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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)

Juab County	13,451	573	100	43	0	240	25	392	29	47	2	2
Utah (in 000's)	3,558	128	29	36	23	382	37	63	29	18	15	5
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
Utah County	765,862	27,773	2,791	6,881	5,473	63,776	7,645	21,740	3,469	2,457	1,625	581
Tooele County	86,009	4,086	456	778	317	9,713	378	205	908	473	109	50
Sanpete County	30,879	727	241	231	169	2,529	134	286	84	181	67	20
Millard County	13,608	597	94	10	18	1,602	34	90	43	17	5	0
White Pine County	8,816	437	279	14	187	1,049	14	10	167	400	70	8

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Juab County	17.22	4.26	0.74	0.32	0.00	1.78	0.19	2.91	0.22	0.35	0.01	0.01
Utah	11.03	3.59	0.82	1.02	0.64	10.72	1.05	1.77	0.81	0.50	0.42	0.15
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
Utah County	12.07	3.63	0.36	0.90	0.71	8.33	1.00	2.84	0.45	0.32	0.21	0.08
Tooele County	12.52	4.75	0.53	0.90	0.37	11.29	0.44	0.24	1.06	0.55	0.13	0.06
Sanpete County	13.56	2.35	0.78	0.75	0.55	8.19	0.43	0.93	0.27	0.59	0.22	0.06
Millard County	14.15	4.39	0.69	0.07	0.13	11.77	0.25	0.66	0.32	0.12	0.04	0.00
White Pine County	10.72	4.96	3.16	0.16	2.12	11.90	0.16	0.11	1.89	4.54	0.79	0.09

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

Juab County		118.58	91.10	31.26	0.00	16.64	17.75	164.58	26.73	69.54	3.50	10.14
Utah		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		112.64	79.01	17.84	518.14	105.64	171.94	76.41	133.17	1,501.22	539.01	1,424.99
Utah County		100.94	44.66	87.85	112.20	77.67	95.31	160.31	56.16	63.84	50.00	51.72
Tooele County		132.24	64.97	88.44	57.87	105.33	41.96	13.46	130.89	109.44	29.86	39.63
Sanpete County		65.53	95.64	73.14	85.93	76.38	41.43	52.31	33.73	116.65	51.13	44.16
Millard County		122.12	84.65	7.19	20.77	109.80	23.86	37.35	39.18	24.86	8.66	0.00
White Pine County		137.98	387.81	15.53	333.05	110.98	15.16	6.41	234.86	902.93	187.09	61.87

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

Juab County		105.27	115.30	175.18	0.00	15.75	10.32	215.40	20.07	4.63	0.65	0.71
Utah		88.78	126.56	560.46	19.30	94.66	58.16	130.88	75.09	6.66	18.55	7.02
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Utah County		89.61	56.52	492.35	21.66	73.52	55.43	209.81	42.17	4.25	9.28	3.63
Tooele County		117.40	82.22	495.69	11.17	99.70	24.41	17.62	98.29	7.29	5.54	2.78
Sanpete County		58.18	121.04	409.94	16.58	72.31	24.10	68.46	25.33	7.77	9.49	3.10
Millard County		108.41	107.13	40.27	4.01	103.94	13.87	48.88	29.42	1.66	1.61	0.00
White Pine County		122.49	490.81	87.02	64.28	105.05	8.82	8.38	176.36	60.15	34.71	4.34

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

Juab County	13,451	30	3,554	142	131	711	104	28	1,139	657	96	703
Utah (in 000's)	3,558	11	667	32	30	210	50	14	225	191	25	139
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
Utah County	765,862	2,998	170,150	6,367	5,998	44,597	8,966	2,034	56,040	38,052	5,092	32,064
Tooele County	86,009	130	14,887	562	671	4,732	1,211	221	4,609	4,492	742	4,131
Sanpete County	30,879	88	6,183	300	208	1,382	186	77	4,768	1,514	140	1,083
Millard County	13,608	38	3,406	87	91	492	100	99	1,084	707	37	440
White Pine County	8,816	7	858	58	186	433	235	89	155	440	244	123

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Juab County	17.22	0.22	26.42	1.06	0.97	5.29	0.77	0.21	8.47	4.88	0.71	5.23
Utah	11.03	0.30	18.74	0.91	0.83	5.91	1.39	0.38	6.33	5.37	0.70	3.90
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
Utah County	12.07	0.39	22.22	0.83	0.78	5.82	1.17	0.27	7.32	4.97	0.66	4.19
Tooele County	12.52	0.15	17.31	0.65	0.78	5.50	1.41	0.26	5.36	5.22	0.86	4.80
Sanpete County	13.56	0.28	20.02	0.97	0.67	4.48	0.60	0.25	15.44	4.90	0.45	3.51
Millard County	14.15	0.28	25.03	0.64	0.67	3.62	0.73	0.73	7.97	5.20	0.27	3.23
White Pine County	10.72	0.08	9.73	0.66	2.11	4.91	2.67	1.01	1.76	4.99	2.77	1.40

