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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)

Muskogee County	66,143	5,295	11,486	43	393	3,428	348	87	284	3,906	1,220	1,241
Oklahoma (in 000's)	4,117	225	305	8	28	390	37	16	22	185	53	46
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
Wagoner County	92,003	4,803	8,326	30	549	5,761	429	269	302	1,933	676	478
Cherokee County	49,105	1,657	15,836	21	289	2,992	80	0	292	324	165	117
Sequoyah County	40,688	2,559	8,702	14	121	1,585	146	0	29	443	129	133
Okmulgee County	37,093	1,851	5,738	21	57	1,680	3	3	71	1,526	556	580
McIntosh County	19,782	1,160	3,233	4	1	537	0	0	13	300	112	152
Haskell County	11,829	1,449	2,110	7	36	485	12	0	32	17	8	24

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Muskogee County	14.15	8.01	17.37	0.07	0.59	5.18	0.53	0.13	0.43	5.91	1.84	1.88
Oklahoma	11.59	5.47	7.42	0.19	0.67	9.46	0.89	0.39	0.53	4.48	1.30	1.12
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
Wagoner County	12.64	5.22	9.05	0.03	0.60	6.26	0.47	0.29	0.33	2.10	0.73	0.52
Cherokee County	19.92	3.37	32.25	0.04	0.59	6.09	0.16	0.00	0.59	0.66	0.34	0.24
Sequoyah County	18.35	6.29	21.39	0.03	0.30	3.90	0.36	0.00	0.07	1.09	0.32	0.33
Okmulgee County	15.02	4.99	15.47	0.06	0.15	4.53	0.01	0.01	0.19	4.11	1.50	1.56
McIntosh County	15.10	5.86	16.34	0.02	0.01	2.71	0.00	0.00	0.07	1.52	0.57	0.77
Haskell County	16.70	12.25	17.84	0.06	0.30	4.10	0.10	0.00	0.27	0.14	0.07	0.20

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

Muskogee County		146.38	234.18	34.65	88.69	54.76	59.22	33.61	81.36	131.71	142.17	167.76
Oklahoma		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		73.99	8.70	97.26	492.57	119.68	202.70	345.74	203.52	168.25	176.32	186.88
Wagoner County		95.46	122.04	17.38	89.07	66.17	52.49	74.72	62.20	46.86	56.63	46.45
Cherokee County		61.70	434.89	22.79	87.85	64.38	18.34	0.00	112.68	14.72	25.90	21.30
Sequoyah County		115.00	288.41	18.34	44.39	41.16	40.39	0.00	13.51	24.28	24.44	29.23
Okmulgee County		91.25	208.61	30.17	22.94	47.86	0.91	2.07	36.27	91.76	115.54	139.81
McIntosh County		107.22	220.39	10.78	0.75	28.68	0.00	0.00	12.45	33.82	43.64	68.70
Haskell County		223.99	240.54	31.54	45.43	43.32	11.42	0.00	51.26	3.21	5.21	18.14

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

Muskogee County		197.83	2,693.19	35.63	18.01	45.76	29.22	9.72	39.98	78.28	80.63	89.77
Oklahoma		135.15	1,150.07	102.82	20.30	83.55	49.33	28.92	49.13	59.44	56.71	53.51
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Wagoner County		129.01	1,403.51	17.87	18.08	55.28	25.89	21.61	30.56	27.85	32.12	24.86
Cherokee County		83.39	5,001.52	23.44	17.83	53.79	9.05	0.00	55.36	8.75	14.69	11.40
Sequoyah County		155.42	3,316.92	18.86	9.01	34.39	19.93	0.00	6.64	14.43	13.86	15.64
Okmulgee County		123.32	2,399.11	31.02	4.66	39.99	0.45	0.60	17.82	54.54	65.53	74.81
McIntosh County		144.91	2,534.65	11.08	0.15	23.97	0.00	0.00	6.12	20.10	24.75	36.76
Haskell County		302.71	2,766.41	32.43	9.22	36.20	5.63	0.00	25.19	1.91	2.96	9.71

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

Muskogee County	66,143	65	2,122	160	367	2,342	338	136	326	3,005	56	554
Oklahoma (in 000's)	4,117	6	254	22	32	270	35	16	39	265	13	69
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
Wagoner County	92,003	134	6,881	649	807	7,084	886	478	1,063	6,629	331	1,868
Cherokee County	49,105	56	1,736	145	265	1,824	159	91	270	2,113	140	554
Sequoyah County	40,688	28	1,482	191	174	1,522	257	77	185	1,783	12	377
Okmulgee County	37,093	25	1,840	157	250	1,862	265	138	262	2,177	70	383
McIntosh County	19,782	7	1,123	159	190	1,225	137	79	139	1,670	75	273
Haskell County	11,829	6	482	53	48	468	89	20	37	658	9	135

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Muskogee County	14.15	0.10	3.21	0.24	0.55	3.54	0.51	0.21	0.49	4.54	0.08	0.84
Oklahoma	11.59	0.14	6.18	0.53	0.78	6.56	0.86	0.39	0.95	6.43	0.31	1.66
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
Wagoner County	12.64	0.15	7.48	0.71	0.88	7.70	0.96	0.52	1.16	7.21	0.36	2.03
Cherokee County	19.92	0.11	3.54	0.30	0.54	3.71	0.32	0.19	0.55	4.30	0.29	1.13
Sequoyah County	18.35	0.07	3.64	0.47	0.43	3.74	0.63	0.19	0.45	4.38	0.03	0.93
Okmulgee County	15.02	0.07	4.96	0.42	0.67	5.02	0.71	0.37	0.71	5.87	0.19	1.03
McIntosh County	15.10	0.04	5.68	0.80	0.96	6.19	0.69	0.40	0.70	8.44	0.38	1.38
Haskell County	16.70	0.05	4.07	0.45	0.41	3.96	0.75	0.17	0.31	5.56	0.08	1.14

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

Muskogee County		68.34	51.92	45.53	71.28	54.00	59.45	53.22	51.94	70.66	27.67	50.31
Oklahoma		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		273.52	85.18	100.24	136.29	109.78	305.96	351.89	183.25	93.45	108.55	167.36
Wagoner County		101.28	121.03	132.78	112.68	117.42	112.03	134.47	121.77	112.06	117.56	121.96
Cherokee County		79.30	57.21	55.58	69.33	56.65	37.67	47.96	57.95	66.93	93.16	67.77
Sequoyah County		47.85	58.94	88.36	54.94	57.05	73.48	48.98	47.92	68.16	9.64	55.66
Okmulgee County		46.87	80.27	79.67	86.58	76.55	83.11	96.29	74.44	91.28	61.67	62.02
McIntosh County		24.61	91.86	151.29	123.38	94.44	80.57	103.36	74.05	131.30	123.89	82.90
Haskell County		35.27	65.94	84.34	52.13	60.34	87.53	43.76	32.96	86.52	24.86	68.55

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

Muskogee County		24.98	60.95	45.42	52.30	49.19	19.43	15.12	28.34	75.61	25.49	30.06
Oklahoma		36.56	117.39	99.76	73.37	91.10	32.68	28.42	54.57	107.00	92.13	59.75
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Wagoner County		37.03	142.08	132.46	82.67	106.97	36.62	38.21	66.45	119.91	108.30	72.87
Cherokee County		28.99	67.16	55.45	50.86	51.60	12.31	13.63	31.62	71.61	85.83	40.49
Sequoyah County		17.50	69.19	88.15	40.31	51.97	24.02	13.92	26.15	72.93	8.88	33.26
Okmulgee County		17.13	94.23	79.48	63.53	69.74	27.16	27.36	40.62	97.68	56.81	37.06
McIntosh County		9.00	107.84	150.93	90.53	86.03	26.33	29.37	40.41	140.50	114.13	49.53
Haskell County		12.90	77.41	84.13	38.25	54.96	28.61	12.44	17.99	92.58	22.90	40.96

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

Muskogee County	66,143	41	65	39	45	87	72	67	65	48	15,847	12,565
Oklahoma (in 000's)	4,117	12	8	2	5	22	20	14	12	11	798	878
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
Wagoner County	92,003	40	155	58	124	51	162	184	1,053	150	18,536	21,124
Cherokee County	49,105	52	130	0	25	31	48	43	30	31	12,461	7,128
Sequoyah County	40,688	38	82	3	13	11	78	41	35	24	9,128	11,286
Okmulgee County	37,093	54	14	10	0	12	34	19	36	18	7,820	9,561
McIntosh County	19,782	15	3	1	16	0	69	1	12	5	4,498	4,573
Haskell County	11,829	4	5	11	0	0	0	21	25	5	2,535	3,038

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Muskogee County	14.15	0.06	0.10	0.06	0.07	0.13	0.11	0.10	0.10	0.07	23.96	19.00
Oklahoma	11.59	0.30	0.20	0.05	0.12	0.52	0.49	0.33	0.30	0.26	19.39	21.33
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
Wagoner County	12.64	0.04	0.17	0.06	0.13	0.06	0.18	0.20	1.14	0.16	20.15	22.96
Cherokee County	19.92	0.11	0.26	0.00	0.05	0.06	0.10	0.09	0.06	0.06	25.38	14.52
Sequoyah County	18.35	0.09	0.20	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.19	0.10	0.09	0.06	22.43	27.74
Okmulgee County	15.02	0.15	0.04	0.03	0.00	0.03	0.09	0.05	0.10	0.05	21.08	25.78
McIntosh County	15.10	0.08	0.02	0.01	0.08	0.00	0.35	0.01	0.06	0.03	22.74	23.12
Haskell County	16.70	0.03	0.04	0.09	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.18	0.21	0.04	21.43	25.68

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

Muskogee County		20.91	48.78	112.17	55.01	25.07	22.27	30.55	32.96	27.40	123.58	89.05
Oklahoma		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		438.49	435.29	439.40	363.10	106.22	324.91	144.34	120.13	212.37	71.11	69.65
Wagoner County		14.67	83.62	119.92	108.98	10.57	36.02	60.31	383.86	61.56	103.92	107.63
Cherokee County		35.73	131.40	0.00	41.17	12.03	20.00	26.41	20.49	23.84	130.90	68.04
Sequoyah County		31.51	100.03	14.03	25.84	5.15	39.21	30.39	28.85	22.27	115.72	130.02
Okmulgee County		49.12	18.73	51.28	0.00	6.17	18.75	15.45	32.55	18.32	108.75	120.82
McIntosh County		25.58	7.53	9.62	65.40	0.00	71.35	1.52	20.35	9.54	117.29	108.36
Haskell County		11.41	20.98	176.90	0.00	0.00	0.00	53.54	70.88	15.96	110.54	120.39

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

Muskogee County		4.77	11.21	25.53	15.15	23.60	6.85	21.16	27.44	12.90	173.78	127.86
Oklahoma		22.81	22.97	22.76	27.54	94.14	30.78	69.28	83.25	47.09	140.62	143.58
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Wagoner County		3.35	19.21	27.29	30.01	9.95	11.09	41.78	319.55	28.99	146.14	154.53
Cherokee County		8.15	30.19	0.00	11.34	11.33	6.15	18.30	17.06	11.22	184.07	97.70
Sequoyah County		7.19	22.98	3.19	7.12	4.85	12.07	21.05	24.02	10.49	162.73	186.69
Okmulgee County		11.20	4.30	11.67	0.00	5.81	5.77	10.70	27.10	8.63	152.92	173.48
McIntosh County		5.83	1.73	2.19	18.01	0.00	21.96	1.06	16.94	4.49	164.93	155.59
Haskell County		2.60	4.82	40.26	0.00	0.00	0.00	37.09	59.01	7.51	155.45	172.85

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025

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