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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)

Carson City	58,555	2,004	1,069	94	258	12,448	1,293	207	592	676	316	135
Nevada (in 000's)	3,314	64	24	24	76	707	86	34	39	221	56	33
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
Washoe County	512,666	12,930	5,656	3,250	4,939	100,352	14,809	3,284	4,861	7,521	2,944	1,629
Placer County	440,301	10,946	2,041	1,002	4,890	50,738	5,079	3,427	3,099	5,096	1,309	881
Lyon County	64,374	2,834	1,143	172	593	9,772	859	95	324	416	70	97
Douglas County	49,729	2,246	787	70	382	4,832	569	202	246	52	34	24
Storey County	4,169	90	29	10	26	185	0	0	99	30	18	1

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Carson City	11.91	3.42	1.83	0.16	0.44	21.26	2.21	0.35	1.01	1.15	0.54	0.23
Nevada	10.33	1.93	0.72	0.74	2.29	21.34	2.60	1.04	1.17	6.65	1.69	0.99
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
Washoe County	10.44	2.52	1.10	0.63	0.96	19.57	2.89	0.64	0.95	1.47	0.57	0.32
Placer County	9.36	2.49	0.46	0.23	1.11	11.52	1.15	0.78	0.70	1.16	0.30	0.20
Lyon County	11.50	4.40	1.78	0.27	0.92	15.18	1.33	0.15	0.50	0.65	0.11	0.15
Douglas County	9.87	4.52	1.58	0.14	0.77	9.72	1.14	0.41	0.49	0.10	0.07	0.05
Storey County	11.04	2.16	0.70	0.24	0.62	4.44	0.00	0.00	2.37	0.72	0.43	0.02

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

Carson City		177.79	254.52	21.77	19.26	99.62	84.80	34.08	86.58	17.35	31.84	23.31
Nevada		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		210.22	89.89	24.75	144.25	53.08	69.15	130.45	91.98	113.37	134.96	211.31
Washoe County		131.02	153.81	85.97	42.11	91.73	110.93	61.76	81.20	22.05	33.88	32.13
Placer County		129.14	64.62	30.86	48.55	54.00	44.30	75.04	60.27	17.39	17.54	20.23
Lyon County		228.70	247.54	36.23	40.27	71.14	51.24	14.23	43.10	9.71	6.42	15.23
Douglas County		234.62	220.63	19.09	33.58	45.54	43.94	39.16	42.36	1.57	4.03	4.88
Storey County		112.14	96.98	32.53	27.26	20.80	0.00	0.00	203.35	10.81	25.47	2.43

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

Carson City		84.57	283.14	87.97	13.35	187.69	122.62	26.13	94.13	15.30	23.59	11.03
Nevada		47.57	111.24	404.08	69.33	188.39	144.60	76.66	108.72	88.21	74.09	47.32
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Washoe County		62.33	171.10	347.39	29.19	172.82	160.41	47.35	88.28	19.45	25.10	15.20
Placer County		61.43	71.89	124.71	33.66	101.74	64.06	57.53	65.53	15.34	13.00	9.57
Lyon County		108.79	275.37	146.42	27.91	134.02	74.10	10.91	46.86	8.57	4.75	7.21
Douglas County		111.61	245.44	77.14	23.28	85.79	63.54	30.02	46.06	1.39	2.99	2.31
Storey County		53.35	107.88	131.44	18.90	39.18	0.00	0.00	221.09	9.54	18.87	1.15

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

Carson City	58,555	125	4,106	247	785	3,885	1,393	557	1,292	4,063	685	1,362
Nevada (in 000's)	3,314	9	136	11	26	143	75	24	51	138	19	74
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
Washoe County	512,666	1,994	31,706	2,681	6,620	32,814	15,675	4,057	13,853	32,723	3,969	17,944
Placer County	440,301	1,916	34,451	2,542	5,200	32,377	14,729	3,029	12,238	29,537	4,993	18,586
Lyon County	64,374	286	4,271	379	760	5,091	1,903	500	1,775	5,054	627	2,418
Douglas County	49,729	279	4,748	401	824	5,006	1,962	461	1,947	4,497	584	2,205
Storey County	4,169	18	380	15	57	489	119	13	273	427	17	449

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Carson City	11.91	0.21	7.01	0.42	1.34	6.63	2.38	0.95	2.21	6.94	1.17	2.33
Nevada	10.33	0.27	4.09	0.33	0.78	4.32	2.27	0.73	1.53	4.15	0.57	2.24
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
Washoe County	10.44	0.39	6.18	0.52	1.29	6.40	3.06	0.79	2.70	6.38	0.77	3.50
Placer County	9.36	0.44	7.82	0.58	1.18	7.35	3.35	0.69	2.78	6.71	1.13	4.22
Lyon County	11.50	0.44	6.63	0.59	1.18	7.91	2.96	0.78	2.76	7.85	0.97	3.76
Douglas County	9.87	0.56	9.55	0.81	1.66	10.07	3.95	0.93	3.92	9.04	1.17	4.43
Storey County	11.04	0.43	9.11	0.36	1.37	11.73	2.85	0.31	6.55	10.24	0.41	10.77

