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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)

Bannock County	91,364	4,938	2,574	271	517	6,938	218	292	505	460	162	82
Idaho (in 000's)	2,025	95	20	4	9	224	9	9	14	9	4	2
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
Bingham County	51,221	3,415	2,844	41	27	7,789	179	119	606	77	24	26
Franklin County	15,754	1,531	85	8	0	763	4	251	159	6	6	1
Power County	8,293	340	185	8	3	2,469	0	0	291	50	0	3
Caribou County	7,242	402	50	18	0	335	0	27	18	0	0	0
Oneida County	4,989	247	16	6	0	193	6	0	12	5	5	0

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Bannock County	11.23	5.40	2.82	0.30	0.57	7.59	0.24	0.32	0.55	0.50	0.18	0.09
Idaho	11.20	4.69	0.97	0.18	0.47	11.05	0.45	0.46	0.71	0.42	0.22	0.09
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
Bingham County	12.43	6.67	5.55	0.08	0.05	15.21	0.35	0.23	1.18	0.15	0.05	0.05
Franklin County	15.26	9.72	0.54	0.05	0.00	4.84	0.03	1.59	1.01	0.04	0.04	0.01
Power County	16.00	4.10	2.23	0.10	0.04	29.77	0.00	0.00	3.51	0.60	0.00	0.04
Caribou County	15.59	5.55	0.69	0.25	0.00	4.63	0.00	0.37	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.00
Oneida County	22.34	4.95	0.32	0.12	0.00	3.87	0.12	0.00	0.24	0.10	0.10	0.00

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

Bannock County		115.18	291.28	167.76	121.07	68.72	52.65	69.21	77.49	119.00	82.04	95.25
Idaho		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		86.24	66.67	103.21	706.02	102.50	397.33	292.99	150.59	1,782.92	1,058.46	2,218.04
Bingham County		142.08	574.07	45.27	11.28	137.62	77.11	50.31	165.88	35.53	21.68	53.87
Franklin County		207.10	55.78	28.72	0.00	43.83	5.60	345.03	141.50	9.00	17.62	6.74
Power County		87.37	230.64	54.56	7.74	269.43	0.00	0.00	491.97	142.50	0.00	38.39
Caribou County		118.29	71.38	140.58	0.00	41.86	0.00	80.74	34.85	0.00	0.00	0.00
Oneida County		105.50	33.16	68.02	0.00	35.01	26.54	0.00	33.72	23.69	46.37	0.00

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

Bannock County		133.56	436.93	162.54	17.15	67.04	13.25	23.62	51.46	6.67	7.75	4.29
Idaho		115.96	150.00	96.89	14.16	97.56	25.17	34.13	66.41	5.61	9.45	4.51
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Bingham County		164.76	861.12	43.86	1.60	134.26	19.41	17.17	110.15	1.99	2.05	2.43
Franklin County		240.15	83.68	27.83	0.00	42.76	1.41	117.76	93.97	0.50	1.66	0.30
Power County		101.31	345.97	52.86	1.10	262.85	0.00	0.00	326.70	7.99	0.00	1.73
Caribou County		137.17	107.08	136.20	0.00	40.84	0.00	27.56	23.14	0.00	0.00	0.00
Oneida County		122.34	49.74	65.90	0.00	34.15	6.68	0.00	22.39	1.33	4.38	0.00

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

Bannock County	91,364	297	14,806	559	798	7,929	1,694	555	5,817	6,312	590	2,634
Idaho (in 000's)	2,025	9	251	18	29	204	36	13	103	148	12	71
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
Bingham County	51,221	156	7,472	200	454	2,438	366	89	2,588	2,089	414	1,185
Franklin County	15,754	29	3,346	49	97	1,004	63	15	1,154	578	80	385
Power County	8,293	21	813	31	38	490	103	56	218	358	20	170
Caribou County	7,242	3	1,619	58	34	533	115	68	681	389	12	221
Oneida County	4,989	0	1,913	16	29	309	32	3	296	188	0	145

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Bannock County	11.23	0.33	16.21	0.61	0.87	8.68	1.85	0.61	6.37	6.91	0.65	2.88
Idaho	11.20	0.45	12.41	0.89	1.41	10.07	1.76	0.63	5.07	7.29	0.59	3.53
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
Bingham County	12.43	0.30	14.59	0.39	0.89	4.76	0.71	0.17	5.05	4.08	0.81	2.31
Franklin County	15.26	0.18	21.24	0.31	0.62	6.37	0.40	0.10	7.33	3.67	0.51	2.44
Power County	16.00	0.25	9.80	0.37	0.46	5.91	1.24	0.68	2.63	4.32	0.24	2.05
Caribou County	15.59	0.04	22.36	0.80	0.47	7.36	1.59	0.94	9.40	5.37	0.17	3.05
Oneida County	22.34	0.00	38.34	0.32	0.58	6.19	0.64	0.06	5.93	3.77	0.00	2.91

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

Bannock County		71.51	130.61	68.79	61.78	86.18	105.47	95.80	125.49	94.71	109.62	81.66
Idaho		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		86.52	42.43	59.88	75.05	71.48	149.60	214.42	34.27	82.37	56.39	78.91
Bingham County		66.99	117.57	43.90	62.70	47.27	40.64	27.40	99.59	55.91	137.20	65.53
Franklin County		40.49	171.18	34.97	43.55	63.29	22.75	15.02	144.38	50.30	86.20	69.22
Power County		55.70	79.01	42.03	32.41	58.67	70.65	106.49	51.81	59.18	40.94	58.06
Caribou County		9.11	180.18	90.05	33.21	73.09	90.33	148.08	185.35	73.63	28.13	86.43
Oneida County		0.00	309.05	36.06	41.12	61.51	36.48	9.48	116.94	51.66	0.00	82.32

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

Bannock County		82.64	307.85	114.89	82.32	120.56	70.50	44.68	366.15	114.98	194.40	103.48
Idaho		115.58	235.70	167.00	133.25	139.90	66.85	46.64	291.77	121.40	177.34	126.72
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Bingham County		77.43	277.12	73.32	83.54	66.12	27.17	12.78	290.57	67.88	243.31	83.04
Franklin County		46.80	403.47	58.40	58.03	88.53	15.21	7.00	421.26	61.06	152.87	87.71
Power County		64.38	186.23	70.19	43.19	82.08	47.23	49.67	151.18	71.84	72.60	73.58
Caribou County		10.53	424.69	150.39	44.25	102.24	60.38	69.06	540.79	89.40	49.88	109.53
Oneida County		0.00	728.42	60.22	54.79	86.04	24.39	4.42	341.21	62.71	0.00	104.32

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

Bannock County	91,364	154	138	200	79	114	222	250	108	201	13,195	17,755
Idaho (in 000's)	2,025	5	4	3	3	2	4	3	3	5	282	418
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
Bingham County	51,221	26	7	81	42	14	0	9	21	45	8,284	10,094
Franklin County	15,754	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	11	19	2,007	4,096
Power County	8,293	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	1,556	1,061
Caribou County	7,242	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	699	1,954
Oneida County	4,989	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	366	1,194

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Bannock County	11.23	0.17	0.15	0.22	0.09	0.12	0.24	0.27	0.12	0.22	14.44	19.43
Idaho	11.20	0.25	0.19	0.16	0.13	0.10	0.22	0.16	0.12	0.26	13.95	20.62
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
Bingham County	12.43	0.05	0.01	0.16	0.08	0.03	0.00	0.02	0.04	0.09	16.17	19.71
Franklin County	15.26	0.00	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.12	12.74	26.00
Power County	16.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.00	18.76	12.79
Caribou County	15.59	0.00	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	9.65	26.98
Oneida County	22.34	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.14	0.00	7.34	23.93

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

Bannock County		66.13	78.38	139.38	65.92	119.57	110.36	171.16	95.28	86.13	103.56	94.23
Idaho		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		509.88	455.10	147.08	342.33	534.02	721.40	299.39	288.70	220.20	98.86	72.04
Bingham County		19.91	7.09	100.69	62.51	26.19	0.00	10.99	33.05	34.39	115.97	95.55
Franklin County		0.00	23.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	56.28	47.22	91.35	126.07
Power County		0.00	0.00	15.36	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	68.04	0.00	134.54	62.03
Caribou County		0.00	35.83	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.13	0.00	69.21	130.83
Oneida County		0.00	0.00	12.76	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	113.10	0.00	52.60	116.04

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

Bannock County		12.97	17.22	94.77	19.26	22.39	15.30	57.17	33.00	39.11	104.76	130.79
Idaho		19.61	21.97	67.99	29.21	18.73	13.86	33.40	34.64	45.41	101.16	138.81
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Bingham County		3.91	1.56	68.46	18.26	4.90	0.00	3.67	11.45	15.62	117.31	132.63
Franklin County		0.00	5.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	19.49	21.44	92.41	174.99
Power County		0.00	0.00	10.44	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	23.57	0.00	136.10	86.11
Caribou County		0.00	7.87	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.86	0.00	70.01	181.60
Oneida County		0.00	0.00	8.68	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	39.17	0.00	53.21	161.08

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025

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