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Most graduate degrees, South Dakota counties · 2010

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2010 ACS). This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000
01Clay County, SDSD15,03115.7%−1.7 pts
02Brookings County, SDSD37,63513.2%+0.9 pts
03Stanley County, SDSD3,01812.0%+6.1 pts
04Lincoln County, SDSD77,14511.0%+4.7 pts
05Lawrence County, SDSD29,45910.1%+3.0 pts
06Union County, SDSD17,4029.8%+1.1 pts
07Pennington County, SDSD116,7929.6%+1.6 pts
08Yankton County, SDSD23,6359.2%+2.1 pts
09Custer County, SDSD9,4319.1%+2.1 pts
10Lake County, SDSD10,9938.7%+3.1 pts
11Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6918.5%+1.7 pts
12Hughes County, SDSD17,5708.4%+0.5 pts
13Harding County, SDSD1,3317.4%+6.5 pts
14Todd County, SDSD8,8636.4%+1.9 pts
15McCook County, SDSD5,9646.3%+2.2 pts
16Lyman County, SDSD3,6945.6%+1.5 pts
17Fall River County, SDSD7,4675.6%−1.4 pts
18Moody County, SDSD6,6325.5%+1.0 pts
19Meade County, SDSD30,7115.4%+0.6 pts
20Brule County, SDSD5,2785.4%+1.0 pts
21Davison County, SDSD20,0695.4%−0.2 pts
22Edmunds County, SDSD4,0225.3%+2.0 pts
23Brown County, SDSD37,5615.2%−1.0 pts
24Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4135.1%+1.8 pts
25Deuel County, SDSD4,4085.1%+1.6 pts
26Beadle County, SDSD19,6244.9%+1.6 pts
27Turner County, SDSD9,3144.7%+0.8 pts
28Walworth County, SDSD5,2174.7%+2.0 pts
29Codington County, SDSD29,5624.7%−0.2 pts
30Grant County, SDSD7,5344.5%+0.3 pts
31Miner County, SDSD2,2814.4%+2.0 pts
32Roberts County, SDSD10,2554.4%+0.7 pts
33Hamlin County, SDSD6,9004.4%+0.6 pts
34Potter County, SDSD2,3774.0%+0.7 pts
35Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2844.0%+0.9 pts
36Butte County, SDSD10,8563.9%+1.0 pts
37Bennett County, SDSD3,3073.9%+0.9 pts
38Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3033.9%+0.7 pts
39Gregory County, SDSD4,0373.9%+1.0 pts
40Day County, SDSD5,4843.8%+0.5 pts
41Mellette County, SDSD2,1373.8%+1.8 pts
42Buffalo County, SDSD1,8023.8%+2.6 pts
43Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2443.7%−0.4 pts
44Corson County, SDSD3,7813.6%+2.1 pts
45Hanson County, SDSD3,4563.6%+0.8 pts
46Marshall County, SDSD4,4263.6%+0.1 pts
47Dewey County, SDSD5,4193.4%+0.1 pts
48Perkins County, SDSD2,8533.4%−0.0 pts
49Jerauld County, SDSD1,6543.4%+0.1 pts
50Spink County, SDSD6,1553.4%−0.1 pts
51Hand County, SDSD3,1213.3%+0.3 pts
52Tripp County, SDSD5,7083.3%+0.7 pts
53Ziebach County, SDSD2,3893.1%+0.2 pts
54Hyde County, SDSD1,1913.0%−0.7 pts
55Douglas County, SDSD2,8883.0%−0.8 pts
56Sanborn County, SDSD2,3882.9%−0.0 pts
57Faulk County, SDSD2,1782.8%+0.6 pts
58Aurora County, SDSD2,8012.6%−0.1 pts
59Jackson County, SDSD2,6662.6%−1.0 pts
60Haakon County, SDSD1,8022.4%−1.1 pts
61McPherson County, SDSD2,3472.3%−0.2 pts
62Sully County, SDSD1,4792.3%−1.1 pts
63Clark County, SDSD4,0312.2%+0.1 pts
64Jones County, SDSD9132.1%−1.5 pts
65Campbell County, SDSD1,3772.0%−0.5 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS