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Most graduate degrees, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2024 ACS). This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 66 is 6.1%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Campbell County, SD, up 40 places to #24.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000
01Clay County, SDSD15,03120.2%+2.7 pts
02▲4Lincoln County, SDSD77,14514.5%+8.3 pts
03▼1Brookings County, SDSD37,63514.3%+1.9 pts
04▲6Hughes County, SDSD17,57014.0%+6.2 pts
05▲2Union County, SDSD17,40213.3%+4.5 pts
06▲2Pennington County, SDSD116,79212.7%+4.7 pts
07▲11Custer County, SDSD9,43112.6%+5.6 pts
08▲1Lawrence County, SDSD29,45911.9%+4.7 pts
09▼4Yankton County, SDSD23,63511.5%+4.3 pts
10▲2Brown County, SDSD37,56111.1%+4.8 pts
11Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69110.5%+3.7 pts
12▲15Moody County, SDSD6,6329.9%+5.3 pts
13▲1Lake County, SDSD10,9939.8%+4.2 pts
14▲6Jones County, SDSD9139.8%+6.2 pts
15McCook County, SDSD5,9649.7%+5.6 pts
16▲9Walworth County, SDSD5,2179.6%+6.9 pts
17▲2Fall River County, SDSD7,4679.4%+2.4 pts
18▲20Perkins County, SDSD2,8538.8%+5.3 pts
19▼15Stanley County, SDSD3,0188.2%+2.4 pts
20▼4Beadle County, SDSD19,6248.2%+4.9 pts
21▲2Brule County, SDSD5,2788.1%+3.7 pts
22▲15Grant County, SDSD7,5347.3%+3.1 pts
23▲28Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3037.3%+4.0 pts
24▲40Campbell County, SDSD1,3777.2%+4.6 pts
25▲3Turner County, SDSD9,3147.1%+3.1 pts
26▼4Gregory County, SDSD4,0376.7%+3.8 pts
27▲4Sanborn County, SDSD2,3886.7%+3.7 pts
28▼25Faulk County, SDSD2,1786.7%+4.4 pts
29▲3Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4136.4%+3.1 pts
30▼13Meade County, SDSD30,7116.4%+1.6 pts
31▼1Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2446.4%+2.3 pts
32▲7Day County, SDSD5,4846.1%+2.8 pts
33▲15Hamlin County, SDSD6,9006.1%+2.3 pts
34▲7Marshall County, SDSD4,4266.1%+2.6 pts
35▲8Dewey County, SDSD5,4196.0%+2.7 pts
36▲11Hanson County, SDSD3,4565.8%+3.0 pts
37▼4Edmunds County, SDSD4,0225.7%+2.5 pts
38▲4Codington County, SDSD29,5625.7%+0.9 pts
39▲1Spink County, SDSD6,1555.7%+2.1 pts
40▲9Douglas County, SDSD2,8885.6%+1.9 pts
41▼17Davison County, SDSD20,0695.6%0.0 pts
42▲10Hand County, SDSD3,1215.6%+2.6 pts
43▲7Deuel County, SDSD4,4085.5%+2.1 pts
44▲13Sully County, SDSD1,4795.5%+2.1 pts
45▼24Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2845.4%+2.3 pts
46▲16Mellette County, SDSD2,1375.4%+3.5 pts
47▲7Roberts County, SDSD10,2555.2%+1.5 pts
48▼13Butte County, SDSD10,8565.2%+2.2 pts
49▼5Lyman County, SDSD3,6944.9%+0.8 pts
50▼14Todd County, SDSD8,8634.9%+0.4 pts
51▼17McPherson County, SDSD2,3474.4%+1.9 pts
52▼26Potter County, SDSD2,3774.4%+1.1 pts
53▲6Miner County, SDSD2,2814.2%+1.8 pts
54▼8Tripp County, SDSD5,7083.9%+1.4 pts
55▼10Aurora County, SDSD2,8013.8%+1.1 pts
56▲4Corson County, SDSD3,7813.8%+2.3 pts
57▼2Harding County, SDSD1,3313.7%+2.7 pts
58▲8Haakon County, SDSD1,8023.6%+0.1 pts
59▼6Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3383.4%–
60▼2Bennett County, SDSD3,3073.3%+0.3 pts
61▼32Jerauld County, SDSD1,6543.0%−0.3 pts
62▲1Ziebach County, SDSD2,3892.4%−0.5 pts
63▼7Clark County, SDSD4,0312.3%+0.2 pts
64▼3Jackson County, SDSD2,6662.2%−1.4 pts
65Buffalo County, SDSD1,8022.0%+0.8 pts
66▼53Hyde County, SDSD1,1911.8%−1.8 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES