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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)

Dickinson County	25,947	741	121	5	14	269	30	103	41	112	13	10
Michigan (in 000's)	10,189	362	46	3	80	410	30	24	33	889	246	208
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
Marquette County	67,914	1,620	932	16	203	858	175	64	84	774	88	47
Marinette County	42,562	2,283	160	7	334	714	14	19	39	141	34	16
Menominee County	23,302	1,033	694	5	26	388	64	13	16	75	31	8
Iron County	11,657	717	83	0	45	128	1	9	39	57	3	3
Florence County	4,658	182	27	4	8	31	0	5	3	13	1	2

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Dickinson County	10.63	2.86	0.47	0.02	0.05	1.04	0.12	0.40	0.16	0.43	0.05	0.04
Michigan	8.33	3.56	0.45	0.03	0.78	4.02	0.29	0.23	0.32	8.73	2.41	2.04
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
Marquette County	10.89	2.39	1.37	0.02	0.30	1.26	0.26	0.09	0.12	1.14	0.13	0.07
Marinette County	14.34	5.36	0.38	0.02	0.78	1.68	0.03	0.04	0.09	0.33	0.08	0.04
Menominee County	12.32	4.43	2.98	0.02	0.11	1.67	0.27	0.06	0.07	0.32	0.13	0.03
Iron County	10.48	6.15	0.71	0.00	0.39	1.10	0.01	0.08	0.33	0.49	0.03	0.03
Florence County	12.45	3.91	0.58	0.09	0.17	0.67	0.00	0.11	0.06	0.28	0.02	0.04

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

Dickinson County		80.31	103.73	76.10	6.91	25.79	39.21	170.18	48.99	4.95	2.08	1.89
Michigan		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		113.79	143.43	720.69	422.60	281.82	610.65	580.03	333.03	86.44	94.86	102.36
Marquette County		67.08	305.26	93.04	38.28	31.43	87.38	40.40	38.35	13.06	5.37	3.39
Marinette County		150.83	83.62	64.95	100.49	41.74	11.15	19.14	28.41	3.80	3.31	1.84
Menominee County		124.66	662.49	84.74	14.29	41.43	93.14	23.92	21.29	3.69	5.52	1.68
Iron County		172.96	158.38	0.00	49.44	27.32	2.91	33.10	103.74	5.60	1.07	1.26
Florence County		109.87	128.94	339.14	21.99	16.56	0.00	46.02	19.97	3.20	0.89	2.10

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

Dickinson County		70.57	72.32	10.56	1.64	9.15	6.42	29.34	14.71	5.72	2.19	1.84
Michigan		87.88	69.72	13.88	23.66	35.48	16.38	17.24	30.03	115.69	105.42	97.69
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Marquette County		58.95	212.83	12.91	9.06	11.15	14.31	6.97	11.52	15.11	5.66	3.31
Marinette County		132.55	58.30	9.01	23.78	14.81	1.83	3.30	8.53	4.39	3.49	1.80
Menominee County		109.55	461.90	11.76	3.38	14.70	15.25	4.12	6.39	4.27	5.82	1.64
Iron County		152.00	110.43	0.00	11.70	9.69	0.48	5.71	31.15	6.48	1.13	1.23
Florence County		96.55	89.90	47.06	5.20	5.88	0.00	7.93	6.00	3.70	0.94	2.05

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

Dickinson County	25,947	802	2,012	302	1,620	3,491	2,371	1,169	3,309	1,401	66	849
Michigan (in 000's)	10,189	95	629	272	203	1,112	275	465	212	694	17	398
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
Marquette County	67,914	1,489	5,929	919	3,462	7,397	3,170	2,380	12,171	4,867	148	2,180
Marinette County	42,562	744	1,427	546	1,952	10,717	846	3,587	2,838	1,908	9	1,625
Menominee County	23,302	668	911	175	1,580	4,004	444	1,391	2,071	1,149	0	872
Iron County	11,657	157	659	67	408	1,490	1,095	919	1,956	624	4	410
Florence County	4,658	85	270	88	244	952	204	253	524	349	0	218

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Dickinson County	10.63	3.09	7.75	1.16	6.24	13.45	9.14	4.51	12.75	5.40	0.25	3.27
Michigan	8.33	0.93	6.17	2.67	1.99	10.91	2.70	4.56	2.08	6.81	0.17	3.91
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
Marquette County	10.89	2.19	8.73	1.35	5.10	10.89	4.67	3.50	17.92	7.17	0.22	3.21
Marinette County	14.34	1.75	3.35	1.28	4.59	25.18	1.99	8.43	6.67	4.48	0.02	3.82
Menominee County	12.32	2.87	3.91	0.75	6.78	17.18	1.91	5.97	8.89	4.93	0.00	3.74
Iron County	10.48	1.35	5.65	0.57	3.50	12.78	9.39	7.88	16.78	5.35	0.03	3.52
Florence County	12.45	1.82	5.80	1.89	5.24	20.44	4.38	5.43	11.25	7.49	0.00	4.68

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

Dickinson County		332.15	125.63	43.66	313.08	123.29	338.56	98.79	611.83	79.27	148.28	83.77
Michigan		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		42.27	85.28	19.98	53.20	65.96	97.44	29.81	83.42	88.21	193.65	71.33
Marquette County		235.60	141.44	50.76	255.62	99.81	172.94	76.84	859.78	105.21	127.04	82.18
Marinette County		187.84	54.32	48.12	229.97	230.73	73.64	184.80	319.90	65.81	12.33	97.74
Menominee County		308.06	63.34	28.17	340.01	157.46	70.60	130.90	426.39	72.39	0.00	95.80
Iron County		144.73	91.59	21.56	175.51	117.13	348.03	172.87	805.01	78.59	20.00	90.04
Florence County		196.09	93.91	70.87	262.67	187.28	162.26	119.10	539.70	110.00	0.00	119.81

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

Dickinson County		785.81	147.31	218.55	588.47	186.91	347.45	331.37	733.41	89.86	76.57	117.44
Michigan		236.58	117.26	500.54	187.96	151.60	102.63	335.43	119.87	113.36	51.64	140.20
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Marquette County		557.40	165.85	254.09	480.47	151.31	177.48	257.75	1,030.64	119.27	65.60	115.21
Marinette County		444.40	63.69	240.88	432.27	349.80	75.58	619.87	383.47	74.61	6.37	137.03
Menominee County		728.80	74.27	141.02	639.09	238.71	72.45	439.06	511.12	82.06	0.00	134.31
Iron County		342.41	107.39	107.93	329.89	177.57	357.17	579.85	964.99	89.09	10.33	126.24
Florence County		463.92	110.11	354.75	493.73	283.93	166.53	399.49	646.95	124.69	0.00	167.98

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

Dickinson County	25,947	21	32	11	6	0	49	8	10	82	1,564	5,313
Michigan (in 000's)	10,189	57	25	14	28	20	151	20	21	180	1,143	1,828
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
Marquette County	67,914	35	84	40	100	15	31	35	48	128	5,315	13,110
Marinette County	42,562	39	37	17	13	3	7	8	55	97	2,388	9,938
Menominee County	23,302	2	14	11	4	8	15	5	30	10	1,785	5,800
Iron County	11,657	32	10	0	5	0	0	5	3	9	760	1,959
Florence County	4,658	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	176	1,016

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Dickinson County	10.63	0.08	0.12	0.04	0.02	0.00	0.19	0.03	0.04	0.32	6.03	20.48
Michigan	8.33	0.56	0.25	0.13	0.28	0.19	1.48	0.20	0.21	1.77	11.22	17.94
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
Marquette County	10.89	0.05	0.12	0.06	0.15	0.02	0.05	0.05	0.07	0.19	7.83	19.30
Marinette County	14.34	0.09	0.09	0.04	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.13	0.23	5.61	23.35
Menominee County	12.32	0.01	0.06	0.05	0.02	0.03	0.06	0.02	0.13	0.04	7.66	24.89
Iron County	10.48	0.27	0.09	0.00	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.03	0.08	6.52	16.81
Florence County	12.45	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.02	3.78	21.81

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

Dickinson County		14.45	49.66	31.69	8.30	0.00	12.72	15.70	18.70	17.89	53.72	114.13
Michigan		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		232.02	353.11	172.65	161.15	287.09	107.01	243.66	173.82	31.85	122.87	82.82
Marquette County		9.20	49.80	44.02	52.84	11.38	3.08	26.24	34.30	10.67	69.75	107.60
Marinette County		16.36	35.00	29.85	10.96	3.63	1.11	9.57	62.71	12.90	50.01	130.15
Menominee County		1.53	24.19	35.28	6.16	17.69	4.34	10.92	62.48	2.43	68.27	138.74
Iron County		49.01	34.54	0.00	15.39	0.00	0.00	21.84	12.49	4.37	58.11	93.67
Florence County		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.84	1.22	33.68	121.58

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

Dickinson County		6.23	14.06	18.35	5.15	0.00	11.89	6.44	10.76	56.19	43.72	137.81
Michigan		43.10	28.32	57.92	62.06	34.83	93.45	41.04	57.53	313.99	81.38	120.75
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Marquette County		3.97	14.10	25.50	32.79	3.96	2.87	10.77	19.73	33.51	56.77	129.92
Marinette County		7.05	9.91	17.29	6.80	1.26	1.04	3.93	36.08	40.52	40.70	157.15
Menominee County		0.66	6.85	20.44	3.82	6.16	4.05	4.48	35.95	7.63	55.56	167.52
Iron County		21.12	9.78	0.00	9.55	0.00	0.00	8.96	7.19	13.73	47.29	113.11
Florence County		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.99	3.82	27.41	146.80

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025

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