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Most educated, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (2024 ACS). This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERVS 2000
01Clay County, SDSD15,03145.4%+6.7 pts
02Lincoln County, SDSD77,14544.4%+19.0 pts
03Brookings County, SDSD37,63542.5%+10.3 pts
04Hughes County, SDSD17,57039.0%+7.1 pts
05Union County, SDSD17,40237.0%+10.7 pts
06Campbell County, SDSD1,37736.0%+21.2 pts
07Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69135.2%+9.2 pts
08Pennington County, SDSD116,79234.6%+9.7 pts
09Lake County, SDSD10,99334.6%+13.6 pts
10Brown County, SDSD37,56133.8%+10.2 pts
11Lawrence County, SDSD29,45932.9%+8.9 pts
12Custer County, SDSD9,43131.6%+7.2 pts
13Yankton County, SDSD23,63531.4%+8.4 pts
14Moody County, SDSD6,63230.4%+13.0 pts
15Harding County, SDSD1,33130.4%+12.6 pts
16McCook County, SDSD5,96429.9%+13.6 pts
17Walworth County, SDSD5,21729.6%+13.8 pts
18Fall River County, SDSD7,46729.4%+10.2 pts
19Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41328.8%+14.6 pts
20Brule County, SDSD5,27828.7%+8.1 pts
21Hand County, SDSD3,12128.4%+12.8 pts
22Edmunds County, SDSD4,02228.2%+12.7 pts
23Stanley County, SDSD3,01828.2%+6.1 pts
24Spink County, SDSD6,15528.2%+13.8 pts
25Meade County, SDSD30,71127.8%+10.9 pts
26Jones County, SDSD91327.4%+9.6 pts
27Turner County, SDSD9,31427.3%+10.3 pts
28Potter County, SDSD2,37727.2%+11.0 pts
29Beadle County, SDSD19,62427.2%+8.9 pts
30McPherson County, SDSD2,34726.5%+15.8 pts
31Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30325.7%+11.6 pts
32Marshall County, SDSD4,42625.4%+9.2 pts
33Grant County, SDSD7,53425.3%+10.5 pts
34Deuel County, SDSD4,40825.1%+11.8 pts
35Douglas County, SDSD2,88824.9%+10.5 pts
36Perkins County, SDSD2,85324.9%+10.2 pts
37Lyman County, SDSD3,69424.5%+8.7 pts
38Hamlin County, SDSD6,90024.5%+11.7 pts
39Sully County, SDSD1,47924.1%+7.6 pts
40Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28423.1%+6.9 pts
41Faulk County, SDSD2,17822.6%+9.5 pts
42Davison County, SDSD20,06922.6%+2.5 pts
43Hanson County, SDSD3,45622.5%+8.6 pts
44Gregory County, SDSD4,03722.2%+10.2 pts
45Day County, SDSD5,48422.0%+6.6 pts
46Haakon County, SDSD1,80221.5%+6.2 pts
47Aurora County, SDSD2,80121.4%+8.7 pts
48Codington County, SDSD29,56221.4%+2.6 pts
49Jerauld County, SDSD1,65421.3%+9.1 pts
50Sanborn County, SDSD2,38821.3%+6.5 pts
51Hyde County, SDSD1,19120.3%+4.3 pts
52Butte County, SDSD10,85619.9%+7.6 pts
53Clark County, SDSD4,03119.7%+8.4 pts
54Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24419.6%+4.3 pts
55Mellette County, SDSD2,13719.1%+2.5 pts
56Corson County, SDSD3,78119.0%+7.7 pts
57Dewey County, SDSD5,41918.8%+6.6 pts
58Roberts County, SDSD10,25518.6%+5.2 pts
59Bennett County, SDSD3,30718.3%+5.6 pts
60Tripp County, SDSD5,70817.7%+4.2 pts
61Miner County, SDSD2,28116.7%+3.2 pts
62Todd County, SDSD8,86316.6%+4.5 pts
63Ziebach County, SDSD2,38915.2%+3.2 pts
64Jackson County, SDSD2,66612.4%−3.8 pts
65Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33811.8%–
66Buffalo County, SDSD1,8029.9%+4.5 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES