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San Juan County – Ancestry

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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:

26.53

Most common ancestry not including "Unknown" is:

Native American

 
Ancestry Report Part I
DescriptionTotal Population American Native American Hawaiian Carribean Mexican Central American South American Other Hispanic British Dutch French German Italian

San Juan County15,2046157,19344425271242731,818668235773
Utah (in 000's)3,510135293521353335155640343321552
National (in 000's)340,98116,5892,16560710,91237,9175,6004,1394,87718,3212,0964,23427,00610,025
Mesa County161,9906,6217621651,08113,7394159768,19613,4141,7822,34819,8874,664
Coconino County143,9493,93233,69924682615,6179475993,7487,3648491,1468,9102,750
San Juan County120,6292,53646,9396340213,758611799,9233,0162516303,587481
Navajo County110,6013,20645,617782019,690196651,9366,2135298385,5101,374
Montrose County44,8342,07223824747,8972391281,1043,3483414154,1931,084
Apache County66,5921,13845,983171573,2571849681,4861102951,674256
Montezuma County26,3652,1372,76623341,575163151,3541,8831502592,156280
Grand County10,5034503501284984181491,534631221,010137
San Miguel County8,0914383005709103812764430166741197
Emery County10,318254587163104972,250131131728273
Kane County8,48860512711091951511781,8318878837106
Garfield County5,4021478773530244631,604838832697
Wayne County2,5941061321500021845601024124
Dolores County2,39933940402227019157213230625
 
Per Cent to Total PopulationDiversity
Index
 

San Juan County26.534.0447.310.290.283.470.010.161.8011.960.430.542.350.48
Utah11.113.850.811.000.5910.060.941.441.5818.240.970.936.111.49
National10.644.870.640.183.2011.121.641.211.435.370.611.247.922.94
Mesa County11.234.090.470.100.678.480.260.605.068.281.101.4512.282.88
Coconino County12.522.7323.410.170.5710.850.660.422.605.120.590.806.191.91
San Juan County21.322.1038.910.050.3311.410.050.158.232.500.210.522.970.40
Navajo County21.302.9041.240.070.188.760.180.061.755.620.480.764.981.24
Montrose County13.514.620.530.050.1717.610.530.292.467.470.760.939.352.42
Apache County48.971.7169.050.030.244.890.030.011.452.230.170.442.510.38
Montezuma County11.338.1110.490.090.135.970.061.195.147.140.570.988.181.06
Grand County11.164.283.330.110.809.370.010.770.4714.610.601.169.621.30
San Miguel County12.745.410.370.000.068.760.120.471.577.960.372.059.162.43
Emery County13.332.460.560.070.016.120.000.040.9421.811.271.277.062.65
Kane County12.477.131.500.011.282.300.180.130.9221.571.040.929.861.25
Garfield County14.652.721.610.130.655.590.070.071.1729.691.541.636.031.80
Wayne County16.424.090.500.080.041.930.000.000.8132.582.310.399.290.93
Dolores County13.5514.131.670.170.009.250.290.000.796.540.881.3312.761.04
 
Comparisons to State Norms % to Total >= 150% % to Total < 50% 

San Juan County 105.065,813.8629.0246.5634.470.7010.96113.9065.5644.8357.7938.4232.32
Utah 100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00
National 126.3678.0317.83539.36110.57175.4684.2990.7329.4663.48133.05129.58197.88
Mesa County 106.1657.8110.21112.4784.3327.3741.84320.9545.40113.61155.30200.86193.79
Coconino County 70.952,876.8717.1396.71107.8870.2928.89165.1628.0560.9185.30101.27128.58
San Juan County 54.604,781.845.2456.17113.415.4010.30521.8113.7121.4955.9648.6526.84
Navajo County 75.295,068.517.0730.6387.1218.934.08111.0430.8049.3981.1881.5183.61
Montrose County 120.0465.245.3727.82175.1456.9619.82156.2040.9478.5599.18153.02162.73
Apache County 44.398,485.702.5639.7448.632.890.4292.2112.2317.0647.4641.1325.87
Montezuma County 210.521,289.258.7521.7459.406.4882.96325.7739.1658.75105.25133.8071.48
Grand County 111.28409.5111.46134.8093.161.0253.5529.5980.0861.95124.45157.3487.79
San Miguel County 140.6045.570.0010.4287.1313.2132.6199.5743.6438.29219.82149.84163.88
Emery County 63.9469.086.801.6360.810.002.6959.63119.56131.12136.03115.44178.08
Kane County 185.13183.871.18216.4422.8418.889.0058.29118.27107.0798.46161.3484.05
Garfield County 70.68197.9112.99109.2055.597.915.1473.98162.80158.67174.5498.74120.86
Wayne County 106.1461.597.736.5019.170.000.0051.35178.60238.8741.30152.0162.27
Dolores County 367.03204.9016.720.0092.0231.180.0050.2435.8890.40142.92208.7070.14
 
Comparisons to National Norms % to Total >= 150% % to Total < 50% 

San Juan County 83.147,450.36162.708.6331.170.4013.00125.54222.5570.6243.4329.6516.33
Utah 79.14128.15560.7018.5490.4456.99118.64110.22339.46157.5375.1677.1750.54
National 100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00
Mesa County 84.0174.0857.2620.8576.2715.6049.64353.75154.12178.96116.72155.0197.93
Coconino County 56.153,686.6696.0717.9397.5640.0634.28182.0495.2195.9564.1178.1564.98
San Juan County 43.216,127.8429.3610.41102.563.0812.22575.1446.5333.8542.0637.5513.56
Navajo County 59.586,495.2039.655.6878.7910.794.84122.38104.5577.8161.0162.9042.26
Montrose County 94.9983.6030.095.16158.4032.4623.52172.16138.98123.7374.54118.0882.24
Apache County 35.1310,874.2814.357.3743.981.650.49101.6341.5326.8735.6731.7413.08
Montezuma County 166.601,652.1549.044.0353.723.7098.43359.06132.9392.5679.11103.2536.12
Grand County 88.07524.7864.2324.9984.250.5863.5332.62271.8397.5893.54121.4244.37
San Miguel County 111.2758.390.001.9378.807.5338.69109.74148.1460.32165.21115.6482.82
Emery County 50.6088.5238.140.3055.000.003.1965.73405.86206.55102.2489.0990.00
Kane County 146.51235.636.6240.1320.6610.7610.6864.25401.49168.6674.00124.5142.48
Garfield County 55.93253.6272.8520.2550.274.516.1081.54552.63249.96131.1876.2061.08
Wayne County 83.9978.9243.351.2017.330.000.0056.60606.28376.2931.04117.3131.47
Dolores County 290.45262.5893.740.0083.2217.770.0055.37121.80142.41107.41161.0535.45
 
Ancestry Report Part II
DescriptionTotal Population Polish Scandi­navian Scotish Irish Other European Chinese Japanese Korean South Central Asian South East Asian Other Asian Middle Eastern Other Ancestry Unknown

San Juan County15,204362874881660310219801,9761,076
Utah (in 000's)3,51014239194162136717271111534589
National (in 000's)340,9815,2116,56222,89210,8864,3408331,7585,3296,0541,4412,14472,84556,198
Mesa County161,9901,7456,50514,0134,9484011342146951836041724,14534,471
Coconino County143,9491,4423,4638,6144,62168112923249161242039125,41516,805
San Juan County120,6292069003,4682,0885014168593971588721,8589,350
Navajo County110,6013932,6414,9981,7581062957761081343413,36711,447
Montrose County44,8343211,1933,231937151294408844697,24210,391
Apache County66,5921504681,4974353220225517841165,1313,184
Montezuma County26,3651726521,9136135281566240215,4984,365
Grand County10,503605651,28727100107642021,7951,518
San Miguel County8,0911692639304065231131141,0332,098
Emery County10,318281,535875188002549521,2211,834
Kane County8,4884070374534000911910519261,563
Garfield County5,402133644602962181041585820
Wayne County2,59442642161580000080215356
Dolores County2,399952170611000020575357
 
