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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.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000

01Clay County, SDSD15,03120.2%+16%

02Lincoln County, SDSD77,14514.5%+133%

03Brookings County, SDSD37,63514.3%+16%

04Hughes County, SDSD17,57014.0%+78%

05Union County, SDSD17,40213.3%+52%

06Pennington County, SDSD116,79212.7%+59%

07Custer County, SDSD9,43112.6%+79%

08Lawrence County, SDSD29,45911.9%+66%

09Yankton County, SDSD23,63511.5%+61%

10Brown County, SDSD37,56111.1%+78%

11Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69110.5%+54%

12Moody County, SDSD6,6329.9%+117%

13Lake County, SDSD10,9939.8%+76%

14Jones County, SDSD9139.8%+174%

15McCook County, SDSD5,9649.7%+137%

16Walworth County, SDSD5,2179.6%+253%

17Fall River County, SDSD7,4679.4%+35%

18Perkins County, SDSD2,8538.8%+154%

19Stanley County, SDSD3,0188.2%+42%

20Beadle County, SDSD19,6248.2%+149%

21Brule County, SDSD5,2788.1%+84%

22Grant County, SDSD7,5347.3%+74%

23Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3037.3%+124%

24Campbell County, SDSD1,3777.2%+181%

25Turner County, SDSD9,3147.1%+79%

26Gregory County, SDSD4,0376.7%+133%

27Sanborn County, SDSD2,3886.7%+125%

28Faulk County, SDSD2,1786.7%+193%

29Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4136.4%+95%

30Meade County, SDSD30,7116.4%+32%

31Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2446.4%+55%

32Day County, SDSD5,4846.1%+83%

33Hamlin County, SDSD6,9006.1%+59%

34Marshall County, SDSD4,4266.1%+73%

35Dewey County, SDSD5,4196.0%+80%

36Hanson County, SDSD3,4565.8%+108%

37Edmunds County, SDSD4,0225.7%+74%

38Codington County, SDSD29,5625.7%+18%

39Spink County, SDSD6,1555.7%+60%

40Douglas County, SDSD2,8885.6%+50%

41Davison County, SDSD20,0695.6%+0%

42Hand County, SDSD3,1215.6%+86%

43Deuel County, SDSD4,4085.5%+62%

44Sully County, SDSD1,4795.5%+63%

45Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2845.4%+73%

46Mellette County, SDSD2,1375.4%+180%

47Roberts County, SDSD10,2555.2%+40%

48Butte County, SDSD10,8565.2%+76%

49Lyman County, SDSD3,6944.9%+21%

50Todd County, SDSD8,8634.9%+8%

51McPherson County, SDSD2,3474.4%+78%

52Potter County, SDSD2,3774.4%+32%

53Miner County, SDSD2,2814.2%+78%

54Tripp County, SDSD5,7083.9%+56%

55Aurora County, SDSD2,8013.8%+41%

56Corson County, SDSD3,7813.8%+144%

57Harding County, SDSD1,3313.7%+291%

58Haakon County, SDSD1,8023.6%+3%

59Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3383.4%–

60Bennett County, SDSD3,3073.3%+10%

61Jerauld County, SDSD1,6543.0%−9%

62Ziebach County, SDSD2,3892.4%−17%

63Clark County, SDSD4,0312.3%+8%

64Jackson County, SDSD2,6662.2%−39%

65Buffalo County, SDSD1,8022.0%+73%

66Hyde County, SDSD1,1911.8%−50%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES