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Most college graduates, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties with the most adults 25 and over holding a bachelor's degree or higher, as of the 2020 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of graduates, not the share. This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 66 is 812.

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01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69142,459–

02Pennington County, SDSD116,79224,479–

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,14513,966–

04Brown County, SDSD37,5618,166–

05Brookings County, SDSD37,6357,960–

06Lawrence County, SDSD29,4596,299–

07Meade County, SDSD30,7114,885–

08Hughes County, SDSD17,5704,456–

09Yankton County, SDSD23,6354,239–

10Codington County, SDSD29,5623,841–

11Davison County, SDSD20,0693,508–

12Clay County, SDSD15,0313,466–

13Union County, SDSD17,4023,275–

14Lake County, SDSD10,9932,895–

15Beadle County, SDSD19,6242,882–

16Custer County, SDSD9,4311,634–

17Turner County, SDSD9,3141,515–

18Butte County, SDSD10,8561,510–

19Spink County, SDSD6,1551,172–

20Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3031,168–

21Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4131,148–

22Moody County, SDSD6,6321,120–

23Grant County, SDSD7,5341,113–

24Roberts County, SDSD10,2551,099–

25Fall River County, SDSD7,4671,032–

26Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2441,026–

27Brule County, SDSD5,278931–

28McCook County, SDSD5,964895–

29Marshall County, SDSD4,426888–

30Day County, SDSD5,484877–

31Walworth County, SDSD5,217819–

32Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,338816–

33Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284812–

34Hamlin County, SDSD6,900806–

35Tripp County, SDSD5,708784–

36Deuel County, SDSD4,408683–

37Todd County, SDSD8,863682–

38Edmunds County, SDSD4,022681–

39Stanley County, SDSD3,018645–

40Gregory County, SDSD4,037632–

41Lyman County, SDSD3,694555–

42Dewey County, SDSD5,419539–

43Faulk County, SDSD2,178485–

44Hand County, SDSD3,121480–

45Clark County, SDSD4,031470–

46Perkins County, SDSD2,853435–

47Bennett County, SDSD3,307418–

48McPherson County, SDSD2,347389–

49Potter County, SDSD2,377379–

50Corson County, SDSD3,781365–

51Aurora County, SDSD2,801364–

52Douglas County, SDSD2,888361–

53Hanson County, SDSD3,456341–

54Jerauld County, SDSD1,654322–

55Sanborn County, SDSD2,388316–

56Campbell County, SDSD1,377313–

57Miner County, SDSD2,281310–

58Jackson County, SDSD2,666292–

59Ziebach County, SDSD2,389264–

60Hyde County, SDSD1,191246–

61Haakon County, SDSD1,802214–

62Sully County, SDSD1,479214–

63Harding County, SDSD1,331212–

64Jones County, SDSD913186–

65Mellette County, SDSD2,137174–

66Buffalo County, SDSD1,80283–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS