Ancestry for Norman County, MN

Norman 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:

22.52

Most common ancestry not including "Unknown" is:

Scandinavian

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)

Norman County	6,336	81	102	0	34	228	13	2	29	39	2	1
Minnesota (in 000's)	5,840	149	55	3	30	230	37	36	21	191	160	40
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
Cass County	202,694	4,231	2,354	74	863	4,880	313	393	382	4,058	8,614	504
Clay County	67,234	1,143	945	17	298	2,307	14	96	449	1,154	1,958	131
Becker County	35,546	822	2,097	9	47	459	31	47	33	186	33	14
Polk County	30,573	654	394	4	106	1,510	53	150	200	286	388	113
Traill County	8,064	167	67	4	17	231	0	9	42	52	1	3
Mahnomen County	5,337	44	2,154	0	40	121	1	3	12	4	0	0

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Norman County	22.52	1.28	1.61	0.00	0.54	3.60	0.21	0.03	0.46	0.62	0.03	0.02
Minnesota	10.33	2.55	0.95	0.05	0.52	3.94	0.64	0.61	0.36	3.26	2.73	0.69
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
Cass County	13.87	2.09	1.16	0.04	0.43	2.41	0.15	0.19	0.19	2.00	4.25	0.25
Clay County	14.75	1.70	1.41	0.03	0.44	3.43	0.02	0.14	0.67	1.72	2.91	0.19
Becker County	16.04	2.31	5.90	0.03	0.13	1.29	0.09	0.13	0.09	0.52	0.09	0.04
Polk County	15.37	2.14	1.29	0.01	0.35	4.94	0.17	0.49	0.65	0.94	1.27	0.37
Traill County	21.87	2.07	0.83	0.05	0.21	2.86	0.00	0.11	0.52	0.64	0.01	0.04
Mahnomen County	23.46	0.82	40.36	0.00	0.75	2.27	0.02	0.06	0.22	0.07	0.00	0.00

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

Norman County		50.16	169.54	0.00	103.61	91.34	32.00	5.16	128.78	18.86	1.16	2.30
Minnesota		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		158.77	67.91	393.55	637.16	287.50	280.84	221.03	302.20	231.15	83.72	304.22
Cass County		81.90	122.31	78.73	82.21	61.11	24.08	31.67	53.03	61.35	155.53	36.19
Clay County		66.70	148.02	54.53	85.58	87.10	3.25	23.33	187.90	52.59	106.58	28.36
Becker County		90.73	621.30	54.60	25.53	32.78	13.60	21.60	26.12	16.03	3.40	5.73
Polk County		83.93	135.72	28.22	66.94	125.36	27.04	80.15	184.06	28.66	46.45	53.80
Traill County		81.25	87.50	106.98	40.70	72.71	0.00	18.23	146.54	19.76	0.45	5.41
Mahnomen County		32.35	4,250.50	0.00	144.71	57.55	2.92	9.18	63.26	2.30	0.00	0.00

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

Norman County		31.59	249.67	0.00	16.26	31.77	11.39	2.33	42.61	8.16	1.38	0.76
Minnesota		62.98	147.26	25.41	15.69	34.78	35.61	45.24	33.09	43.26	119.45	32.87
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Cass County		51.58	180.11	20.01	12.90	21.26	8.58	14.33	17.55	26.54	185.78	11.90
Clay County		42.01	217.98	13.86	13.43	30.29	1.16	10.55	62.18	22.75	127.31	9.32
Becker County		57.15	914.93	13.87	4.01	11.40	4.84	9.77	8.64	6.94	4.06	1.88
Polk County		52.86	199.87	7.17	10.51	43.61	9.63	36.26	60.91	12.40	55.48	17.68
Traill County		51.18	128.86	27.18	6.39	25.29	0.00	8.25	48.49	8.55	0.54	1.78
Mahnomen County		20.37	6,259.37	0.00	22.71	20.02	1.04	4.15	20.93	0.99	0.00	0.00

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

Norman County	6,336	16	115	37	92	1,182	22	50	2,526	201	9	126
Minnesota (in 000's)	5,840	30	206	47	91	1,106	69	128	850	336	11	201
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
Cass County	202,694	806	5,900	910	3,707	44,834	1,561	2,384	46,070	9,865	598	5,672
Clay County	67,234	264	2,067	547	1,026	12,647	459	913	17,726	2,880	127	1,738
Becker County	35,546	279	1,127	365	599	7,876	168	508	9,194	1,443	106	810
Polk County	30,573	269	749	206	998	4,707	176	495	9,268	1,193	26	1,109
Traill County	8,064	62	179	20	106	1,314	19	62	2,987	335	23	161
Mahnomen County	5,337	18	46	40	74	559	12	14	524	79	3	110

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Norman County	22.52	0.25	1.82	0.58	1.45	18.66	0.35	0.79	39.87	3.17	0.14	1.99
Minnesota	10.33	0.52	3.53	0.81	1.56	18.94	1.18	2.18	14.55	5.75	0.19	3.44
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
Cass County	13.87	0.40	2.91	0.45	1.83	22.12	0.77	1.18	22.73	4.87	0.30	2.80
Clay County	14.75	0.39	3.07	0.81	1.53	18.81	0.68	1.36	26.36	4.28	0.19	2.59
Becker County	16.04	0.78	3.17	1.03	1.69	22.16	0.47	1.43	25.87	4.06	0.30	2.28
Polk County	15.37	0.88	2.45	0.67	3.26	15.40	0.58	1.62	30.31	3.90	0.09	3.63
Traill County	21.87	0.77	2.22	0.25	1.31	16.29	0.24	0.77	37.04	4.15	0.29	2.00
Mahnomen County	23.46	0.34	0.86	0.75	1.39	10.47	0.22	0.26	9.82	1.48	0.06	2.06

