301015124,2704,613
 
Per Cent to Total PopulationDiversity
Index
 

Spalding County13.830.090.200.040.260.000.150.030.080.1014.1315.55
Georgia10.990.630.260.100.590.571.740.290.220.2715.5315.25
National7.831.300.880.230.450.561.590.480.360.5613.7914.86
Clayton County27.850.240.180.050.102.460.400.950.200.036.973.00
Henry County19.650.180.290.030.201.161.080.250.080.1213.7012.18
Coweta County11.200.440.180.070.310.530.520.050.050.1715.8321.85
Fayette County10.040.490.660.510.830.451.540.560.120.2016.5213.98
Butts County15.020.090.000.000.000.000.120.030.050.0513.9421.66
Pike County22.040.000.000.000.020.130.240.000.040.1812.1641.67
Lamar County17.130.110.000.000.060.050.150.210.010.5616.0731.40
Meriwether County15.320.030.000.000.250.000.000.000.070.0619.7721.36
 
Comparisons to State Norms % to Total >= 150% % to Total < 50% 

Spalding County 13.6977.3941.3244.590.008.6310.6536.6738.5391.03102.00
Georgia 100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00
National 205.52334.50240.2476.2897.3691.11163.28162.41212.1288.8097.45
Clayton County 37.6468.8353.2316.81429.4123.02322.7691.1410.6744.8919.65
Henry County 28.23111.5128.5134.34201.9261.7585.9734.7045.3788.2279.87
Coweta County 70.0470.3571.1253.5092.2929.8015.6223.9064.59101.97143.30
Fayette County 78.23250.88530.28141.4678.1088.42190.4852.6673.79106.3891.72
Butts County 13.920.000.000.000.006.738.7621.6117.9889.77142.04
Pike County 0.770.000.003.3022.0513.920.0017.6169.5578.30273.31
Lamar County 17.570.000.009.858.448.8772.506.57211.30103.53205.98
Meriwether County 4.390.000.0041.680.000.270.0031.4920.95127.34140.09
 
Comparisons to National Norms % to Total >= 150% % to Total < 50% 

Spalding County 6.6623.1317.2058.460.009.476.5222.5818.16102.52104.66
Georgia 48.6629.9041.62131.10102.71109.7661.2461.5747.14112.62102.61
National 100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00
Clayton County 18.3220.5822.1622.04441.0425.27197.6756.125.0350.5520.16
Henry County 13.7433.3411.8745.02207.3967.7852.6521.3621.3999.3581.96
Coweta County 34.0821.0329.6170.1494.7932.719.5714.7130.45114.83147.05
Fayette County 38.0775.00220.73185.4580.2197.05116.6632.4234.79119.8094.12
Butts County 6.770.000.000.000.007.395.3613.318.47101.09145.75
Pike County 0.370.000.004.3222.6415.280.0010.8432.7988.18280.45
Lamar County 8.550.000.0012.918.679.7344.404.0599.61116.59211.37
Meriwether County 2.140.000.0054.650.000.290.0019.399.88143.40143.75


Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025