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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 (2023 ACS). This list covers the 65 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, SDSD15,03115.7%−10%

02Brookings County, SDSD37,63513.2%+7%

03Stanley County, SDSD3,01812.0%+106%

04Lincoln County, SDSD77,14511.0%+76%

05Lawrence County, SDSD29,45910.1%+41%

06Union County, SDSD17,4029.8%+12%

07Pennington County, SDSD116,7929.6%+20%

08Yankton County, SDSD23,6359.2%+29%

09Custer County, SDSD9,4319.1%+30%

10Lake County, SDSD10,9938.7%+56%

11Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6918.5%+25%

12Hughes County, SDSD17,5708.4%+7%

13Harding County, SDSD1,3317.4%+689%

14Todd County, SDSD8,8636.4%+41%

15McCook County, SDSD5,9646.3%+55%

16Lyman County, SDSD3,6945.6%+38%

17Fall River County, SDSD7,4675.6%−20%

18Moody County, SDSD6,6325.5%+21%

19Meade County, SDSD30,7115.4%+13%

20Brule County, SDSD5,2785.4%+23%

21Davison County, SDSD20,0695.4%−4%

22Edmunds County, SDSD4,0225.3%+61%

23Brown County, SDSD37,5615.2%−17%

24Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4135.1%+55%

25Deuel County, SDSD4,4085.1%+48%

26Beadle County, SDSD19,6244.9%+48%

27Turner County, SDSD9,3144.7%+19%

28Walworth County, SDSD5,2174.7%+73%

29Codington County, SDSD29,5624.7%−4%

30Grant County, SDSD7,5344.5%+8%

31Miner County, SDSD2,2814.4%+86%

32Roberts County, SDSD10,2554.4%+18%

33Hamlin County, SDSD6,9004.4%+15%

34Potter County, SDSD2,3774.0%+22%

35Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2844.0%+27%

36Butte County, SDSD10,8563.9%+34%

37Bennett County, SDSD3,3073.9%+29%

38Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3033.9%+20%

39Gregory County, SDSD4,0373.9%+34%

40Day County, SDSD5,4843.8%+14%

41Mellette County, SDSD2,1373.8%+96%

42Buffalo County, SDSD1,8023.8%+224%

43Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2443.7%−10%

44Corson County, SDSD3,7813.6%+132%

45Hanson County, SDSD3,4563.6%+28%

46Marshall County, SDSD4,4263.6%+2%

47Dewey County, SDSD5,4193.4%+4%

48Perkins County, SDSD2,8533.4%−1%

49Jerauld County, SDSD1,6543.4%+3%

50Spink County, SDSD6,1553.4%−4%

51Hand County, SDSD3,1213.3%+9%

52Tripp County, SDSD5,7083.3%+29%

53Ziebach County, SDSD2,3893.1%+8%

54Hyde County, SDSD1,1913.0%−18%

55Douglas County, SDSD2,8883.0%−22%

56Sanborn County, SDSD2,3882.9%−1%

57Faulk County, SDSD2,1782.8%+25%

58Aurora County, SDSD2,8012.6%−3%

59Jackson County, SDSD2,6662.6%−28%

60Haakon County, SDSD1,8022.4%−30%

61McPherson County, SDSD2,3472.3%−7%

62Sully County, SDSD1,4792.3%−31%

63Clark County, SDSD4,0312.2%+5%

64Jones County, SDSD9132.1%−41%

65Campbell County, SDSD1,3772.0%−20%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES