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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)

Crockett County	13,951	1,589	32	1	19	1,319	143	15	24	1,081	317	304
Tennessee (in 000's)	7,297	783	15	4	68	282	99	35	25	756	199	159
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
Madison County	101,213	6,058	180	14	502	3,151	607	305	391	25,904	5,470	5,093
Gibson County	51,655	6,995	135	24	166	1,152	170	26	58	5,458	1,435	1,477
Dyer County	36,297	4,007	77	11	40	1,097	61	42	77	3,733	799	735
Lauderdale County	24,629	2,391	123	0	79	487	11	0	20	5,512	1,406	1,372
Haywood County	17,114	695	28	7	50	623	113	0	15	5,654	1,616	1,536

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Crockett County	15.76	11.39	0.23	0.01	0.14	9.45	1.03	0.11	0.17	7.75	2.27	2.18
Tennessee	11.46	10.74	0.21	0.05	0.94	3.86	1.35	0.48	0.34	10.36	2.72	2.18
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
Madison County	14.12	5.99	0.18	0.01	0.50	3.11	0.60	0.30	0.39	25.59	5.40	5.03
Gibson County	13.69	13.54	0.26	0.05	0.32	2.23	0.33	0.05	0.11	10.57	2.78	2.86
Dyer County	14.22	11.04	0.21	0.03	0.11	3.02	0.17	0.12	0.21	10.28	2.20	2.02
Lauderdale County	15.34	9.71	0.50	0.00	0.32	1.98	0.04	0.00	0.08	22.38	5.71	5.57
Haywood County	18.56	4.06	0.16	0.04	0.29	3.64	0.66	0.00	0.09	33.04	9.44	8.98

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

Crockett County		106.09	109.77	14.11	14.55	244.93	75.75	22.50	50.17	74.82	83.48	99.98
Tennessee		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		37.69	308.58	359.30	352.66	293.42	133.09	283.13	313.21	72.84	84.04	95.89
Madison County		55.75	85.11	27.23	53.01	80.65	44.32	63.06	112.65	247.12	198.56	230.87
Gibson County		126.13	125.08	91.48	34.34	57.77	24.32	10.53	32.74	102.02	102.06	131.19
Dyer County		102.82	101.53	59.67	11.78	78.29	12.42	24.21	61.86	99.31	80.87	92.91
Lauderdale County		90.42	239.01	0.00	34.28	51.22	3.30	0.00	23.68	216.10	209.74	255.59
Haywood County		37.82	78.30	80.53	31.22	94.30	48.80	0.00	25.56	319.00	346.91	411.79

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

Crockett County		281.46	35.57	3.93	4.13	83.47	56.92	7.95	16.02	102.72	99.33	104.26
Tennessee		265.32	32.41	27.83	28.36	34.08	75.14	35.32	31.93	137.29	118.99	104.28
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Madison County		147.91	27.58	7.58	15.03	27.49	33.30	22.27	35.97	339.28	236.26	240.75
Gibson County		334.64	40.53	25.46	9.74	19.69	18.28	3.72	10.45	140.07	121.44	136.81
Dyer County		272.80	32.90	16.61	3.34	26.68	9.33	8.55	19.75	136.34	96.23	96.88
Lauderdale County		239.90	77.45	0.00	9.72	17.46	2.48	0.00	7.56	296.68	249.56	266.53
Haywood County		100.35	25.37	22.41	8.85	32.14	36.67	0.00	8.16	437.95	412.78	429.41

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

Crockett County	13,951	3	642	38	47	447	94	36	15	815	23	154
Tennessee (in 000's)	7,297	15	599	34	56	379	90	41	56	573	12	148
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
Madison County	101,213	56	6,177	196	358	2,699	665	303	507	5,005	252	1,475
Gibson County	51,655	61	3,871	276	343	1,802	426	288	327	4,423	93	806
Dyer County	36,297	11	2,718	119	387	1,371	375	182	245	3,412	151	494
Lauderdale County	24,629	19	908	30	59	547	182	33	65	1,092	0	199
Haywood County	17,114	9	536	6	43	164	31	4	32	267	0	103

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Crockett County	15.76	0.02	4.60	0.27	0.34	3.20	0.67	0.26	0.11	5.84	0.16	1.10
Tennessee	11.46	0.21	8.21	0.47	0.77	5.19	1.23	0.56	0.77	7.85	0.17	2.03
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
Madison County	14.12	0.06	6.10	0.19	0.35	2.67	0.66	0.30	0.50	4.95	0.25	1.46
Gibson County	13.69	0.12	7.49	0.53	0.66	3.49	0.82	0.56	0.63	8.56	0.18	1.56
Dyer County	14.22	0.03	7.49	0.33	1.07	3.78	1.03	0.50	0.67	9.40	0.42	1.36
Lauderdale County	15.34	0.08	3.69	0.12	0.24	2.22	0.74	0.13	0.26	4.43	0.00	0.81
Haywood County	18.56	0.05	3.13	0.04	0.25	0.96	0.18	0.02	0.19	1.56	0.00	0.60

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

Crockett County		10.24	56.08	58.33	43.79	61.76	54.61	46.12	13.99	74.42	98.06	54.30
Tennessee		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		187.26	64.15	114.04	137.92	138.76	213.15	243.02	226.23	76.55	197.58	137.05
Madison County		26.34	74.38	41.47	45.98	51.40	53.25	53.51	65.17	63.00	148.09	71.69
Gibson County		56.22	91.33	114.41	86.32	67.25	66.84	99.66	82.36	109.08	107.09	76.75
Dyer County		14.43	91.26	70.20	138.60	72.81	83.73	89.63	87.82	119.75	247.44	66.95
Lauderdale County		36.73	44.93	26.08	31.14	42.81	59.89	23.95	34.34	56.48	0.00	39.74
Haywood County		25.04	38.17	7.51	32.66	18.47	14.68	4.18	24.33	19.87	0.00	29.60

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

Crockett County		5.47	87.42	51.15	31.75	44.51	25.62	18.98	6.18	97.22	49.63	39.62
Tennessee		53.40	155.88	87.69	72.51	72.07	46.92	41.15	44.20	130.64	50.61	72.97
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Madison County		14.07	115.94	36.36	33.34	37.05	24.98	22.02	28.81	82.30	74.95	52.31
Gibson County		30.02	142.36	100.33	62.59	48.46	31.36	41.01	36.41	142.50	54.20	56.00
Dyer County		7.70	142.25	61.56	100.49	52.47	39.28	36.88	38.82	156.44	125.23	48.85
Lauderdale County		19.61	70.04	22.87	22.58	30.85	28.10	9.85	15.18	73.79	0.00	29.00
Haywood County		13.37	59.50	6.58	23.68	13.31	6.89	1.72	10.75	25.96	0.00	21.60

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

Crockett County	13,951	1	11	5	0	13	3	14	1	0	2,676	4,069
Tennessee (in 000's)	7,297	21	16	5	12	12	44	19	10	29	1,010	1,692
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
Madison County	101,213	288	101	80	48	91	243	88	235	127	18,232	16,312
Gibson County	51,655	50	52	7	0	0	32	10	25	149	8,485	13,033
Dyer County	36,297	39	31	0	30	33	3	22	23	8	6,252	9,712
Lauderdale County	24,629	4	6	8	0	0	10	61	9	4	4,498	5,494
Haywood County	17,114	4	0	0	11	0	1	0	4	33	3,412	2,117

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Crockett County	15.76	0.01	0.08	0.04	0.00	0.09	0.02	0.10	0.01	0.00	19.18	29.17
Tennessee	11.46	0.29	0.21	0.06	0.16	0.17	0.61	0.26	0.14	0.40	13.84	23.19
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
Madison County	14.12	0.28	0.10	0.08	0.05	0.09	0.24	0.09	0.23	0.13	18.01	16.12
Gibson County	13.69	0.10	0.10	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.02	0.05	0.29	16.43	25.23
Dyer County	14.22	0.11	0.09	0.00	0.08	0.09	0.01	0.06	0.06	0.02	17.22	26.76
Lauderdale County	15.34	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.25	0.04	0.02	18.26	22.31
Haywood County	18.56	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.02	0.19	19.94	12.37

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

Crockett County		2.47	37.04	55.23	0.00	56.43	3.54	38.49	5.15	0.00	138.64	125.79
Tennessee		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		447.69	412.02	355.96	277.75	337.47	261.57	183.56	257.44	140.81	99.65	64.08
Madison County		98.02	46.88	121.81	29.33	54.45	39.54	33.34	166.89	31.41	130.20	69.51
Gibson County		33.34	47.29	20.88	0.00	0.00	10.20	7.42	34.79	72.21	118.73	108.81
Dyer County		37.01	40.12	0.00	51.12	55.06	1.36	23.24	45.55	5.52	124.50	115.40
Lauderdale County		5.59	11.45	50.06	0.00	0.00	6.69	94.98	26.27	4.07	132.00	96.20
Haywood County		8.05	0.00	0.00	39.76	0.00	0.96	0.00	16.80	48.27	144.10	53.35

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

Crockett County		0.55	8.99	15.52	0.00	16.72	1.35	20.97	2.00	0.00	139.13	196.30
Tennessee		22.34	24.27	28.09	36.00	29.63	38.23	54.48	38.84	71.02	100.35	156.06
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Madison County		21.89	11.38	34.22	10.56	16.13	15.12	18.17	64.83	22.31	130.66	108.47
Gibson County		7.45	11.48	5.87	0.00	0.00	3.90	4.04	13.51	51.28	119.15	169.81
Dyer County		8.27	9.74	0.00	18.41	16.31	0.52	12.66	17.69	3.92	124.94	180.09
Lauderdale County		1.25	2.78	14.06	0.00	0.00	2.56	51.75	10.20	2.89	132.47	150.14
Haywood County		1.80	0.00	0.00	14.31	0.00	0.37	0.00	6.53	34.28	144.61	83.25

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025

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