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

Carson City		78.44	171.44	129.14	171.69	153.54	104.76	129.78	144.61	167.18	205.65	103.93
Nevada		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		144.54	128.70	163.04	135.87	166.58	115.81	185.49	113.96	144.77	58.40	124.49
Washoe County		142.92	151.21	160.10	165.37	148.12	134.64	107.96	177.10	153.79	136.10	156.39
Placer County		159.90	191.30	176.75	151.25	170.17	147.30	93.86	182.17	161.63	199.35	188.61
Lyon County		163.25	162.21	180.25	151.19	183.01	130.17	105.97	180.72	189.16	171.22	167.83
Douglas County		206.16	233.44	246.87	212.20	232.95	173.73	126.47	256.60	217.88	206.45	198.12
Storey County		158.65	222.85	110.15	175.09	271.43	125.69	42.54	429.18	246.78	71.68	481.23

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

Carson City		54.27	133.21	79.21	126.36	92.17	90.46	69.96	126.89	115.48	352.16	83.49
Nevada		69.19	77.70	61.33	73.60	60.03	86.35	53.91	87.75	69.07	171.24	80.33
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Washoe County		98.88	117.49	98.20	121.71	88.92	116.26	58.20	155.40	106.23	233.06	125.63
Placer County		110.63	148.64	108.41	111.31	102.15	127.20	50.60	159.85	111.65	341.37	151.51
Lyon County		112.95	126.04	110.55	111.28	109.87	112.40	57.13	158.57	130.66	293.21	134.82
Douglas County		142.63	181.38	151.42	156.18	139.85	150.02	68.18	225.16	150.50	353.52	159.15
Storey County		109.77	173.15	67.56	128.87	162.95	108.53	22.94	376.59	170.46	122.75	386.56

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

Carson City	58,555	141	711	100	54	243	98	88	36	131	10,662	8,699
Nevada (in 000's)	3,314	42	149	13	16	16	20	22	12	16	571	367
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
Washoe County	512,666	3,927	11,827	1,508	1,166	1,916	4,970	2,378	1,193	1,987	93,894	61,689
Placer County	440,301	5,208	14,591	1,932	1,542	2,296	10,364	1,496	2,499	4,409	82,406	65,452
Lyon County	64,374	179	451	80	102	16	28	60	39	67	11,579	12,334
Douglas County	49,729	288	359	49	158	69	46	43	99	178	6,807	9,275
Storey County	4,169	0	42	2	0	0	0	9	0	3	503	865

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Carson City	11.91	0.24	1.21	0.17	0.09	0.41	0.17	0.15	0.06	0.22	18.21	14.86
Nevada	10.33	1.27	4.49	0.38	0.50	0.49	0.61	0.65	0.37	0.49	17.23	11.08
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
Washoe County	10.44	0.77	2.31	0.29	0.23	0.37	0.97	0.46	0.23	0.39	18.31	12.03
Placer County	9.36	1.18	3.31	0.44	0.35	0.52	2.35	0.34	0.57	1.00	18.72	14.87
Lyon County	11.50	0.28	0.70	0.12	0.16	0.02	0.04	0.09	0.06	0.10	17.99	19.16
Douglas County	9.87	0.58	0.72	0.10	0.32	0.14	0.09	0.09	0.20	0.36	13.69	18.65
Storey County	11.04	0.00	1.01	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.22	0.00	0.07	12.07	20.75

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

Carson City		18.90	27.04	44.39	18.54	84.69	27.65	22.98	16.70	45.52	105.67	134.06
Nevada		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		102.03	19.53	60.04	90.29	113.72	262.42	73.18	97.30	114.45	80.01	134.07
Washoe County		60.14	51.37	76.46	45.73	76.27	160.17	70.92	63.22	78.87	106.29	108.58
Placer County		92.86	73.78	114.06	70.42	106.41	388.90	51.95	154.19	203.77	108.62	134.14
Lyon County		21.83	15.60	32.30	31.86	5.07	7.19	14.25	16.46	21.18	104.39	172.89
Douglas County		45.47	16.07	25.61	63.88	28.31	15.28	13.22	54.08	72.84	79.44	168.30
Storey County		0.00	22.43	12.47	0.00	0.00	0.00	33.01	0.00	14.64	70.02	187.23

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

Carson City		18.53	138.45	73.94	20.54	74.47	10.54	31.40	17.17	39.78	132.08	99.99
Nevada		98.01	512.11	166.55	110.76	87.93	38.11	136.65	102.77	87.37	124.98	74.59
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Washoe County		58.94	263.05	127.35	50.65	67.06	61.04	96.91	64.97	68.91	132.85	80.99
Placer County		91.01	377.86	189.97	77.99	93.57	148.20	70.99	158.46	178.03	135.76	100.05
Lyon County		21.40	79.88	53.80	35.29	4.46	2.74	19.47	16.91	18.50	130.47	128.95
Douglas County		44.56	82.31	42.66	70.75	24.90	5.82	18.07	55.58	63.64	99.29	125.53
Storey County		0.00	114.87	20.77	0.00	0.00	0.00	45.10	0.00	12.79	87.52	139.64

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025

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