Per Cent to Total PopulationDiversity
Index
 

San Juan County26.530.241.893.211.090.000.200.000.010.120.050.0013.007.08
Utah11.110.406.825.524.610.380.180.200.480.780.300.3115.2116.80
National10.641.531.926.713.191.270.240.521.561.780.420.6321.3616.48
Mesa County11.231.084.028.653.050.250.080.130.040.320.220.2614.9121.28
Coconino County12.521.002.415.983.210.470.090.160.340.430.290.2717.6611.67
San Juan County21.320.170.752.871.730.040.010.140.050.330.130.0718.127.75
Navajo County21.300.362.394.521.590.100.030.050.070.100.120.0312.0910.35
Montrose County13.510.722.667.212.090.030.030.210.090.200.100.1516.1523.18
Apache County48.970.230.702.250.650.050.030.030.080.270.060.027.714.78
Montezuma County11.330.652.477.262.330.200.030.060.020.240.150.0820.8516.56
Grand County11.160.575.3812.252.580.000.000.100.720.400.000.0217.0914.45
San Miguel County12.742.093.2511.495.020.060.020.040.140.380.010.0512.7725.93
Emery County13.330.2714.888.481.820.000.000.020.050.040.090.5011.8317.77
Kane County12.470.478.288.784.010.000.000.110.010.220.120.6010.9118.41
Garfield County14.650.246.748.525.480.040.020.150.020.000.070.0210.8315.18
Wayne County16.420.1510.188.336.090.000.000.000.000.000.310.008.2913.72
Dolores County13.550.382.177.092.540.040.000.000.000.000.080.0023.9714.88
 
Comparisons to State Norms % to Total >= 150% % to Total < 50% 

San Juan County 58.5727.6758.1823.680.00115.770.002.7216.0517.540.0085.4542.13
Utah 100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00
National 378.0528.21121.6969.24331.99138.77255.91323.13228.04140.93200.09140.4798.12
Mesa County 266.4858.86156.7966.2564.5746.9765.588.8141.0774.0981.9198.00126.69
Coconino County 247.8135.26108.4669.62123.4050.8880.0070.5354.6097.2786.43116.0969.50
San Juan County 42.2510.9452.1137.5410.816.5969.1310.1142.2743.6722.95119.1446.15
Navajo County 87.9035.0081.9134.4725.0014.8925.5814.2112.5440.399.7879.4761.62
Montrose County 177.1239.00130.6245.338.7315.20104.0818.4525.2132.7248.97106.21137.98
Apache County 55.7210.3040.7514.1712.5317.0516.4017.0834.3320.537.6550.6628.47
Montezuma County 161.3936.25131.5150.4251.4517.2328.244.7130.2050.5825.34137.1198.57
Grand County 141.3278.85222.1055.960.000.0047.26149.6251.360.006.06112.3786.05
San Miguel County 516.7147.65208.33108.8316.1214.0418.4128.1149.214.1215.7383.95154.38
Emery County 67.13218.07153.7139.520.000.009.6210.024.9829.08160.3677.81105.82
Kane County 116.58121.40159.0886.870.000.0052.632.4428.7539.28191.1871.73109.63
Garfield County 59.5398.77154.34118.849.6610.5173.513.830.0024.695.8971.2090.37
Wayne County 38.15149.18150.92132.100.000.000.000.000.00102.820.0054.5081.71
Dolores County 92.8131.77128.4455.1510.870.000.000.000.0027.790.00157.5988.60
 
Comparisons to National Norms % to Total >= 150% % to Total < 50% 

San Juan County 15.4998.0947.8134.200.0083.430.000.847.0412.450.0060.8442.94
Utah 26.45354.5282.18144.4230.1272.0639.0830.9543.8570.9649.9871.19101.91
National 100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00
Mesa County 70.49208.68128.8595.6719.4533.8525.632.7318.0152.5740.9469.77129.11
Coconino County 65.55125.0289.13100.5537.1736.6731.2621.8323.9469.0243.1982.6470.83
San Juan County 11.1738.7742.8254.223.264.7527.023.1318.5430.9811.4784.8247.03
Navajo County 23.25124.0967.3149.797.5310.7310.004.405.5028.664.8956.5762.80
Montrose County 46.85138.28107.3465.462.6310.9540.675.7111.0523.2224.4775.61140.62
Apache County 14.7436.5233.4820.463.7812.296.415.2915.0514.563.8236.0729.01
Montezuma County 42.69128.51108.0772.8215.5012.4211.041.4613.2435.8912.6797.61100.45
Grand County 37.38279.55182.5280.820.000.0018.4746.3022.520.003.0380.0087.69
San Miguel County 136.68168.92171.21157.174.8610.117.198.7021.582.927.8659.76157.33
Emery County 17.76773.10126.3157.070.000.003.763.102.1820.6380.1455.39107.85
Kane County 30.84430.40130.73125.460.000.0020.570.7512.6127.8795.5551.07111.73
Garfield County 15.75350.16126.84171.632.917.5728.731.180.0017.522.9450.6992.10
Wayne County 10.09528.88124.03190.780.000.000.000.000.0072.960.0038.8083.27
Dolores County 24.55112.64105.5579.643.280.000.000.000.0019.720.00112.1990.29


Sources: STI: PopStats