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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)

Jones County	9,433	953	42	0	79	214	94	12	19	1,567	530	519
North Carolina (in 000's)	11,200	744	103	7	215	628	210	100	53	1,546	385	326
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
Onslow County	212,439	8,605	1,116	817	10,408	12,082	2,786	2,046	947	16,910	4,673	4,520
Craven County	105,310	9,477	307	149	2,092	4,033	544	519	274	13,507	3,732	3,663
Carteret County	70,703	6,203	261	58	740	1,663	477	218	179	1,869	636	630
Lenoir County	55,697	3,480	140	29	466	3,388	482	30	336	13,308	4,669	3,706
Duplin County	51,035	3,113	190	4	996	5,694	3,771	53	687	7,110	2,152	2,328

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Jones County	13.19	10.10	0.45	0.00	0.84	2.27	1.00	0.13	0.20	16.61	5.62	5.50
North Carolina	9.68	6.64	0.92	0.06	1.92	5.61	1.88	0.90	0.47	13.80	3.44	2.91
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
Onslow County	9.80	4.05	0.53	0.38	4.90	5.69	1.31	0.96	0.45	7.96	2.20	2.13
Craven County	10.04	9.00	0.29	0.14	1.99	3.83	0.52	0.49	0.26	12.83	3.54	3.48
Carteret County	12.25	8.77	0.37	0.08	1.05	2.35	0.67	0.31	0.25	2.64	0.90	0.89
Lenoir County	13.42	6.25	0.25	0.05	0.84	6.08	0.87	0.05	0.60	23.89	8.38	6.65
Duplin County	11.93	6.10	0.37	0.01	1.95	11.16	7.39	0.10	1.35	13.93	4.22	4.56

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

Jones County		152.07	48.24	0.00	43.59	40.45	53.12	14.19	42.90	120.39	163.39	189.30
North Carolina		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		60.91	69.86	282.62	171.76	201.97	95.99	150.93	228.76	54.67	66.52	71.91
Onslow County		60.97	56.91	595.61	255.00	101.41	69.91	107.44	94.94	57.69	63.97	73.21
Craven County		135.46	31.58	219.12	103.40	68.29	27.54	54.98	55.42	92.95	103.06	119.68
Carteret County		132.06	39.99	127.05	54.48	41.94	35.96	34.40	53.92	19.16	26.16	30.66
Lenoir County		94.05	27.23	80.64	43.55	108.47	46.13	6.01	128.49	173.16	243.78	228.94
Duplin County		91.82	40.33	12.14	101.58	198.94	393.88	11.59	286.71	100.96	122.62	156.95

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

Jones County		249.66	69.05	0.00	25.38	20.03	55.34	9.40	18.75	220.21	245.62	263.24
North Carolina		164.17	143.15	35.38	58.22	49.51	104.17	66.25	43.71	182.92	150.32	139.06
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Onslow County		100.10	81.47	210.75	148.47	50.21	72.83	71.19	41.50	105.52	96.16	101.80
Craven County		222.38	45.21	77.53	60.20	33.81	28.69	36.43	24.22	170.03	154.92	166.42
Carteret County		216.80	57.25	44.95	31.72	20.77	37.46	22.79	23.57	35.04	39.32	42.63
Lenoir County		154.40	38.98	28.53	25.35	53.70	48.06	3.98	56.17	316.74	366.46	318.35
Duplin County		150.73	57.74	4.30	59.14	98.50	410.32	7.68	125.33	184.68	184.33	218.25

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

Jones County	9,433	7	694	25	38	140	75	22	65	407	0	119
North Carolina (in 000's)	11,200	28	790	41	76	543	179	74	81	720	22	225
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
Onslow County	212,439	994	15,706	828	1,841	14,235	6,565	2,043	2,365	17,221	838	3,643
Craven County	105,310	332	8,655	330	1,166	5,470	1,780	921	915	7,633	27	1,813
Carteret County	70,703	279	12,016	442	946	5,479	1,773	957	783	7,583	161	1,744
Lenoir County	55,697	75	3,312	71	112	974	268	74	127	1,762	5	357
Duplin County	51,035	4	2,105	31	142	771	250	105	89	1,723	2	294

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Jones County	13.19	0.07	7.36	0.27	0.40	1.48	0.80	0.23	0.69	4.31	0.00	1.26
North Carolina	9.68	0.25	7.06	0.36	0.68	4.84	1.60	0.66	0.73	6.43	0.20	2.01
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
Onslow County	9.80	0.47	7.39	0.39	0.87	6.70	3.09	0.96	1.11	8.11	0.39	1.71
Craven County	10.04	0.32	8.22	0.31	1.11	5.19	1.69	0.87	0.87	7.25	0.03	1.72
Carteret County	12.25	0.39	17.00	0.63	1.34	7.75	2.51	1.35	1.11	10.73	0.23	2.47
Lenoir County	13.42	0.13	5.95	0.13	0.20	1.75	0.48	0.13	0.23	3.16	0.01	0.64
Duplin County	11.93	0.01	4.12	0.06	0.28	1.51	0.49	0.21	0.17	3.38	0.00	0.58