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

Juab County		73.75	141.01	116.09	117.30	89.47	55.44	54.07	133.74	90.90	102.37	133.97
Utah		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		130.06	28.09	58.56	127.79	121.84	188.57	353.17	27.46	111.82	47.65	71.42
Utah County		129.44	118.57	91.42	94.33	98.57	83.94	68.99	115.57	92.46	95.36	107.32
Tooele County		49.98	92.37	71.85	93.97	93.13	100.95	66.75	84.64	97.19	123.74	123.12
Sanpete County		94.23	106.86	106.83	81.13	75.76	43.19	64.77	243.88	91.24	65.03	89.91
Millard County		92.34	133.58	70.30	80.55	61.20	52.69	188.98	125.82	96.68	39.00	82.89
White Pine County		26.25	51.94	72.35	254.12	83.14	191.12	262.24	27.77	92.88	396.97	35.76

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

Juab County		56.70	501.93	198.23	91.79	73.43	29.40	15.31	486.98	81.29	214.85	187.58
Utah		76.89	355.96	170.76	78.25	82.07	53.03	28.31	364.12	89.43	209.88	140.02
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Utah County		99.52	422.05	156.11	73.82	80.90	44.51	19.53	420.81	82.69	200.15	150.27
Tooele County		38.43	328.81	122.70	73.53	76.43	53.54	18.90	308.18	86.92	259.70	172.39
Sanpete County		72.45	380.38	182.43	63.49	62.18	22.90	18.34	888.00	81.60	136.48	125.88
Millard County		70.99	475.48	120.05	63.03	50.23	27.94	53.51	458.11	86.47	81.85	116.05
White Pine County		20.19	184.88	123.54	198.86	68.23	101.36	74.25	101.11	83.06	833.17	50.08

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

Juab County	13,451	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	891	3,792
Utah (in 000's)	3,558	17	10	7	6	9	16	11	6	10	484	623
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
Utah County	765,862	3,148	1,306	982	1,402	640	1,663	843	1,297	1,332	102,183	134,497
Tooele County	86,009	136	146	45	29	32	116	41	48	29	13,469	18,057
Sanpete County	30,879	27	13	69	2	7	4	23	73	2	3,456	6,605
Millard County	13,608	29	2	7	74	0	1	28	53	5	1,864	2,454
White Pine County	8,816	13	31	3	19	0	0	2	11	11	1,418	1,845

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Juab County	17.22	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.15	0.00	6.62	28.19
Utah	11.03	0.48	0.29	0.20	0.17	0.26	0.44	0.30	0.18	0.29	13.60	17.52
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
Utah County	12.07	0.41	0.17	0.13	0.18	0.08	0.22	0.11	0.17	0.17	13.34	17.56
Tooele County	12.52	0.16	0.17	0.05	0.03	0.04	0.13	0.05	0.06	0.03	15.66	20.99
Sanpete County	13.56	0.09	0.04	0.22	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.07	0.24	0.01	11.19	21.39
Millard County	14.15	0.21	0.01	0.05	0.54	0.00	0.01	0.21	0.39	0.04	13.70	18.03
White Pine County	10.72	0.15	0.35	0.03	0.22	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.12	0.12	16.08	20.93

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

Juab County		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	84.05	0.00	48.69	160.91
Utah		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		272.63	300.49	112.79	261.59	211.11	360.46	159.02	202.45	194.52	101.34	84.81
Utah County		86.23	58.43	62.61	106.64	31.66	49.28	36.57	95.73	60.15	98.07	100.24
Tooele County		33.17	58.16	25.55	19.64	14.09	30.61	15.84	31.55	11.66	115.11	119.83
Sanpete County		18.34	14.42	109.11	3.77	8.59	2.94	24.75	133.63	2.24	82.27	122.09
Millard County		44.71	5.04	25.12	316.79	0.00	1.67	68.36	220.15	12.71	100.69	102.93
White Pine County		30.93	120.48	16.62	125.55	0.00	0.00	7.54	70.53	43.15	118.23	119.45

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

Juab County		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	41.51	0.00	48.05	189.74
Utah		36.68	33.28	88.66	38.23	47.37	27.74	62.89	49.39	51.41	98.68	117.91
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Utah County		31.63	19.44	55.51	40.77	15.00	13.67	23.00	47.28	30.92	96.78	118.20
Tooele County		12.17	19.36	22.65	7.51	6.68	8.49	9.96	15.58	5.99	113.59	141.30
Sanpete County		6.73	4.80	96.74	1.44	4.07	0.82	15.56	66.00	1.15	81.18	143.96
Millard County		16.40	1.68	22.27	121.10	0.00	0.46	42.99	108.74	6.53	99.36	121.37
White Pine County		11.35	40.09	14.73	47.99	0.00	0.00	4.74	34.84	22.18	116.67	140.85

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025

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