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

Norman County		48.74	51.36	72.48	93.31	98.51	29.42	36.15	273.94	55.13	74.06	57.87
Minnesota		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		75.91	148.97	66.10	68.18	38.01	222.87	62.28	11.95	104.42	173.19	81.08
Cass County		76.74	82.37	55.72	117.52	116.80	65.26	53.87	156.18	84.58	153.81	81.43
Clay County		75.78	87.00	100.97	98.06	99.33	57.85	62.20	181.16	74.44	98.48	75.23
Becker County		151.48	89.72	127.44	108.29	117.00	40.05	65.46	177.73	70.55	155.47	66.31
Polk County		169.81	69.33	83.63	209.77	81.30	48.78	74.16	208.30	67.81	44.34	105.56
Traill County		148.38	62.82	30.78	84.47	86.05	19.97	35.22	254.52	72.20	148.70	58.10
Mahnomen County		65.09	24.39	93.02	89.10	55.31	19.05	12.02	67.46	25.72	29.31	59.98

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

Norman County		64.20	34.48	109.65	136.86	259.16	13.20	58.04	2,292.75	52.80	42.76	71.38
Minnesota		131.73	67.13	151.30	146.67	263.08	44.87	160.57	836.96	95.77	57.74	123.34
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Cass County		101.09	55.30	84.30	172.38	307.28	29.28	86.51	1,307.12	81.00	88.81	100.44
Clay County		99.83	58.40	152.77	143.83	261.32	25.96	99.88	1,516.21	71.29	56.86	92.78
Becker County		199.55	60.23	192.82	158.83	307.81	17.97	105.11	1,487.48	67.56	89.77	81.79
Polk County		223.69	46.54	126.52	307.67	213.88	21.89	119.08	1,743.36	64.94	25.60	130.19
Traill County		195.47	42.17	46.57	123.89	226.37	8.96	56.55	2,130.21	69.14	85.86	71.66
Mahnomen County		85.74	16.37	140.73	130.69	145.51	8.55	19.29	564.64	24.63	16.92	73.98

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

Norman County	6,336	7	4	4	2	1	9	5	1	11	419	966
Minnesota (in 000's)	5,840	31	14	4	16	30	56	50	96	21	564	931
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
Cass County	202,694	578	674	54	694	714	2,558	312	845	769	14,738	31,785
Clay County	67,234	42	119	13	46	326	129	56	234	1,017	4,510	11,836
Becker County	35,546	29	25	17	27	42	10	55	2	32	2,958	6,096
Polk County	30,573	66	23	0	41	1	22	19	26	102	2,668	4,551
Traill County	8,064	0	8	0	15	0	0	1	2	4	404	1,769
Mahnomen County	5,337	1	0	2	0	0	0	9	0	2	1,142	323

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Norman County	22.52	0.11	0.06	0.06	0.03	0.02	0.14	0.08	0.02	0.17	6.61	15.25
Minnesota	10.33	0.54	0.24	0.08	0.28	0.51	0.97	0.85	1.64	0.36	9.67	15.94
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
Cass County	13.87	0.29	0.33	0.03	0.34	0.35	1.26	0.15	0.42	0.38	7.27	15.68
Clay County	14.75	0.06	0.18	0.02	0.07	0.48	0.19	0.08	0.35	1.51	6.71	17.60
Becker County	16.04	0.08	0.07	0.05	0.08	0.12	0.03	0.15	0.01	0.09	8.32	17.15
Polk County	15.37	0.22	0.08	0.00	0.13	0.00	0.07	0.06	0.09	0.33	8.73	14.89
Traill County	21.87	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.19	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.02	0.05	5.01	21.94
Mahnomen County	23.46	0.02	0.00	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.17	0.00	0.04	21.40	6.05

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

Norman County		20.50	26.85	83.64	11.25	3.12	14.71	9.23	0.96	48.73	68.42	95.66
Minnesota		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		241.10	372.94	306.03	160.04	110.04	164.48	55.98	21.85	157.89	142.64	93.22
Cass County		52.90	141.40	35.30	122.02	69.55	130.69	18.00	25.43	106.50	75.23	98.39
Clay County		11.59	75.26	25.62	24.38	95.74	19.87	9.74	21.23	424.61	69.40	110.45
Becker County		15.14	29.91	63.36	27.07	23.33	2.91	18.10	0.34	25.27	86.10	107.60
Polk County		40.05	31.99	0.00	47.79	0.65	7.45	7.27	5.19	93.65	90.29	93.40
Traill County		0.00	42.19	0.00	66.29	0.00	0.00	1.45	1.51	13.92	51.84	137.64
Mahnomen County		3.48	0.00	49.65	0.00	0.00	0.00	19.72	0.00	10.52	221.39	37.97

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

Norman County		8.50	7.20	27.33	7.03	2.83	8.94	16.49	4.41	30.87	47.97	102.61
Minnesota		41.48	26.81	32.68	62.49	90.88	60.80	178.63	457.65	63.34	70.11	107.27
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Cass County		21.94	37.91	11.53	76.25	63.21	79.46	32.16	116.39	67.45	52.74	105.54
Clay County		4.81	20.18	8.37	15.24	87.01	12.08	17.40	97.17	268.93	48.66	118.48
Becker County		6.28	8.02	20.70	16.92	21.20	1.77	32.33	1.57	16.01	60.36	115.42
Polk County		16.61	8.58	0.00	29.86	0.59	4.53	12.98	23.74	59.32	63.30	100.19
Traill County		0.00	11.31	0.00	41.42	0.00	0.00	2.59	6.92	8.82	36.34	147.64
Mahnomen County		1.44	0.00	16.22	0.00	0.00	0.00	35.23	0.00	6.66	155.21	40.73

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025