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

Jones County		29.48	104.25	72.88	59.07	30.64	49.72	35.17	94.96	67.14	0.00	62.89
North Carolina		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		156.27	74.59	146.45	155.57	148.61	164.46	205.04	239.62	93.50	168.33	138.89
Onslow County		185.88	104.76	107.19	127.07	138.33	193.25	145.03	153.41	126.14	199.89	85.49
Craven County		125.24	116.45	86.18	162.35	107.23	105.70	131.89	119.73	112.78	12.99	85.82
Carteret County		156.77	240.81	171.92	196.20	159.98	156.81	204.13	152.61	166.89	115.39	122.96
Lenoir County		53.50	84.26	35.06	29.49	36.10	30.09	20.04	31.42	49.23	4.55	31.95
Duplin County		3.11	58.44	16.70	40.80	31.19	30.63	31.03	24.03	52.53	1.99	28.72

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

Jones County		18.87	139.76	49.77	37.97	20.62	30.23	17.15	39.63	71.81	0.00	45.28
North Carolina		63.99	134.07	68.28	64.28	67.29	60.80	48.77	41.73	106.96	59.41	72.00
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Onslow County		118.95	140.45	73.19	81.68	93.09	117.50	70.73	64.02	134.91	118.75	61.55
Craven County		80.15	156.13	58.84	104.36	72.16	64.27	64.32	49.97	120.63	7.72	61.79
Carteret County		100.32	322.85	117.39	126.11	107.66	95.35	99.56	63.69	178.49	68.55	88.53
Lenoir County		34.23	112.96	23.94	18.95	24.29	18.30	9.77	13.11	52.65	2.70	23.01
Duplin County		1.99	78.35	11.41	26.23	20.99	18.63	15.13	10.03	56.19	1.18	20.68

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

Jones County	9,433	0	3	3	0	0	21	6	21	0	1,905	1,853
North Carolina (in 000's)	11,200	55	31	8	24	37	151	30	29	34	1,790	1,915
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
Onslow County	212,439	507	1,178	458	473	320	383	456	390	527	38,538	38,020
Craven County	105,310	98	401	227	389	166	244	1,138	262	223	19,819	15,004
Carteret County	70,703	29	163	47	12	137	84	33	99	119	9,682	15,201
Lenoir County	55,697	132	2	7	25	102	69	18	22	31	9,167	8,951
Duplin County	51,035	18	60	14	47	14	36	4	22	38	10,069	9,099

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Jones County	13.19	0.00	0.03	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.22	0.06	0.22	0.00	20.20	19.64
North Carolina	9.68	0.49	0.28	0.08	0.21	0.33	1.34	0.27	0.26	0.30	15.99	17.10
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
Onslow County	9.80	0.24	0.55	0.22	0.22	0.15	0.18	0.21	0.18	0.25	18.14	17.90
Craven County	10.04	0.09	0.38	0.22	0.37	0.16	0.23	1.08	0.25	0.21	18.82	14.25
Carteret County	12.25	0.04	0.23	0.07	0.02	0.19	0.12	0.05	0.14	0.17	13.69	21.50
Lenoir County	13.42	0.24	0.00	0.01	0.04	0.18	0.12	0.03	0.04	0.06	16.46	16.07
Duplin County	11.93	0.04	0.12	0.03	0.09	0.03	0.07	0.01	0.04	0.07	19.73	17.83

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

Jones County		0.00	11.55	42.39	0.00	0.00	16.55	23.95	86.58	0.00	126.34	114.91
North Carolina		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		263.73	318.45	307.88	210.19	169.70	118.10	180.19	139.29	185.18	86.25	86.91
Onslow County		48.43	201.35	287.36	104.22	45.87	13.41	80.81	71.39	81.67	113.49	104.69
Craven County		18.88	138.26	287.31	172.90	48.00	17.23	406.82	96.75	69.72	117.73	83.34
Carteret County		8.32	83.71	88.60	7.94	59.01	8.83	17.57	54.45	55.41	85.67	125.76
Lenoir County		48.09	1.30	16.75	21.01	55.77	9.21	12.17	15.36	18.32	102.96	94.01
Duplin County		7.16	42.69	36.56	43.11	8.35	5.24	2.95	16.76	24.51	123.43	104.29

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

Jones County		0.00	3.63	13.77	0.00	0.00	14.02	13.29	62.16	0.00	146.48	132.21
North Carolina		37.92	31.40	32.48	47.58	58.93	84.68	55.50	71.79	54.00	115.95	115.06
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Onslow County		18.36	63.23	93.34	49.58	27.03	11.35	44.85	51.26	44.10	131.58	120.45
Craven County		7.16	43.42	93.32	82.26	28.29	14.59	225.77	69.46	37.65	136.51	95.89
Carteret County		3.16	26.29	28.78	3.78	34.77	7.48	9.75	39.09	29.92	99.33	144.70
Lenoir County		18.24	0.41	5.44	10.00	32.86	7.80	6.75	11.03	9.90	119.38	108.16
Duplin County		2.71	13.41	11.88	20.51	4.92	4.44	1.64	12.04	13.24	143.11	120.00

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025

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